Bacon, kevin rep
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)<div>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Kevin Bacon</b> is the state Senator for the 3rd District of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Senate</a>. Formerly, he served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio House of Representatives</a>. He is the chairman of the Senate Commerce and Labor committee. He is a Republican.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 13px;"> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#Ohio_Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ohio Senate</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#Key_legislation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Key legislation</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral history</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Bacon(politician)&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After graduation from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Miami University</a> and Capital Law School, Bacon, a private practice attorney, previously worked for Farmer's Insurance and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio_Department_of_Commerce&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ohio Department of Commerce (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ohio Department of Commerce</a> and as a prosecutor for the City of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,Ohio" title="Lancaster, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lancaster, Ohio</a>. He currently is an attorney, of counsel, with the law firm of "Appel & Hellstedt," located in Worthington, Ohio. He also served as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendon_Township,Franklin_County,Ohio" title="Blendon Township, Franklin County, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Blendon Township</a> Trustee.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Reidelbach" title="Linda Reidelbach" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Linda Reidelbach</a> announced that she would not seek another term, Bacon was among three who sought to replace her.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> Bacon faced a clear shot in the primary. With the district being one that Democrats sought to pick up, Bacon faced a somewhat difficult challenge in the 2006 general election, and it was one of the most closely targeted races in the cycle. The campaign was subject to many attack ads from both sides. He bested Democrat Dean Hernandez by fewer than 1000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup>In his first term, Speaker of the House <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Husted" title="Jon Husted" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jon Husted</a> appointed Bacon Vice Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2008, Bacon was targeted again as a potential target by Democrats, and faced Jay Perez in the 2008 general election. Again, both were targets of negative campaigning. He beat Perez 51%-45% in an overwhelmingly Democratic year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ohio_Senate">Ohio Senate</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Bacon(politician)&action=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">With incumbent Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goodman(politician)" title="David Goodman (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">David Goodman</a> unable to seek another term, Bacon announced in May 2009 that he would run for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup> After no competition in the primary, he faced Democrat Mark Pfeifer in the general election, and won the election 50%-43%.</p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Bacon(politician)&action=edit§ion=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h3><ul style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Commerce and Labor—Chair</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Insurance and Financial Institutions</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Civil Justice</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Finance: Medicaid Subcommitee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Public Safety, Local Government & Veterans Affairs</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Reference</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">State Government Oversight and Reform</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Key_legislation">Key legislation</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Bacon(politician)&action=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Key legislation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Senator Bacon was the primary sponsor of Senate Bill 9, which updates Ohio’s insurance laws to reflect recent changes in federal health care laws. SB 9 suspends the Open Enrollment Program, the Ohio Health Reinsurance Program, and the conversion of health insurance policies option. The bill was signed into law by Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich" title="John Kasich" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Kasich</a> on June 4, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon(politician)#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></p></div><div>===</div>