Johnny Nugent (born July 18, 1939) is a

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member of the

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, representing the 43rd District from 1978 to 2014. He was born in

Cleves, Ohio Cleves is a village in Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 3,234 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1818, it is named for John Cleves Symmes who lived here, laid out the original tow ...

and graduated from high school in 1957. Nugent has owned Nugent Tractor Sales since 1968. He served on the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners from 1966 to 1974. In 2002, he was arrested for

driving under the influence Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...

, with a

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of 0.13%. In 2009, he introduced legislation that would have prohibited Indiana schools from banning firearms.

References

External links

Johnny Nugent at Ballotpedia

Virtual Office of Senator Johnny Nugent
''official Indiana State Legislature site'' * 1949 births Living people Republican Party Indiana state senators People from Cleves, Ohio {{Indiana-politician-stub