MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Republican state Rep. John Boehner declared his candidacy Monday for the seat held by Rep. Donald E. (Buz) Lukens (R-Ohio), calling the congressman's sex-related conviction a tragedy that leaves voters feeling betrayed.
Boehner was the first politician to announce his intention to seek election to the seat in 1990.
Lukens is appealing his May conviction on a charge of having sex with a teen-age girl, and he has rejected demands by Republican Party leaders that he resign.
