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Matt Lynch

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Matt Lynch
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Ohio House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent
In office
2012 - Present
Term ends
January 1, 2015
Years in position 1
PartyRepublican
Compensation
Base salary$60,584/year
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First electedNovember 6, 2012
Next electionNovember 4, 2014
AppointedApril 2012
Appointed byHouse Republican Caucus
Term limitsN/A
Education
High schoolCathedral Latin High School
Personal
ProfessionAttorney
Websites
Office website
Campaign website
www.CandidateVerification.org

Contents

Matt Lynch is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing District 76. He has served in the chamber since his appointment in April 2012 to replace Richard Hollington (R).

Biography

Lynch has been an attorney at the law firm of Lynch & Lynch for 30 years.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Ohio Committee Assignments, 2013
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Health and Aging
• Judiciary

Campaign themes

2012

Lynch's website highlights the following campaign themes:[1]

Create Jobs

  • Excerpt:"If we are to prevent our state from falling into the same downward economic spiral as other industrial states, such as Michigan, we must make wholesale changes on two critical issues: taxes and state government restructuring. We must ecognize that government does not create jobs. In fact 60% to 70% of all new jobs are created by small business. The state must create an environment where small business can grow and prosper."

Eliminate Taxes

  • Excerpt:"It is no mystery that as the Ohio tax burden has grown, the Ohio economy has shrunk! This high level of taxation keeps businesses from moving to the Buckeye State. Sadly this in turn drives our college graduates to other states in search of jobs. A recent survey noted that 60% of recent graduates planned to leave Ohio to pursue their career! We simply cannot afford such a “brain drain”."

Reform Government

  • Excerpt:"We must cut the state budget enough to begin actually eliminating the state income tax. Deep cuts in the state’s bureaucracy, such as Ohio’s state Medicaid system, which is 40% costlier than the national average, are not unrealistic. By targeting these spending excesses, our legislature could reduce the state budget to the point where a state income tax would be unnecessary."

Right To Life

  • Excerpt:"There are two Bills working their way through the legislature which could dramatically reduce abortions in Ohio. Either of these “Heartbeat” Bills would give Ohio among the strictest abortion laws in the United States and save thousands of lives of the unborn. Sadly, these bills have become bogged down in the legislature. If elected, I am committed to carrying the moral and political fight forward to protect these most innocent of lives!"

Elections

2012

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2012

Lynch won election in the 2012 election for Ohio House District 76. Lynch defeated Mary E. O'Toole, Kristina Port, Mark E. Porter, and Laura A. DePledge in the March 6 Republican primary election and defeated Tom Warren (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]

Ohio House of Representatives, District 76, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark.jpgMatt Lynch 57.4% 32,985
     Democratic Tom Warren 42.6% 24,480
Total Votes 57,465

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

Endorsements

2012

In 2012, Lynch was endorsed by the following:[4]

  • Ohio Right to Life Society
  • Buckeye Firearms Association
  • Geauga & Portage County Tea Parties

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References

  1. ↑ mattlynch.com - Issues
  2. ↑ Ohio Chamber of Commerce, "2012 General Assembly Primary Candidates," January 17, 2012
  3. ↑ Ohio Secretary of State - March 6, 2012 election results
  4. ↑ http://mattlynch.com/


Political offices
Preceded by
- 		Ohio House of Representatives - District 76
2013–present 		Succeeded by
N/A
Preceded by
Richard Hollington (R) 		Ohio House of Representatives - District 98
2012-2013 		Succeeded by
Al Landis (R)
v • d • e
Republican majority Current members of the Ohio House of Representatives
House Speaker: William Batchelder (R) • House Majority Leader: Barbara Sears (R) • House Minority Leader: Armond Budish (D)
   
Democratic (38) • Republican (61) • Ohio House of Representatives • Ohio State Senate
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