Anthony Core, commonly called Tony Core, is an American

United States

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 politician from Ohio

Ohio

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 and a former Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Ohio General Assembly

Ohio General Assembly

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. A graduate of The Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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, he is a lawyer

Lawyer

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 from rural Rushsylvania

Rushsylvania, Ohio

Rushsylvania is a village located in Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 543 at the 2000 census.A branch of the Logan County District Library serves the Rushsylvania community.-Geography:...

 in Logan County

Logan County, Ohio

Logan County is a county in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,858. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in the area....

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Government career

Core first entered government service in Logan County, where he was a member of the county's MR/DD

MRDD

MRDD or MR/DD, short for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, refers to services designed to assist mentally and developmentally challenged people and their families...

 board. In 1999, he was appointed to fill the empty seat for the 83rd District of the House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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, which includes part or all of Logan, Marion

Marion County, Ohio

Marion County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 66,501. Its county seat is the city of Marion and is named for General Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion, an officer in the Revolutionary War....

, and Union

Union County, Ohio

Union County is a county located in the US state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,300. Increasingly becoming more of a suburban county, the population was estimated at 47,234 in 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau...

 counties; the seat had been vacated by the death of its previous occupant, Tony's father Ed

Ed Core

Edward Core, commonly called Ed Core, was an American politician from Ohio and a Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly representing district 87. Core died of a heart attack on August 9, 1999 and his son Tony was appointed to his seat....

. After finishing the partial term, he was re-elected to four full terms before being term-limited in 2008. His seat was filled by Dave Burke of Marysville

Marysville, Ohio

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

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Core won an uncontested race for Logan County Commissioner

County commission

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 in 2008.

During his time in office, Core used a logo of an apple

Apple

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 eaten to the core.

Personal

According to Core's website, he and his wife Heather are the parents of a son and two daughters. He is a member of the First United Presbyterian

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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 Church of Bellefontaine

Bellefontaine, Ohio

Bellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...

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External links

• Core's website