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Bill Coley

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Bill Coley
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Ohio State Senate District 4
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 2011-Present
Term ends
January 1, 2017
Years in position 2
PartyRepublican
Compensation
Base salary$60,584/year
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First electedNovember 6, 2012
Next electionNovember 8, 2016
AppointedJanuary 3, 2011
Term limits2 consecutive terms
Prior offices
Ohio State House of Representatives
2005-2011
Education
Bachelor'sUniversity of Dayton
J.D.Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Personal
ProfessionAttorney
Websites
Office website
www.CandidateVerification.org

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Bill Coley (b. 1960) is a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate, representing District 4 since 2011.

Coley is an attorney with Roetzel & Andress. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011. He would have been ineligible to run for re-election to the House in 2012, and chose to leave his term early and replace Gary Cates in the Ohio State Senate. In May 2011, Coley was appointed to the Ohio State Senate.[1]

Coley earned a BS in finance from University of Dayton and a JD from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is married to Caroline.[2]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Coley served on the following committees:

Ohio Committee Assignments, 2013
Civil Justice
Education
Finance
Public Utilities
Rules
State Government, Oversight, and Reform

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 session of the Ohio State Senate, Coley served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Coley was appointed to the following committees in the Ohio House of Representatives:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Coley served on the following committees:

Elections

2012

See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2012

Coley won re-election in the 2012 election for Ohio Senate, District 4. Coley was unopposed in the March 6 Republican primary election and was also unopposed in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[3]

Ohio State Senate, District 4, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark.jpgBill Coley 100% 104,591
Total Votes 104,591

2010

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2010

Coley won re-election to District 55 of the Ohio House of Representatives.[4] His opponent was Susan Rubin (D). The election took place on November 2, 2010.[5]

Ohio House of Representatives, District 55
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark.jpg Bill Coley (R) 33,229 69.31%
Susan Rubin (D) 14,713 30.69%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Coley won re-election to the Ohio House of Representatives.[6]

Ohio House of Representatives, District 55
Candidates Votes
Green check mark.jpg Bill Coley (R) 37,036
Tony Klimek (D) 21,926

2006

On November 7, 2006, Coley won election to the Ohio House of Representatives.[7] He was unopposed.

Ohio House of Representatives, District 55
Candidates Votes
Green check mark.jpg Bill Coley (R) 30,368

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010 Coley had raised $73,051.[8]

Listed below are the largest contributors.

Donor Amount
OHIO ACADEMY OF NURSING HOMES $11,000
MATHILE, CLAYTON L $5,000
FIRSTENERGY CORP $4,000
ROSIN, THOMAS A $3,000
OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION $2,400

2008

In 2008, Coley collected $470,224 in donations.[9]

These were the largest contributors in 2008.

Donor Amount
LAGER, WILLIAM L $20,000
FIRSTENERGY CORP $20,000
BRENNAN, DAVID L $15,000
COLLERAN, BRIAN $15,000
OHIO ACADEMY OF NURSING HOMES $15,000
Wholesale Beer & Wine Association of Ohio $11,000
DOLAN, HELEN A $10,670

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Preceded by
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Ohio House of Representatives - District 55
2005–2011
Succeeded by
Margaret Conditt (R)
Preceded by
Gary Cates (R)
Ohio State Senate - District 4
2011–present
Succeeded by
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