State Sen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark, is retiring from politics after 30 years. He is the second-highest ranking Republican in the Ohio Senate.
But if you have lived in Ohio at any point in the past 30 years, Hottinger likely has had a hand in a piece of legislation that has affected you, whether it's related to insurance reform, health care, child welfare, the opioid crisis or the state budget.
Since Jan. 4, 2021, Hottinger has served in the Ohio Senate as the president pro tempore, or the second-highest ranking leader behind Senate President Matt Huffman. In total, the Newark politician has spent 28 years in the Ohio General Assembly since he was elected as a state representative in 1994 — 12 years in the Ohio House of Representatives and 16 years in the Ohio Senate.Sen.
I was kind of underneath the radar screen, but my parents raised me to believe I could do whatever I wanted to do. So I sat on hundreds of porch swings and living rooms and listened to people and listened to their concerns, and what was interesting was that my opponent really underestimated me. The biggest are probably my legislation that made the 0.08 BAC the legal limit in the state of Ohio, my legislation that eliminated the estate tax, or death tax, and then passing Megan's Law, which requires juvenile sex offenders to register .I’m a really big believer that government doesn’t create jobs but plays a major role in the climate for job creation. When you look back at areas I represent, I have had the opportunity to advance those opportunities.
It was my amendment that helped pass Gov. Mike DeWine's $500 million for infrastructure projects through the Appalachian Community Grant Fund. Half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Is it going to solve all the problems out there? Not even gonna come close, but the governor’s goals have been to spend that money smartly.
Both sides are catering more to their particular voters or their particular party, and then what you have are extremes: liberal extremes and conservative extremes. It's difficult to govern on the extremes.
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