{"id":59351,"date":"2015-01-06T08:28:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T13:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=59351"},"modified":"2015-01-06T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T13:58:55","slug":"burkley-sworn-in-as-ohio-house-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/01\/06\/burkley-sworn-in-as-ohio-house-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkley sworn in as Ohio House member"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio Statehouse information<\/i><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS — State representatives Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) and Tony Burkley (R-Payne) were sworn in as members of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 131st General Assembly on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Ohio Representative Tony Burkley (second from left) is sworn in to a second term on Monday, (Ohio House photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For McColley, Monday marks the start of his first term at the Statehouse. He represents the 81st District, containing Putnam, Henry and Williams counties and part of Fulton County. A 2003 graduate of Napoleon High School, McColley most recently served as executive director for the Community Improvement Corporation of Henry County, where he oversaw economic and workforce development efforts in Henry and Williams counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very honored to be sworn in as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and I am thankful to the constituents of the 81st District for placing their trust in me,\u201d McColley said. \u201cI look forward to working with my House colleagues to help make Ohio the best it can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burkley is beginning his second term in the House. He serves the 82nd District, which includes Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert counties, as well as part of Auglaize County. Prior to being elected to the House, he served 16 years in county government, including four terms as Paulding County commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honor to have been sworn into office for my second term in the Ohio House,\u201d Burkley said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to continuing my service to the 82nd District and welcome opportunities to help Ohio remain on the right path.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohio Statehouse information COLUMBUS — State representatives Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) and Tony Burkley (R-Payne) were sworn in as members of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 131st General Assembly on Monday. For McColley, Monday marks the start of his first term at the Statehouse. He represents the 81st District, containing Putnam, Henry and Williams […]<\/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-59351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 06:44:34","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\/59351","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=59351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}