Jon Husted
| Jon A. Husted | |
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| 53rd Secretary of State of Ohio | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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| Governor | John Kasich |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Brunner |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 6th district |
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In office January 5, 2009 – January 9, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Peggy Lehner |
| Succeeded by | Peggy Lehner |
| 99th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 4, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Armond Budish |
| Succeeded by | Cliff Rosenberger |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 41st district |
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In office January 8, 2001 – January 4, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | J. Donald Mottley |
| Succeeded by | Peggy Lehner |
| Personal details | |
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August 25, 1967 Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Tina Sheppard |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Dayton (BA, MA) |
Jon A. Husted (born August 25, 1967) is the 53rd and current Ohio Secretary of State. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 6th District of the Ohio Senate (a portion of Montgomery County) from 2009 – 2011 and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 - 2009. From 2005 – 2009, Husted served as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and remains one of the youngest people to ever become Ohio House Speaker.
Husted was elected Ohio Secretary of State on November 2, 2010 and re-elected on November 4, 2014, defeating Democratic State Senator Nina Turner by nearly 25 percent of the vote.
Husted was born in the Detroit area in 1967 and was immediately placed for adoption. He has stated that his biological father did not want him and his biological mother was unable to care for him.
"I focus every morning on waking up and being thankful for all that I have, and I have a good reason for that. Because I'm lucky to be here at all."
He was adopted by Jim and Judy Husted and raised in the Northwest Ohio Community of Montpelier, Ohio as the oldest of three children. His father was a machine operator for Mohawk Tools which closed in 1989.
Husted cites his experience having been adopted as a child as the foundation for his staunch opposition to abortion.
Husted graduated from Montpelier High School in 1985 where he was a four-sport athlete. He has credited his love for athletics for driving him to get better grades so he could play college football.
He later received both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Dayton where he played on the Dayton Flyers Football team. His senior year, the team won the 1989 NCAA Division III National Championship Game in Phoenix City, Alabama.
While completing his master’s degree at the University of Dayton, Husted was offered a job on the football coaching staff at the University of Toledo, but instead chose to work on a local political campaign. He then stayed in the Dayton area and worked for Montgomery County Commissioner Don Lucas and was eventually named Vice-President of Business and Economic Development at the Dayton-Area Chamber of Commerce, a position he held until seeking public office as State Representative in 2000.
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