Matt Lundy
| Matt Lundy | |
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| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 55th district |
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In office January 2, 2007-December 31, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Earl Martin |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Manning |
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January 4, 1960 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Elyria, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Lorain County Community College, Friends University |
| Profession | Full-time Legislator/Former Investigative-Reporter/Anchor |
Matt Lundy is a former Democratic Party member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who has represented the 55th District from 2007 to 2014.
Lundy holds an associate degree from Lorain County Community College and a bachelor's degree in human resource management from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. At Avon Lake High School during the 1970s, Lundy hosted a radio show on WLRO 1380 in Lorain, Ohio. By the age of 24, Lundy was anchoring the 11:00 p.m. news on a Toledo, Ohio television station. Lundy made other stops during his television career in Utah, Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina. Lundy later served as the statewide political correspondent for a four-station group in West Virginia.
His first public service job was on Avon Lake’s City Council from 1994 to 1995. Later, Lundy began serving under Elyria Mayor Bill Grace as assistant safety/service director. He served in that capacity until being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
In 2006, incumbent Earl Martin, who had been appointed, was seen as vulnerable by Democrats. Lundy, in a primary battle with Alan Caruso, won 68.82% of the vote to face in incumbent in the general election. The race became contentious, when a local property dispute involving Martin became public. Lundy beat Martin, taking 56.23% of the vote.
For his first reelection bid in 2008, Lundy was targeted hard by the Republican Party who sought to take the district back, and Avon City Councilman Daniel Urban was nominated to run against Lundy. Lundy won reelection with 57.61% of the vote. For the 128th General Assembly, Speaker of the House Armond Budish named Lundy Chairman of the Consumer Affairs & Economic Protection Committee.
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