Gerald Stebelton is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives

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....

, representing the 5th District since 2007. Currently, he is chairman of the House Education Committee.

Career

After working as an aeronautical engineer and contracting officer for Battelle Memorial Institute

Battelle Memorial Institute

Battelle Memorial Institute is a private nonprofit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Battelle is a charitable trust organized as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of Ohio and is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the...

, leading negotiating teams in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and Germany

Germany

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 in the 1960s and '70's, Stebelton earned a law degree and became an assistant prosecuting attorney in Franklin County

Franklin County, Ohio

Franklin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. In 2010 the population was 1,163,414, making it the second largest county in Ohio and the 34th largest county in population in the United States. Franklin County is also the largest in the eight-county Columbus, Ohio...

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He is the senior shareholder of the Lancaster law firm Stebelton, Aranda & Snider, he has also served on the Lancaster City Council

Lancaster, Ohio

Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,780. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately southeast of Columbus, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County...

 and Board of Education

Lancaster High School (Ohio)

Lancaster High School is a secondary-level public high school located in Lancaster, Ohio and is the only high school within the Lancaster City Schools district. The current building was opened during the fall of 1963, at a cost of $3,198,991.87...

, and is a past member of the Republican Central Committee

Ohio Republican Party

The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1854. Kevin DeWine has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 2009...

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House of Representatives

Stebelton initially ran for the House in 2006, after incumbent Tim Schaffer

Tim Schaffer

Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 31st District since 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.-Career:Schaffer holds a B.A...

 moved to the Ohio Senate

Ohio Senate

The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

. He won decisively, and was reelected in 2008, and ran again unopposed in 2010.

For the 129th General Assembly, Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder

William G. Batchelder

William G. Batchelder, III is an American lawyer, judge, and politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He is a Republican.He is the husband of Judge Alice Batchelder, currently a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Early life and education:Batchelder was born...

 has named Stebelton as a member of the Republican majority caucus' Policy Committee, as well as member of the Judiciary and Ethics Committee, the Finance and Appropriations and the Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee, as well as the Chairman of the Education Committee. He is also a member of the Ohio Accountability
Task Force; the Education
Management Information System Advisory Board; the Educator Standards Board; the Ohio Community Service
Council; the State Regional Alliance
Advisory Board; the Student Tuition Recovery
Authority; the Education
Commission of the States; and the Ohio Board of Regents.

External links

• The Ohio House of Representatives: Representative Gerald Stebelton (R-Lancaster) official site
• Jerry for State Representative official campaign site