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Steve Dyer
Steve Dyer was a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He represented District 43 from 2007 to 2011.
Career
Dyer was a journalist for Akron Beacon Journal and an attorney until 2007.[1][2]
Steve Dyer earned a B.A. in english from Tufts University; an M.A. in journalism from Kent State University; and a J.D. in intellectual property from the University of Akron Law School. He and his wife, Melissa, have one child; Logan.[1][2]
Dyer worked as a staff writer for the Akron Beacon Journal concurrently with his studies, winning two Society of Professional Journalists Awards as well as two Cleveland Press Club Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards during his time there. He was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.[1] [2]
After leaving the Akron Beacon Journal in 2006, Dyer worked for Summit County Executive as a staff attorney for a year. He then served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, winning several awards including the 2007 Legislative Leadership Award: Military Order of the Purple Heart, 2009 Homer F. Mincy Award from The Alliance for Adequate School Funding and a 2010 Friend of Public Education Award from the Ohio Federation of Teachers.[1][2]
From September 2013 to February 2014, Dyer worked as an educational policy fellow at Cleveland State University’s Institute for Educational Leadership, and in June 2014, he served as part of a delegation of education policy leaders for the university's Confucius Institute in Shanghai and Beijing.[2]
As of November 2015, Dyer works at Innovation Ohio as an Education Policy Fellow, a position that he's held since 2011. He has also been a senior lecturer at The University of Akron since August 2013.[2]
Committee assignments
Prior to leaving the Ohio House of Representatives, Dyer served on the following committees:
- Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
- Finance and Appropriations Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
- Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education
- Financial Institutions, Real Estate, and Securities Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
- Insurance Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
Elections
2010
Dyer was defeated in the November 2 general election by challenger Todd McKenney (R).[3]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Dyer won re-election to the Ohio House of Representatives.[4][5][6] He ran unopposed.
| Ohio House of Representatives, District 43 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Steve Dyer (D)
|
35,271 | |||
| Judy Jones (R) | 24,593 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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External links
- Representative Dyer's campaign
- Ohio House of Representatives - Rep. Dyer
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006
- Representative Dyer's Democratic caucus page
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Dyer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 LinkedIn, "Stephen Dyer," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "State Representative: Results for general election on November 2, 2010," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Republican State Representative: Results for Primary: March 4, 2008," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Democratic State Representative: Results for Primary: March 4, 2008," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "State Representative: Results for general election on November 4, 2008," accessed June 11, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Ohio House of Representatives - District 43 2007–2011 |
Succeeded by Todd McKenney (R) |
