Andrew Miller Thompson (February 8, 1963 â 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 (2005â2011) 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
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 ...
in 1985, and spent four years working for the
Competitive Enterprise Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit libertarian think tank founded by the political writer Fred L. Smith Jr. on March 9, 1984, in Washington, D.C., to advance principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individ ...
, a libertarian think tank. Thompson was a member of the
National Rifle Association of America
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent Gun politics in the United States, gun rights ...
.
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
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by Presid ...
by prohibiting any insurance company that participated in the exchange from doing business in Ohio.
Thompson was an activist against the
Common Core State Standards Initiative
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, was an American, multi-state educational initiative begun in 2010 with the goal of increasing consistency across state standards, or what Kâ12 students throughout th ...
, 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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References
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
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