Johnny Nugent (born July 18, 1939) is a Republican member of the

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, representing the 43rd District from 1978 to 2014. He was born in

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and graduated from high school in 1957. Nugent has owned Nugent Tractor Sales since 1968. He served on the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners from 1966 to 1974. In 2002, he was arrested for

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, with a

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of 0.13%. In 2009, he introduced legislation that would have prohibited Indiana schools from banning firearms.

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External links

Johnny Nugent at Ballotpedia

Virtual Office of Senator Johnny Nugent
''official Indiana State Legislature site'' * 1949 births Living people Republican Party Indiana state senators People from Cleves, Ohio 20th-century Indiana politicians 21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly {{Indiana-politician-stub