Dick Stein is an American politician who served in the
Ohio House of Representatives
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from 2017 to 2024. He represents the 54th district. He is a Republican. The district consists of Huron County as well as Rochester,
Wellington
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LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaEaton Estates, Avon and portions of North Ridgeville in
Lorain County
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Life and career
Stein was born and raised in
Norwalk, Ohio
Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 17,068 at the 2020 census. The city is the center of the Norwalk micropolitan area and part of the Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical ...
, where he still resides today. A business owner, Stein has owned Stein Photography for nearly forty years. He is a graduate of Norwalk St. Paul High School, and also holds various photography licenses.
Prior to running for office, Stein was a longtime member of the Huron County Republican Party Central Committee. Stein and his wife, Patty, has two children and five grandchildren.
Ohio House of Representatives
In 2016, state Representative Terry Boose was unable to run for another term due to term-limits. A competitive seat on paper, both Democrats and Republicans made the seat a top target. On the Republican side, Stein was one of four to seek the GOP nomination, besting Kathryn Frombaugh and two others with 34% of the vote to take the nomination.
Facing Democrat Tom Dunlap, a Huron County Commissioner, Stein won the general election 62% to 38%. He was sworn in on January 3, 2017.