James Kirkland

James Kirkland is a politician. He has served as Governor of Ohio since 2018. He also served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio from 2012 until 2018. He briefly dated Lia Dykstra.

History
He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1961.

Sometime prior to his election as a congressman, he was married and divorced, and had one daughter from this marriage.

He won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2012 as a Republican from Ohio.

He successfully ran for Governor of Ohio in 2018 as a Republican.

From August 2019 until February 2020, he was dating Senator Lia Dykstra.

Appearance
James is of average height and weight, with greying light brown hair and blue eyes.

He wears a dark blue or black suit, sometimes also with a tie. As a guest at the wedding of Nic and Alisa, he wears a brown suit and two ties.

Personality
James is extremely personable, easily charming strangers at Nic and Alisa's wedding. He is easygoing, and even a bit irresponsible, as seen in his lax handling of his affair with Lia and his potential tax fraud. He is described as having a big mouth, and tends to overshare.