Richard Hollington is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Ohio House of Representatives

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....

 representing the 98th district.

Hollington is a lawyer and a partner in Baker & Hostetler LLP. He first served as a representative from 1967-70. In February 2010 incumbent representative Matt Dolan

Matt Dolan

Matthew J. Dolan is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 2005 to 2010. He resigned in January 2010 to focus on a run for Cuyahoga County Executive...

 resigned in order to unsuccessfully seek an executive position in Cuyahoga County, and Hollington was named as his replacement until the election in November. State Senator Tim Grendell

Tim Grendell

Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 18th district since 2005. He is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee...

won the November election but decided to remain in the Senate instead of taking up the House seat, so Hollington was again appointed to represent the 98th district.