Lou Gentile
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Lou Gentile is the Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives
serving the Ninety Fifth District since 2011.
, Gentile returned home to Jefferson County
and joined the Ted Strickland
for Congress campaign as field director. He continued his service with Congressman Strickland serving as his representative to constituents in Jefferson, Belmont, Noble and Monroe Counties. Gentile was appointed Assistant Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia in January 2007, and served until 2010.
unable to run again due to term limits, Gentile opted to replace him. He faced four others in the primary election, and received 52.41% of the electorate to win the nomination. He faced Republican Mark Clark in the general election, and won with 66.25% of the vote.
Gentile was sworn in on January 3, 2011 to take his first term. He is serving on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, the Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee and the Public Utilities Committee. He also is a member of the Ohio School Facilities Commission; the Children’s Trust Fund Board; the Muskingum River Advisory Council; the Belmont County Transportation Improvement District Board of Trustees and the Technical Advisory Committee to Assist the Director of the Ohio Coal Development Office.
As a member of the Ohio School Facilities Commission, Gentile is critical of a decision that reverses to require contractors to pay union-scale wages or to require the use of union workers through project labor agreements. "I'm concerned that we could be creating a race to the bottom and not getting skilled, qualified construction trades to build our schools," said Gentile, a nonvoting commission member.
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....
serving the Ninety Fifth District since 2011.
Career
After graduation from West Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University
West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
, Gentile returned home to Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Ohio
Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....
and joined the Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....
for Congress campaign as field director. He continued his service with Congressman Strickland serving as his representative to constituents in Jefferson, Belmont, Noble and Monroe Counties. Gentile was appointed Assistant Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia in January 2007, and served until 2010.
Ohio House of Representatives
With incumbent John DomenickJohn Domenick
John Domenick is a Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives. A weatherman with the local CBS station, WTRF for over twenty five years, Domenick opted to seek the Democratic nomination for state representative in 2002 against incumbent Eileen Krupinski. With...
unable to run again due to term limits, Gentile opted to replace him. He faced four others in the primary election, and received 52.41% of the electorate to win the nomination. He faced Republican Mark Clark in the general election, and won with 66.25% of the vote.
Gentile was sworn in on January 3, 2011 to take his first term. He is serving on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, the Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee and the Public Utilities Committee. He also is a member of the Ohio School Facilities Commission; the Children’s Trust Fund Board; the Muskingum River Advisory Council; the Belmont County Transportation Improvement District Board of Trustees and the Technical Advisory Committee to Assist the Director of the Ohio Coal Development Office.
As a member of the Ohio School Facilities Commission, Gentile is critical of a decision that reverses to require contractors to pay union-scale wages or to require the use of union workers through project labor agreements. "I'm concerned that we could be creating a race to the bottom and not getting skilled, qualified construction trades to build our schools," said Gentile, a nonvoting commission member.