Posted on 04/03/2017 6:50:12 PM PDT by SMGFan
State Rep. Christina Hagan became the first Republican to jump into the race for Ohios 16th District on Monday. Four-term Rep. James B. Renacci is running for governor in 2018 - Its a safe Republican seat that President Donald Trump won by 17 points and could feature a crowded GOP primary field. -
Hagan is serving her third term in the state House, to which she was appointed in 2011 when she was a 22-year-old college student. (She first ran when she was 19, but lost). Hagan holds the same seat that her father held from 2000 to 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyBqCAYnsc&feature=youtu.be
Here’s her announcement - sounds like a hard worker and strong conservative.
Thanks for the link
The following is a well-written article about her first getting the seat in 2011. She had lost the election to another Republican - but that guy, after three months, resigned to take on some other government job. The Republicans picked her out of a host of other candidates.
http://www.cantonrep.com/x256218106/Ohio-House-feels-like-home-for-Hagan
Excerpt:
The speculation started once shocked political observers realized that Ohio House Republicans had appointed 22-year-old college senior Christina Hagan last week to be a state representative.
Did House leaders believe the young state representative would be easier to influence? Did House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, owe a favor to Hagans father, former state Rep. John Hagan? Was Christina Hagan keeping the 50th District seat warm for her father, who, under term limits, can run for office again in 2012?
The Marlboro Township woman sought to quash those rumors just hours after she was sworn in at the Statehouse on Wednesday.
If my father ran, she said, Id beat him.
Then, just as boldly: My father has no interest in running for this seat. If he did, my mother would kill him.
You can print that.
Life Experience !
Appointed to her father’s old seat? I hate that stuff.
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