Sally Perz is an American politician who was a 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 ...

, serving from 1993 to 1999.

Career

Beginning as a defender for

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, Perz's advocacy eventually led to politics. She later served as a business consultant. In 1992, she decided to run for a term in the

and faced Don Czarcinski, a troubled incumbent.
''Nowak in tight House contest'' ''

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'' June 3, 1992 She ended up defeating Czarcinski to take her first term, and was reelected in 1994, 1996, and 1998. She resigned from the House in 1999 to pursue other ventures, and was succeeded by Jim Mettler.

References

External links

Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website
Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Women state legislators in Ohio Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly 20th-century American women politicians {{ohio-politician-stub