Andrew Miller Thompson (February 8, 1963 – May 13, 2020) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

for the 95th district, which includes Carroll, Harrison and Noble counties, and portions of Washington and Belmont counties. Prior to 2012 redistricting, he represented the 93rd district for one term. He served three terms on Marietta City Council (2005–2011) and was a co-publisher of his family's magazine, ''Bird Watcher's Digest''.

Early life

Thompson was born in

Pella, Iowa Pella is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States, with a population of 10,464 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Founded by immigrants from the Netherlands, it is forty miles southeast of Des Moines. Pella is the home of Central Colleg ...

on February 8, 1963. He moved to

Marietta, Ohio Marietta is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in Appalachian Ohio, southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum River, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia ...

in 1971 and graduated from Marietta High School in 1981. He graduated from Central College at

in 1985, and spent four years working for the

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, a libertarian think tank. Thompson was a member of the

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Political career

Ohio House of Representatives

Thompson was first elected to represent the 93rd district in the Ohio House in November 2010, defeating Democrat Linda Secrest with 53.8% of the vote. After redistricting, Thompson ran in the 95th district, and defeated Democrat Charlie Daniels with 52.83% of the vote.

Political positions

In March 2013, Thompson introduced a bill that would effectively kill Ohio's healthcare exchange under the

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by prohibiting any insurance company that participated in the exchange from doing business in Ohio. Thompson was an activist against the

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, and introduced a bill, HB 237, that would pull Ohio out of the standards and prohibit using the core-aligned standardized tests.

Personal life

Thompson's wife, Jade, is a Spanish teacher at Marietta High School. They had three children. He died on May 13, 2020, at the age of 57 following a heart attack.Former Ohio state representative Thompson dies at 57
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External links

Andy Thompson for Ohio - Official campaign site
1963 births 2020 deaths Ohio city council members Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly Central College (Iowa) alumni American magazine publishers (people) Businesspeople from Ohio Politicians from Marietta, Ohio People from Pella, Iowa {{Ohio-OHRepresentative-stub