Joe Rinehart was born in Columbus, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1974 to 1976. He has been affiliated with Bolivar-Zoar Rotary Club.[1][2]
Joe Rinehart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rinehart's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
I became a United States Marine as a young man. I was the youngest Marine to participate in the evacuation of Saigon and served as a Guard for the Supreme Judge of Saigon and his family for about six months and I am proud that the most important action I took as a Marine SAVED lives rather than taking lives.
After completing my enlistment in the Marines, I attended Kent State University in the veterans' educational GI-Bill program. I served as President of the Kent State Vietnam Veterans Association and worked with Senator John Glenn to improve benefits for my fellow veterans.
I took an oath as a Marine to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's why I am a candidate now because our Constitution is under attack.
Folks who never served our country are attacking our right to vote. Some are trying to overthrow our elections. Some are trying to rig our elections with unconstitutional districts. Some have taken money from First Energy to let First Energy charge us more for our electric service. Some have taken money from companies to let them drill our park lands to make themselves billions in profits from our oil and gas and pay the lowest company taxes in the country to drill that oil and gas.
I started an Internet service company that provided me with an income for 25 years, then sold it to buy my parents' property in Bolivar, which I am developing for ecotourism on the Buckeye Trail with the Ohio-Erie Canal Coalition.
I am committed to preserving Ohio's heritage and natural beauty and improving trail-tourism economic opportunities. I helped organize the Ohio-Erie Canal-way Coalition easement contracts from the Tuscarawas County line to the village of Bolivar and have developed our property for recreational use, along the Historic Greenville Treaty Line and the Ohio-Erie Canal Towpath Trail, Buckeye Trail, and Great American Rail Trail. I would restore the protection of Ohio Public Lands from Fracking that the General Assembly removed in 2023.
I will protect our vote from rigged elections and restrictions on voting.
I will oppose corporate profiteers who loot public education funding for their own private benefit.
State representatives should listen to the concerns of their constituents, develop solutions and work with other members of the legislature to promote the best interests of the district.
United States Marine Corps, 2 Years, 5 months, and 15 days (Feb '74 - Jul '76) I served as a guard during the evacuation of Saigon and as a Chaplain's Clerk assigned to Lt. John L. Fitzgerald (President Kennedy's first cousin) during my last nine months.
The Governor should provide a budget that clearly states what services the state should provide and what those services should cost. Legislature should decide which of those services the taxpayers should pay for and which taxpayers should pay.
It depends on whether the state legislators previous experience involves taking bribes from First Energy. I believe my own experience as a United State Marine gave me the discipline and self reliance to perform the proper duties of a legislator.
Campaign finance should be completely transparent and the voters should know who's contributing to campaigns. Corporations like First Energy should not be able to buy off Ohio politicians. Government officials who take corporate payoffs and corporate officials who give payoffs to government officials should go to prison.
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Note: Rinehart submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on April 29, 2024.
I became a United States Marine as a young man. I was the youngest Marine to participate in the evacuation of Saigon and served as a Guard for the Supreme Judge of Saigon and his family for about six months and I am proud that the most important action I took as a Marine SAVED lives rather than taking lives.
After completing my enlistment in the Marines, I attended Kent State University in the veterans' educational GI-Bill program. I served as President of the Kent State Vietnam Veterans Association and worked with Senator John Glenn to improve benefits for my fellow veterans.
I took an oath as a Marine to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's why I am a candidate now because our Constitution is under attack.
Folks who never served our country are attacking our right to vote. Some are trying to overthrow our elections. Some are trying to rig our elections with unconstitutional districts. Some have taken money from First Energy to let First Energy charge us more for our electric service. Some have taken money from companies to let them drill our park lands to make themselves billions in profits from our oil and gas and pay the lowest company taxes in the country to drill that oil and gas.
I started an Internet service company that never made me rich but provided me with an income for many years until I sold it for enough to buy my parents' property in Bolivar, where I now live.
I helped organize the Ohio-Erie Canal-way Coalition easement contracts from the Tuscarawas County line to the village of Bolivar and have developed our property for recreational use, along the Historic Greenville Treaty Line and the Ohio-Erie Canal Towpath Trail, Buckeye Trail, and Great American Rail Trail. I am committed to preserving Ohio's heritage and natural beauty and improving trail-tourism economic opportunities.
Join me in protecting our vote from rigged elections and protecting our State from corporate profiteers who destroy our land to increase their fortunes.
State representatives should listen to the concerns of their constituents, develop solutions and work with the legislature to balance the best interests of the district.
USMC, 2 Years, 5 months, and 15 days (Feb '74 - Jul '76) I served as a guard during the Vietnamese evacuation and as a Chaplain's Clerk assigned to Lt. John L. Fitzgerald (President Kennedy's first cousin) during my last nine months.
Yes, but as important, as what experience in business or professionally brings to the table! I have over thirty years as a successful Entrepreneur in two different businesses.
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Note: Rinehart submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on January 16, 2024.
Campaign finance summary
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Joe Rinehart campaign contribution history
Year
Office
Status
Contributions
Expenditures
2024*
Ohio House of Representatives District 51
Lost general
$14,809
$14,475
Grand total
$14,809
$14,475
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
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