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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An Ohio official has resigned after state computers were culled for information on "Joe the Plumber," a voice of Republican John McCain's presidential campaign.
Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, resigned Wednesday night, after her monthlong suspension, the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported Thursday.
Two senior managers -- Doug Thompson, deputy director of child support, and Fred Williams, assistant agency director -- resigned over the incident effective Jan. 31.
Gov. Ted Strickland and Jones-Kelley rejected calls for her dismissal last month after a report by Inspector General Thomas Charles found that the database checks that Jones-Kelley approved on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher were not conducted for a legitimate official purpose.
The checks on Wurzelbacher came the day after McCain repeatedly mentioned him by his nickname, "Joe the Plumber," in a televised presidential debate with Democrat Barack Obama Oct. 15.
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