Mark Sigrist
2025 - Present
2026
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Mark Sigrist (Democratic Party) is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing District 10. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Sigrist (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 10. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Sigrist completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Sigrist was born in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a high school diploma from Grove City High School and a bachelor's degree from Ohio University in 1983. As of 2024, Sigrist was retired. He previously worked in management at Honda North America.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 10
Mark Sigrist defeated Brian Garvine in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Sigrist (D)  | 51.5 | 26,752 |
 | Brian Garvine (R) | 48.5 | 25,175 | |
| Total votes: 51,927 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10
Mark Sigrist defeated Sarah Pomeroy in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Sigrist | 50.2 | 2,329 |
 | Sarah Pomeroy | 49.8 | 2,309 | |
| Total votes: 4,638 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ahmet Ali (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10
Brian Garvine defeated Shafi Shafat in the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 10 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Garvine | 83.6 | 3,218 |
 | Shafi Shafat | 16.4 | 633 | |
| Total votes: 3,851 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Dobos (R) (Unofficially withdrew)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mark Sigrist completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sigrist's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As a current Grove City At Large Council Member and longtime management member at Honda North America, Sigrist will bring a strong pragmatic and consensus-building approach to his new role. “Working with others, on issues bigger than what you can solve alone, not caring about who gets the credit, is how meaningful work gets done,” Sigrist says. “I enjoy finding the experts, passionate, life-affirming people, willing to show up, not just talk, and work toward making this a better world.”
As an at-large City Council member, Sigrist has proven he can represent, and bring an authentic viewpoint, demonstrating his democratic values with elected officials on both sides of the aisle.
He is a proven vote getter, having been elected to a Grove City Council at Large seat in November, 2021, winning all 29 precincts and gaining 52% of the vote, out-pacing the other 3 candidates (including two incumbents) combined.
"As a public servant, the important thing is to get things done for the working families you represent," Sigrist says. "That's how I- Advocate for Seniors to affordably and safely age in their homes. Seniors are our fastest growing population. The number of Americans reaching age 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million by 2040. The number of adults ages 85 and older, the group most often needing help with basic personal care, will nearly quadruple between in the same period.
We need to also find real estate tax relief so that seniors do not get priced out of their own homes. I want to support local first responders in their various Senior Fall Prevention and other activities to help seniors age safely at home.
- Women's Reproductive Rights. One of the highest priority health-care issues is women’s reproductive rights. These decisions should be left to women and their doctors. The government, courts, politicians and other outsiders have no business intruding into these health-care decisions. We must protect women’s right to choose. The recent IVF Alabama Supreme Court ruling must not make it's way toward Ohio. It's repugnant to see our state supreme court justices and state legislators trampling on women's reproductive freedom.
- Strengthen Public Education Forever Public Education is unquestionably the most important industry in US Society. If we do not make it a priority in 2024, the constant attacks and attempts to roll back funding by radical groups and legislators will see the next few generations experience such a great disadvantage. If our future generations are not set up for success, our society will find itself a shell of what it could have been. It is the key to a prosperous nation, and every child in America deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and be inspired. We need to be supporting all the factors that go into a quality education system, and also paying appropriate salaries to attract and retain top talented educators.
My whole life people have called me a "connector". I have had the joy of meeting so many interesting and diverse people over my lifetime, and I kind of have them on my cell phone rolodex. I can call on them in time of need and they are always willing to help if they are available. I involve the experts, connecting the right people to help solve life's gnarly issues for myself and others.
I desire to leave The Thanksgiving Day Wattle 5K that my family, friends and I started in 2012 for Grove City. It is a local fund raiser for the Grove City Food Pantry and it is a cherished annual community event.
I always recall the line: "It's funny when you get that close, it's kind of hard to hate." He uses it when referring to the plumber (a volunteer fireman)who saved him from the fire, and he was cynic that first responders, or the government didn't care about poor hippies.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 27, 2024
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