Preceded by Lee Fisher Succeeded by Steve Dyer Education University of Akron Preceded by Twyla Roman Spouse Don Taylor | Succeeded by Dave Yost Name Mary Taylor Preceded by Betty Montgomery Political party Republican Party Republican Party | |
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Born March 7, 1966 (age 58) Green, Ohio, U.S. ( 1966-03-07 ) Role Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Office Lieutenant Governor of Ohio since 2011 Children Joe Taylor, Michael Taylor | ||
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Mary Taylor (born March 7, 1966) is an American politician and the 65th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
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- Mary taylor lt governor of ohio great lakes economic forum
- Early life and business career
- Political career
- Lieutenant Governor
- Family
- References
She is a candidate in the Republican Party primary for Governor of Ohio in the 2018 election.
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Early life and business career
Taylor was born in 1966. She attended Springfield Local School district in Springfield Township. She attended the University of Akron, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Accounting and master's degree in Taxation. Becoming a Certified Public Accountant, she worked for Deloitte and Touche and Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company in Akron.
Political career
Taylor was first elected to the city council in Green, eventually being elected to the Ohio General Assembly to represent the 43rd district. In 2006, she was elected to serve as Ohio State Auditor, where she defeated Democratic candidate Barbara Sykes. Taylor, who succeeded fellow Republican Betty Montgomery as state auditor, took office in January 2007. She was the only Republican in Ohio to be elected to a statewide non-judicial office during the 2006 election.
Lieutenant Governor
On January 14, 2010, she was announced as John Kasich's choice as Lieutenant Governor and running mate for Governor of Ohio in the 2010 Election.
On November 2, 2010, Kasich defeated incumbent Governor Ted Strickland (D). Thus Taylor became the Lieutenant Governor on January 10, 2011. She was named as Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance the same day.
Kasich and Taylor were re-elected in November 2014.
On February 23, 2017 she formed a campaign committee to raise money and campaign in the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election.
Family
She is married to Donzell (Don) Taylor and has two sons, Joe (b. circa 1991) and Michael (b. circa 1994) and the family resides in Green. In 2017 she revealed that both her children have been struggling with opioid addiction.