Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon
Ohio State Senate District 3
Incumbent
In office
2011-Present
Term ends
January 5, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$60,584/year
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	2 consecutive terms
Prior offices
Ohio State House of Representatives
2007-2011
Education
Bachelor's	Miami University
J.D.	Capital University Law School
Personal
Place of birth	Defiance, OH
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Catholic
Websites
Office website

Kevin Bacon is a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate, representing District 3. Bacon was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 2010.

Bacon represented District 21 in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

Bacon earned his B.A. from Miami University and J.D. from Capital University Law School. He has been an attorney for Farmers Insurance and enforcement attorney for Ohio Department of Commerce. Bacon has also served as a trustee for the Blendon Township.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

Ohio Committee Assignments, 2011
• Finance
• Financial Institutions
• Insurance, Commerce and Labor
• Ways and Means

2009-2010

Prior to joining the Ohio State Senate, Bacon served on the following committees:

Ohio Committee Assignments, 2009
• Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection
• Financial Institutions, Real Estate, and Securities
• Judiciary
• Public Utilities

Elections

2010

Bacon was eligible to seek re-election, but did not do so. Instead, Bacon was elected to the Ohio State Senate in District 3. He was unopposed in the primary and faced Mark Pfeifer (D) and William Yarbrough (L) in the general election.

Ohio State Senate, District 3
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Kevin Bacon (R)		72,337	50.93%
Mark Pfeifer (D)		63,844	44.95%
William Yarbrough (L)		5,849	4.12%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Bacon won re-election to the Ohio House of Representatives.

Ohio House of Representatives, District 21
Candidates		Votes
Kevin Bacon (R)		27,494
Jay Perez (D)		24,073
Jeremiah Arn (L)		1,772

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010 Bacon raised $738,240.

Listed below are primary contributors.

Donor	Amount
REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO	$370,642
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY	$126,065
RAGAN, GINNI D	$12,396
OHIO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS	$7,500
Wholesale Beer & Wine Association of Ohio	$6,400

2008

In 2008, Bacon collected $340,127 in donations.

These were the largest contributors in 2008.

Donor	Amount
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY	$34,842
DOLAN, LAWRENCE J	$10,670
DOLAN, EVA HAAS	$10,670
DOLAN, HELEN A	$10,670
DOLAN, CHARLES F	$10,670

Personal

Bacon and his wife, Melissa, have three children. They currently reside in Minerva Park, Ohio. In May 2011, Governing Magazine named Bacon one of 17 "GOP Legislators to Watch." Each of the legislators was selected on the basis of qualities like leadership, ambition, and political potential.

External links

Suggest a link

• Representative Bacon's campaign
• Ohio Senate page
• Project Vote Smart biographical profile
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006

• State Surge Representative Bacon's sponsored bills

References

Political offices
Preceded by David Goodman (R)	Ohio State Senate District 3 2011–present	Succeeded by NA

Political offices
Preceded by '	Ohio House of Representatives - District 21 2007–2011	Succeeded by Mike Duffey (R)