Jerry Barilla is the
mayor of
Wintersville, Ohio. He was elected mayor on November 7, 2017.
Barilla attended
Steubenville High School
Steubenville High School is a public high school in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. It is the only secondary school in the Steubenville City School District.
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and then
Kent State University, where he got a degree in education and became a high school teacher.
After teaching for four years, Barilla joined his father's appliance business, which became known as Frank & Jerry's Furniture and Appliance Store, in downtown Steubenville in 1969,
and later became the owner.
Barilla later became the president of Historic Fort Steuben, a non-profit which operates a re-creation of
Fort Steuben.
Barilla had the idea for the
Steubenville Nutcracker Village and helped to start the project. In 2017, Barilla retired and closed his store and filed to run for mayor as a Republican.
Barilla won the November 2017 mayoral election with 63% of the vote, defeating
Democrat Frankie DiCarlantonio (27%) and independent Royal Mayo (10%). Barilla became the first new mayor in Steubenville in nearly 26 years, succeeding
Domenick Mucci Jr.
References
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Ohio Republicans
Living people
21st-century American politicians
People from Steubenville, Ohio
Kent State University alumni
1956 births
Mayors of places in Ohio