My friend Beth Lear, former education analyst at The Buckeye Institute, is running for the 2nd House District:

Galena, OH – Beth Lear, Republican from Galena, announced today that she will campaign for State Representative in Ohio’s 2nd House District, currently held by Kris Jordan (R – Powell). Representative Jordan is seeking the Senate seat being vacated by Senate President Bill Harris.

“For a long time now it has been true that as Ohio goes, so goes the nation,” said Lear. “But Ohio hasn’t been leading, we’ve been following. I want to change that.”

Lear said that, according the most recent “Rich States, Poor States” report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, Ohio ranked 49th in economic performance, with only Michigan doing worse.

“There’s a simple reason for that poor performance,” Lear said. “Republican and Democrat leaders alike for the last 20 years have been unwilling to rein in our state government,” Lear said. “Add burdensome taxation and regulation and it becomes awfully difficult to grow jobs. Ohio needs a different kind of leader, one who understands that government is best when it governs least. I pledge to be that kind of leader.”

Lear said Ohio must have a government that gets out of the way and allows small businesses to thrive. “If you want to keep college graduates in Ohio and encourage new business to locate here, then you must allow them to create and thrive, and reward them for it, rather than punish them,” Lear said.

Lear is a strong conservative who values small government and lower, simplified taxes. She has experience as a policy analyst, including work for the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, and she was a legislative aide for more than eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives.

She also served in the Ohio Air National Guard and was assigned to the Pentagon during Operation Desert Storm.

Delaware County is a heavily Republican area, but it would be an impossible task to find a more solidly conservative, brilliant candidate for this race. And with more than 15 years of experience working in the House or directly with state legislators as a policy wonk, after the passage of term limits she brings with her institutional knowledge that few could match. Please check out her website and consider making a financial contribution.

Her opponents are Delaware County Recorder Andrew Brenner and Chief Deputy Clerk at the Delaware Municipal Clerk of Court Traci Saliba.

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