Freshmen of the 131st General Assembly House | Senate

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Freshmen of the 131st General AssemblyHouse
Senate
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Ohio Freshman Representatives
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House District 4 - Bob Cupp (R-Lima)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
132 -2.2 8,115 3.2 141,121,612 19.5

• R Index 59.41
• Experience Ohio Supreme Court Justice State
  Senator Allen County Commissioner Lima City
  Prosecutor
• Occupation Attorney
• Memberships Member, Allen County Bar
  Association Member, Allen County Farm Bureau
  Executive Board, Black Swamp Council Boy Scouts
  of America
• Education B.A., J.D., Ohio Northern University

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House District 5 Tim Ginter (R-Salem)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
174 -4.9 5,659 9.9 54,205,280 15.1

• R Index 50.84
• Experience Conference Speaker, Church of the
  Nazarene Construction Worker President,
  Consulting firm
• Occupation Pastor
• Memberships Business Chair, East Liverpool,
  United Way National Rifle Association
  Republican National Committee School Board
• Education Mount Vernon Nazarene University

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House District 8 Kent Smith (D-Euclid)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
149 -3.2 6,323 6.5 111,352,748 28.9

• R Index 19.35
• Experience Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office
  Worked for four Northeast Ohio non-profits
• Occupation Director of Development and
  Communications, East Akron Neighborhood
  Development Corporation
• Education Bachelor's Degree, Miami University
  M.S. Urban Studies, Cleveland State University

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House District 9 Janine Boyd (D- Cleveland
Heights)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
22 15.8 276 5.9 2,625,146 -2.6

• R Index 14.60
• Experience Council Member, City of Cleveland
  Heights Director of Government Affairs Public
  Policy, Guidestone Ohio
• Occupation Advocate, Ohio Guidestone
• Education B.A. Spanish, Hillsdale College M.A.
  Speech Language Pathology, Michigan State
  University

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House District 11 Stephanie Howse (D-Cleveland)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
189 -11.3 7,409 10.1 109,871,284 17.0

• R Index 13.13
• Experience Cleveland City Council
• Occupation Admissions and Community Outreach
  Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Preparatory
  School/Village Preparatory School
• Education Civil Environment Engineering, Florida
  AM University M.A. Environmental Studies,
  Cleveland State University

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House District 14 Martin Sweeney (D-Cleveland)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
254 -3.8 10,089 1.0 149,746,706 11.0

• R Index 36.69
• Occupation Cleveland City Councilman
• Education B.A. Political Science, Cleveland
  State University

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House District 22 David Leland (D-Columbus)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
55 -6.8 3,835 2.8 61,316,514 13.5

• R Index 34.02
• Experience Partner, Carpenter Lipps Leland
• Occupation Attorney
• Education The Ohio State University J.D.,
  Capital University Law School

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House District 26 Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
87 1.2 3,483 9.6 52,778,010 20.0

• R Index 18.79
• Experience Chairman, Recreation and Parks
  Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee
• Occupation City Council Member, Columbus
• Education M.S. Administration, Central Michigan
  University

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House District 27 Tom Brinkman, Jr.
(R-Cincinnati)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
103 1.0 3,459 2.3 49,300,549 3.1

• R Index 59.12
• Experience State Representative
• Occupation Life Insurance Sales
• Education B.A. History/Political Science, George
  Washington University

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House District 28 Jonathan Dever (R-Cincinnati)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
311 -4.9 22,069 -1.2 463,223,299 10.5

• R Index 50.71
• Occupation Attorney
• Memberships Ohio, Cincinnati, and Butler County
  Bar Associations
• Education B.S., University of Cincinnati M.A.,
  Indiana University of Pennsylvania J.D., Capital
  University

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House District 32 Christie Bryant
(D-Cincinnati)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
174 -7.4 4,612 -4.6 86,397,173 15.1

• R Index 23.45
• Experience Field Representative, Cincinnati
  Federation of Teachers American Family
  Insurance Staff Attorney, Ulmer Berne LLP
• Occupation Owner, Records Requests Ltd.
• Education B.S. Psychology, University of
  Cincinnati J.D., University of Cincinnati

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House District 34 Emilia Sykes (D-Akron)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
158 -10.7 3,728 7.9 41,810,815 13.9

• R Index 21.89
• Experience Administrative Staff Advisor at the
  Summit County Fiscal Office, Community Legal
  Services
• Education B.A. Psychology, Kent State
  University J.D. and M.P.H., University of
  Florida

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House District 35 Greta Johnson (D-Akron)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
179 1.1 8,539 6.3 137,381,163 -2.7

• R Index 33.15
• Experience Former Summit County Assistant
  Prosecutor Board of Directors, Akron Childrens
  Museum Summit County Domestic Violence Coalition
• Occupation Assistant Prosecutor, City of Akron
• Education B.A., M.A., J.D., University of Akron

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House District 42 Niraj Antani (R-Miami
Township)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
177 2.3 5,691 2.8 81,667,556 4.2

• R Index 58.31
• Experience Legal Extern to Judge Jeffrey M.
  Welbaum Americorps Associate
• Occupation Law student
• Memberships Rotary Club of Miamisburg Dayton
  Internation Festival, Inc. Generation Dayton
• Education Law Student, University of Dayton

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House District 43 Jeff Rezabek (R-Dayton)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
178 -3.3 6,867 11.9 89,678,011 22.6

• R Index 47.62
• Occupation Attorney
• Memberships University of Dayton Chapel
  University of Dayton School of Law Board of
  Trustees
• Education Bachelor's Degree, University of
  Dayton J.D., University of Dayton

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House District 54 Paul Zeltwanger (R-Mason)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
125 -3.1 7,878 1.6 127,446,749 22.0

• R Index 64.12
• Experience Owner, Joshua One Former CPA with
  Ernst Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Occupation Real Estate Developer
• Memberships Grace Chapel Church NRA
• Education B.S. Business Administration
  Accounting, Grace College M.B.A. Finance,
  Indiana University

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House District 55 Nathan Manning (R-North
Ridgeville)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
202 0.5 9,936 8.1 174,790,160 26.1

• R Index 43.74
• Experience Partner, Manning and Manning
  Attorneys at Law Prosecutor, City of North
  Ridgeville
• Occupation Attorney
• Memberships North Ridgeville Chamber of
  Commerce Lorain County Bar Association Lorain
  County Historical Society Vice President, North
  Ridgeville Republican Club
• Education B.A. Political Science, Denison
  University J.D., Capital University Law School

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House District 58 Michele Lepore-Hagan
(D-Youngstown)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
137 -8.1 4,564 14.4 65,124,723 23.8

• R Index 19.89
• Occupation Director, Performing Arts Series,
  Youngstown State University
• Memberships Youngstown Area Urban League
  Youngstown Area Arts Council Potential
  Development Ballet Western Reserve
• Education B.A. Fine Arts, Ohio University
  Attended American University, Washington, D.C.
  Attended Youngstown State University

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House District 64 Michael OBrien (D-Warren)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
108 0.0 5,439 -5.2 77,820,638 4.8

• R Index 37.00
• Experience Warren City Council Trumbull County
  Commission Warren Mayor
• Memberships Commander, Sons of American Legion,
  Howland Post Warren City Democrats AHEPA
  Slovack Club Moose Elks Board Member, United
  Way Chairman of the Board, Trumbull Memorial
  Hospital
• Education Bachelor's Degree, Youngstown State
  University

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House District 69 Steve Hambley (R-Brunswick)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
241 -0.4 7,096 5.8 86,058,351 7.3

• R Index 54.67
• Experience Adjunct Professor, Lorain County
  Community College Research Staff Member,
  University of Akron Brunswick City Council
  Manager of Commercial Testing Laboratory
  Certified Engineering Technician in asphalt,
  soils and concrete
• Occupation Medina County Commissioner
• Education Bachelor of General Studies, Kent
  State University M.A., University of Akron
  Ph.D. History, University of Akron

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House District 71 Scott Ryan (R-Pataskala)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
95 2.2 4,377 9.3 49,324,883 2.4

• R Index 55.24
• Experience President, Leader Printing Company
• Occupation Licking County Treasurer
• Memberships First United Methodist Church
• Education B.S. Business Management, Miami
  University

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House District 76 - Sarah LaTourette
(R-Bainbridge)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
207 3.0 7,882 -0.3 100,278,249 1.4

• R Index 54.03
• Experience Lake County Republican Party Worked
  for boutique political communications firm
  Regional non-profit
• Occupation Adoption Network of Cleveland
• Memberships Portage County Republican Women's
  Club Geauga County Republican Women's Club
  Western Reserve Republican Women's Club
• Education B.A. Political Science and History,
  Miami University

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House District 77 Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
74 -5.1 3,416 1.7 40,835,929 6.6

• R Index 55.21
• Experience Executive Director, Ohio Society of
  Professional Engineers Vice President/Public
  Affairs-American Diabetes Association Ohio
  House Ohio Senate
• Occupation Legislator
• Memberships National Rifle Association Ohio
  Chamber of Commerce
• Education B.A. Political Science and
  Communications, Mount Union College

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House District 79 Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
155 -8.3 4,776 -13.6 56,731,538 -13.6

• R Index 48.15
• Experience Senior Software Engineer for
  government contractors for U.S. Air Force and
  Navy
• Occupation Vice President, K.K. Tool Company
• Memberships Clark County Republican Men's Club
  Legacy Church
• Education B.S. Computer Science, Wright State
  University

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House District 80 Stephen Huffman (R-Tipp City)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
225 -3.0 10,242 14.2 128,273,089 14.0

• R Index 65.47
• Experience Staff Upper Valley Medical Center and
  Wayne Hospital Board of Directors, Premier
  Physician Services Assistant Clinical Professor,
  Wright State University School of Medicine
• Occupation Miami County Coroner
• Memberships Miami County Republican Men's Club
  Darke County Republican Men's Club Miami County
  Republican Party Leaders Club Darke County
  Republican Party Century Club
• Education B.S. Psychology and Biology,
  University of Toledo M.D., Medical College of
  Ohio St. Elizabeth Family Practice Residency
  Program

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House District 81 Robert McColley (R-Napoleon)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
234 -1.7 13,266 17.1 166,539,464 24.3

• R Index 59.60
• Occupation Executive Director, Community
  Improvement Corporation of Henry County
• Memberships Trustee, Henry County Community
  Foundation Board Member, Henry County Board of
  Developmental Disabilities OSU Alumni Club of
  Northwest Ohio Hamler Men's Club Board Member,
  Center for Child and Family Advocacy
• Education B.S. Business Administration, The Ohio
  State University J.D. University of Toledo
  College of Law

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House District 85 Nino Vitale (R-Urbana)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
137 -2.8 16,391 13.8 240,005,186 14.0

• R Index 61.65
• Experience 20 years of private business
  marketing and manufacturing experience Director
  of Marketing, Customer Development, Champaign
  Bank
• Occupation Manager, Johnson Welded Products
• Memberships NRA St. Mary Church Champaign
  County Right to Life
• Education B.S. Marketing, The Ohio State
  University M.B.A. Franklin University

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House District 88 William Reineke, Jr.
(R-Tiffin)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
171 -8.6 11,810 4.6 138,192,531 11.3

• R Index 49.44
• Experience Reineke Family Dealerships
• Occupation Business Owner
• Memberships Tiffin Rotary Club Vice Chair,
  Tiffin Tomorrow National Automobile Dealers
  Association Heidelberg Board of Trustees St.
  Joseph's Church
• Education B.S. Business Administration, Morehead
  State University

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House District 89 Steven Kraus (R-Marblehead)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
154 -2.5 8,096 14.2 104,941,710 5.5

• R Index 44.19
• Experience Real estate, auction and energy
  consultant services
• Occupation President, Krause Management LLC
• Education Associates Degree in Avionic Systems
  Technology, Community College of the Air Force
  B.S. Electronic Engineering Technology, Troy
  State University

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Ohio Freshman Senators
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Senate District 9 Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
448 -2.8 16,208 -4.1 261,387,431 4.4

• R Index 26.21
• Experience Cincinnati Police Officer Cincinnati
  City Council Executive Director, Cincinnati
  Human Relations Commission
• Occupation Retired
• Memberships Fraternal Order of Police Sentinel
  Police Association
• Education B.S. Criminal Justice Management,
  Union Institute University A.S. Law
  Enforcement Technology, University of Cincinnati

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Senate District 21 Sandra Williams
(D-Cleveland)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
497 -5.0 13,897 8.7 192,604,050 13.2

• R Index 13.22
• Experience Former Corrections Officer, Cuyahoga
  County Sheriff's Office Worked for Participation
  2000 and EMILY'S List in Washington, D.C. Former
  Legislative Aide
• Occupation Legislator
• Memberships Olivet Institutional Baptist Church
  National Council of Negro Women Independent
  Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Black
  Women's Political Action Committee
• Education B.A., Political Science, Cleveland
  State University M.S. in Criminal Justice
  Administration, Tiffin University

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Senate District 25 Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond
Heights)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
660 -2.1 24,024 4.7 444,257,505 10.0

• R Index 25.97
• Experience State Representative Union
  Organizer, Laborers' Local 860 Clothing Buyer,
  Polsky's Department Store
• Occupation Retired Union Organizer
• Memberships Democratic PartyExecutive Committee
  Democratic Party of Euclid, South Euclid,
  Richmond Heights and ClevelandWard 10 11
  Laborers' International Union of North America
  East Side Irish-American Club Cleveland Polka
  Hall of Fame
• Education Cuyahoga Community College Kent State
  University

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Senate District 31 Jay Hottinger (R-Newark)
Mfg. establishments Mfg. establishments Mfg. employment Mfg. employment Mfg. payroll Mfg. payroll
2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013 2013 2010-2013
612 5.9 22,266 13.8 232,793,243 13.9

• R Index 53.86
• Experience V.P. Sales, TruckOne
• Occupation Legislator
• Memberships NFIB Chamber of Commerce
• Education B.A., Public Administration/Political
  Science, Capital University

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Note to readers

• Our Republican Index in this analysis is
  calculated by dividing the Republican votes by
  the total votes and multiplying by 100 for the
  following races
• 2008 Presidential
• 2010 Governor
• 2010 Attorney General
• 2012 Presidential
• 2012 U.S. Senate
• The Manufacturing Economic Profile data were
  provided by The Center for Economic Development
  in the Urban Center of the Maxine Goodman Levin
  College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State
  University. The economic trends were produced
  using the Quarterly Census of Employment and
  Wages (QCEW). The QCEW database is derived from
  company level data obtained for unemployment
  compensation tax collection purposes.
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