Political career
Stewart was elected to Village Council of Ashville, Ohio in November 2009. He earned 23.3% of the vote in the five-way, non-partisan race. [3] In 2012, Stewart ran for Pickaway County, Ohio commissioner. He won the Republican nomination by securing 59.1% of the vote and went on to win the three-way general election with 44.6%. [4] He was reelected to the position in 2016, with 58.3% of the vote. [5]
Stewart was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in November 2020, succeeding incumbent Republican Ron Hood. He defeated Democrat Charlotte Owens in 2020, winning 72.7% to 27.3%. [6] Less than six months after beginning his term, Stewart announced that he would run for United States Congress, representing Ohio's 15th congressional district. [1] Stewart dropped out of the race before election day citing a lack of resources. [7]
136th General Assembly
Stewart defeated Democrat Brad Cotton, winning 72.9% to 27.1%. [9] Stewart was made Finance Chairman of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 136th General Assembly, primarily overseeing Ohio's biennial budget. This budget came at a time of general outrage over steeply-increasing property taxes in Ohio, of which Governor Mike DeWine line-item vetoed a significant amount of proposed changes to Ohio's property tax laws. [10] The biennial budget under Stewart also caused significant controversy for its provision to create a $1.7 billion “Ohio Cultural and Sports Facility” from an unclaimed funds reserve, which included a mandatory $600 million bond to be given to the Cleveland Browns for stadium relocation. [11]
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