Joe Walter (born April 30, 1947) is a former member of the
Ohio House of Representatives
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.
The House of Representatives first met in ...
, who represented the 47th District briefly in 2010. He was appointed following the resignation of
Peter Ujvagi, who resigned to take the position of Lucas County Administrator.
While Ujvagi was initially expected to run for the
Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the se ...
, he was hired as
Lucas County Administrator.
The appointment of Ujvagi set up what many thought was going to be a legislative shuffle, where
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor (born May 26, 1956) is an American politician from Ohio. She was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 11th district from 2019 until her resignation in 2022. A member of the Ohio General Assembly since 2001, Fedor previously ...
would be appointed to Ujvagi's seat, and
Edna Brown
Edna Brown (April 7, 1940 – January 1, 2022) was an American politician, member of the Democratic Party and Minority Whip of the Ohio Senate, serving the 11th District from 2011 to 2018. She also served in the Ohio House of Representatives fr ...
then appointed to Fedor's seat.
Dems seek applicants to hold Ujvagi House seat for 9 months
/ref> However, Toledo City Councilman Joe McNamara also sought the appointment to the Senate. As a result, Fedor kept her seat, Brown hers, and Walter was appointed to a nine-month stint in Ujvagi's seat.
Vowing not to run for a full term, Fedor won the seat in the 2010 general election, and replaced Walter in 2011. Following his time in the legislature, Walter retired.
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Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
1947 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians