Tedd Nesbit is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the

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, representing the 8th House district in Butler County and Mercer County,

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Early life and education

Nesbit was born and raised in

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, where he attended Grove City Schools. After high school, he attended

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on a Marine Corps. R.O.T.C. Scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in

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. Nesbit attended law school part-time at the

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Western Michigan University Cooley Law School ("Cooley") is a private law school in Lansing, Michigan and Riverview, Florida. It was established in 1972. At its peak in 2010, Cooley had over 3,900 students and was the largest US law school by en ...

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and graduated magna cum laude in 2004.

Career

After graduating from college, Nesbit worked as a television reporter for a CBS affiliate in

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. In the late-1990s, Nesbit and his family moved back to Grove City and he began working for Nick Strimbu, Inc., a regional trucking company in

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, where he worked as a licensed truck driver. Nesbit is a former Mercer County Assistant District Attorney and currently serves as a partner in the law firm of Bartholomew, Mudrinich and Nesbit (BMN). After graduating from law school, Nesbit spent a year clerking for the Honorable John C. Reed in the Mercer Court of Common Pleas. Nesbit was elected to the

in 2014. In November 2019, Nesbit announced that he would not seek re-election in 2020, due to being elected to the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas. Nesbit left office on January 2, 2020. A special election was held on March 17, 2020, to fill the remainder of his term, which was won by Republican attorney, Timothy R. Bonner.

Personal life

In December 2018, Nesbit was charged with a DUI after a weekend traffic stop. Charges are pending in the case, but state police declined to comment further on the traffic stop or to say when charges would be filed. “I made a mistake for which I am embarrassed and deeply sorry. It will not happen again. I intend to work hard to regain the trust of my constituents,” Nesbit said in the release.

References

External links

Official Web SiteCampaign WebsitePA House profile
* Living people People from Mercer County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians Florida State University alumni Western Michigan University Cooley Law School alumni 1967 births {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub