Gerald Stebelton is a former Republican member of the

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, representing the 77th District from 2007 to 2014.

Career

After working as an

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and contracting officer for

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, leading negotiating teams in

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and

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in the 1960s and '70's, Stebelton earned a law degree and became an assistant

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in Franklin County. He is the senior shareholder of the Lancaster law firm Stebelton, Aranda & Snider, he has also served on the

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and

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, and is a past member of the Republican Central Committee.

House of Representatives

Stebelton initially ran for the House in 2006, after incumbent Tim Schaffer moved to the

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. He won decisively, and was reelected in 2008, and ran again unopposed in 2010. For the 129th General Assembly, Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder has named Stebelton as a member of the Republican majority caucus' Policy Committee,Ohio House: Batchelder Announces House GOP Policy Committee
/ref> as well as member of the Judiciary and Ethics Committee, the Finance and Appropriations and the Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee, as well as the Chairman of the Education Committee. In 2012, Stebelton won a final term with 59% of the vote against Democrat Kelly Bryant. He was term-limited in 2014.

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Jerry for State Representative
''official campaign site'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Stebelton, Gerald Living people Ohio State University College of Engineering alumni Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly 1939 births Capital University Law School alumni