{"id":111496,"date":"2019-01-08T07:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=111496"},"modified":"2019-01-08T07:31:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T12:31:17","slug":"state-rep-sworn-into-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/08\/state-rep-sworn-into-second-term\/","title":{"rendered":"State representative sworn into 2nd term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) was sworn in to his second term as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives during Monday\u2019s session. He represents the 82nd District, which includes Defiance, Paulding, and Van Wert counties, as well as part of Auglaize County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CraigRiedel2-e1510957621518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95511\"\/><figcaption><strong>Craig Riedel<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is truly an honor to represent Ohio\u2019s 82nd House District for a second term,\u201d Representative Riedel said. \u201cI am so proud to have the support of my constituents who have put faith in me to be their voice from northwest Ohio. I look forward to working on the next biennium state budget and legislative policies that enhance the prosperity for Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representative Riedel grew up on a farm just outside the small town of Attica. After earning a civil engineering degree from The Ohio State University, he enjoyed a 27-year long career with Nucor Vulcraft Group. He retired in June of 2015 in order to follow his passion for public service and represent his friends and fellow citizens in northwestern Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representative Riedel and his wife, Danette, have two adult children, Steve and Renee. His children are both graduates of Defiance High School and The Ohio State University. He also has one granddaughter, Ryan. Representative Riedel and Danette have been married for 30 years and reside in Defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday\u2019s Ohio House session marked the beginning of the 133rd General Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) was sworn in to his second term as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives during Monday\u2019s session. He represents the 82nd District, which includes Defiance, Paulding, and Van Wert counties, as well as part of Auglaize County. \u201cIt is truly an honor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 16:28:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}