Kristina Roegner (born November 27, 1968) is an American politician who serves as a member of the
Ohio Senate
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. She has represented the
27th senatorial district since 2019. Her district encompasses the majority of
Summit County in Northern Ohio.
Career
Roegner graduated cum laude from
Tufts University
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in 1990 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Soon after, she worked for Westinghouse Power Generation overhauling power turbines, from 1990 to 1993.
She then moved on to consulting. Roegner entered public office in 2004, when she was seated on the
Hudson
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City Council.
Ohio Senate
Roegner is serving her second term in the Ohio Senate representing the 27th senatorial district, which includes the majority of Ohioans living in Summit County.
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The 27th senatorial district was redistricted to exist solely in Summit County for the 2022 election cycle. Senator Roegner is running for reelection.
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Ohio House of Representatives
When Mike Moran won the 42nd district in 2008, he took a seat in what was traditionally a Republican district. Therefore, he was a top target for House Republicans in 2010, and Roegner was fielded to try to unseat him. In the end, she went on to beat Moran 51% to 49%.
For the 129th General Assembly, Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder named Roegner as a member of the Republican majority caucus' Policy Committee. She was sworn into office on January 3, 2011.
Roegner won reelection to the seat in 2012 with 54.18% of the vote over Democrat Tom Schmida, and again in 2014 with 58% of the vote. She is known for being one of the most conservative members of the House, despite her competitive district.
Committee assignments
* Committee on Public Utilities (Vice Chair)
* Committee on Commerce and Labor
Initiatives and positions
While in a traditionally swing district, Roegner supported a controversial bill that looked to limit collective bargaining
Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The i ...
for public employees, stating that it is something taxpayers should celebrate.
Roegner has also been an advocate for selling state lands for oil
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and natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
drilling, including on Lake Erie
Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...
. She had urged rejection of the amendment, which would have added an extra layer of protection for Lake Erie on top of an existing federal ban on drilling, stating that it is foolish to let only Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
reap the benefits of the reserves underneath the lake.
She has been critical of Governor
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John Kasich
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and his education funding formulas, calling them "wealth redistribution".
In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic
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, Roegner and Senator Rob McColley
Robert A. McColley (born October 14, 1984) is a State Senator for the 1st District of the Ohio Senate, which includes Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, and Williams counties, as well as parts of Auglaize, Fulton, and ...
introduced a bill that would immediately end Ohio's stay-at-home order and limit the state health director's ability to give similar orders. The bill is contrary to the recommendation of the country's top medical experts; Governor DeWine has promised to veto any bill that curb's the health director's authority during the crisis.
Elected history
References
External links
Kristina for Ohio
''official campaign site''
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1968 births
Living people
Tufts University School of Engineering alumni
Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Ohio
People from Hudson, Ohio
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Politicians from Akron, Ohio
Republican Party Ohio state senators