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Christina Hagan | |
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Member of the OhioHouseofRepresentatives from the 50th district | |
In office March 2, 2011 –December 31, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Todd Snitchler |
Succeeded by | Reggie Stoltzfus |
Personal details | |
Born | Christina Marie Hagan December 11,1988 Alliance,Ohio,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Malone University (BA) |
Website | State House website |
Christina Marie Hagan-Nemeth (born December 11,1988) [1] is an American politician and former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 50th district. [2] She was the Republican nominee in the 2020 election to represent Ohio's 13th congressional district. [3]
Hagan was born and raised in Marlboro Township,a rural township in Stark County,Ohio. [3] [4] She earned a degree in business administration with minors in business management and political science at Malone University. She supported herself in high school and college by working at various jobs:for her family's businesses,Hagan Heating and Plumbing,Bravo! Cucina Italiana and Carrabba's Italian Grill. [5] She also volunteered on her father's political campaigns. [6] [7]
Hagan-Nemeth served as a state representative from 2011 to 2018. She ran against Todd Snitchler in 2008,losing in the Republican primary to replace her father. [8]
Hagan-Nemeth announced in April 2017 that she was running for Congress in the 16th district in the 2018 election. [9] She lost the primary to Anthony Gonzalez,with 40% of the vote to Gonzalez's 53%. Hagan-Nemeth did not live in the 16th congressional district.
On April 28,2020,after competing in the most crowded field in Northeast Ohio, [3] Hagan-Nemeth won the Republican primary for Ohio's 13th congressional district,with preliminary results showing her winning 66% of the vote. Hagan-Nemeth faced incumbent Democrat Tim Ryan in the general election. She does not live in the 13th congressional district [10] and was criticized for seeking office outside her district. She lost the election,receiving 44.9% of the vote. [11]
In 2014 Hagan-Nemeth married Adam Nemeth, [4] whom she met while studying at Malone University. He is a plumber,electrician,and HVAC technician who has worked at the Hagan family HVAC company and is also a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician in Marlboro Township. Hagan-Nemeth gave birth to her daughter Josaphine Jane in 2015 [12] and twin sons in October 2018. [13]
Hagan is a Methodist. [14]