Brian Baldridge | |
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Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture | |
Assumed office February 1, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Mike Dewine |
Preceded by | Dorothy Pelanda |
Member of the OhioHouseofRepresentatives from the 90th district | |
In office January 7,2019 –January 31,2023 | |
Preceded by | Terry Johnson |
Succeeded by | Justin Pizzulli |
Personal details | |
Born | West Union,Ohio | January 21,1969
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Winchester,Ohio |
Brian Baldridge (born January 21,1969) is current Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. He is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 90th district from 2019 until his resignation in 2023. He is a Republican. The district comprises Adams and Scioto counties as well as a portion of Lawrence county. Baldridge is currently serving as a full-time firefighter/paramedic with Anderson Township Fire Department. Baldridge previously served as an Adams County Commissioner and prior to that served as a Wayne Township Trustee in Adams County. [1] He also has served as a firefighter while also working as a farmer,including on a farm owned for seven generations by his family. [2]
In 2018,state Representative Terry Johnson was term limited and unable to run for another term. [3] Baldridge won a crowded Republican primary for the seat,and went on to win the general election against Democrat Adrienne Buckler with over 61% of the vote. [4]
Baldridge resigned his seat in the House on January 31,2023,after being appointed the 40th Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture by Governor Mike DeWine. [5]
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