Ron Young (born August 20, 1946) is a

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for

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and is a former member of the

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serving from 2011 to 2018 and again from 1997 to 2004.

Career

Young served in the

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for three years, and attended

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, where he received a bachelor's degree in

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. He taught before founding Technical Employment Services Inc. in 1981. He has been married since 1974 and has five daughters.

Ohio House of Representatives

Young first sought to replace Ray Sines in 1996, when he defeated Sines in the Republican primary by 150 votes. He also won the general election. He won reelection against Democrat Jeanette Crislip in 1998 with 54.14% of the vote. He won reelection with 52.1% of the vote in 2000, He won a final term in 2004 with 7,000 votes over Democrat Tim Cassell. Young, term-limited, initially filed to run for the

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in 2004, but withdrew and ran for

Treasurer by filing day. In early 2010, Young announced that he would seek to return to his former seat in the fall elections. While he faced no primary opposition, he faced incumbent Mark Schneider in the general election. He defeated Schneider to with 53.14% of the vote. Young was sworn into his fifth overall term on January 3, 2011. He serves on the committees of State Government and Elections; Veterans Affairs, Criminal Justice; and Commerce and Labor (as chairman). In 2012, Young won a second term with 54.38% over Democrat Susan McGuinness. He would go on to be re-elected two more times. Young represented the 61st District, which replaced the 63rd District.

Policies and initiatives

Although Young's district has a strong

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population, he remained a proponent of a bill that set forth to limit

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for public employees. He is especially in favor of a measure that allows workers who do not want to join the union to not have to pay dues. He voted for the bill out of committee, calling his vote a matter of

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. Young voted for final passage of the bill, and stated that he believes that public employees are still properly protected. Young, along with Lynn Slaby, has proposed legislation that aims to speed up resolutions surrounding consumer lawsuits.

References

External links

The Ohio House of Representatives: Rep. Ron Young (R-Leroy Township)
''official site'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Ron Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Living people County officials in Ohio Kent State University alumni 1946 births 21st-century American politicians People from Lake County, Ohio Politicians from Canton, Ohio