Governor of Ohio
On November 3, 1998 as part of that year's midterm election, Governor George Voinovich was elected to the United States Senate. Voinovich resigned as Governor on December 31, 1998, and with that, Hollister became Governor. Hollister became Ohio's first and to date only female Governor. She only served 11 days in office, making her Ohio's shortest-serving Governor, as she was merely finishing out the last few days of Voinovich's term. She was succeeded by Bob Taft, who was elected Governor during the same election cycle and was waiting to be sworn in on January 11, 1999.
Hollister later ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, defeating former Rep. Frank Cremeans for the Republican nomination, but she lost to Democrat (and, coincidentally, future Governor) Ted Strickland.
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