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Thearon "Tom" Atkins of Cincinnati, Ohio , was a television news anchorman and politician of the Republican party. Atkins was an anchorman for WLWT-TV in Cincinnati, a job shared by several Cincinnati-area politicians, including Jerry Springer , Charlie Luken , and Courtis Fuller . In 1978, Atkins was hand-picked by the Hamilton County, Ohio , Republican leadership to challenge Tom Luken in his bid for re-election to the United States House Of Representatives . However, Atkins lost the Republican primary to Stan Aronoff . In 1980, Atkins won the Republican nomination, but nevertheless lost to Luken in the general election.


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