Shawn Webster
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Shawn Webster is a former Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 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....

, who represented the 53rd District from 2001 to 2008.

Life and career

Webster graduated from the Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 with a degree in veterinary medicine. He has be a veterinarian in the Butler County area for over thirty years. Webster is married with three children. Prior to his tenure in the Ohio House, Webster served on the Ross Local School Board for a number of years.

Ohio House of Representatives

With Representative Gene Krebs
Gene Krebs
Gene Krebs was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000. His district consisted of a portion of Butler County, Ohio. He was succeeded by Shawn Webster.-References:...

 term limited, Webster was one of three Republicans who sought to succeed him in 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....

. He secured the nomination, and won the general election with 61.1% of the vote. He won reelection in 2002 with 64.45%, in 2004 with 65.83%, and 2006 with 57.46%.

Webster served as the Chairman of the Higher Education Subcommittee in the Ohio 126th General Assembly.

In 2008, Webster was unable to run again due to term limits. He was succeeded by Timothy Derickson
Timothy Derickson
Tim Derickson is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 53rd District since 2009.-Career:After graduation from Miami University, Derickson worked as a health care administrator before starting Colonial Woods Furniture and Indian Ridge Golf Course on land that was...

, and has since retired from politics.
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