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Mahoning Valley

About Tex Fischer

State Representative Tex Fischer is a small business owner serving his first term in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Born and raised in Youngstown, Tex lives in Boardman and is a proud Mahoning Valley native with working-class roots. He has spent the last decade fighting for conservative values and building a successful small business with a national client base.

Before joining the Ohio House, Tex served as a regional manager for Turning Point USA from 2015-2017, overseeing operations in 4 states and managing a team of 20. He worked for the Ohio Republican Party in 2018 before signing on as the National Field Director for the American Conservation Coalition. After 3 years leading the ACC’s Field Department, he chose to pursue building his business full-time in the summer of 2021.

In the legislature, Tex is focused on reducing the tax burden on working families and small businesses, fiscal responsibility, and ensuring the state government is working for the people, not special interests.

ISSUES

Reducing Taxes for all Ohioans

Ohio has the 14th-highest tax burden in the country, higher than every single one of our neighboring states. Property taxes have skyrocketed, leaving homeowners stuck with huge tax bills they weren’t expecting and can’t afford. Ohio should move to a rolling 3-year average of property value assessments so that homeowners aren’t faced with huge hikes overnight, and work to reduce the overall tax burden on ALL our citizens.

affordable and
reliable energy

A healthy economy requires affordable and reliable energy. We have an abundance of natural resources in Ohio, but are facing an energy crisis over the next 5-10 years if we don’t act now. New projects like Intel will require a massive amount of power, and we won’t have enough power plants to meet the demand of the future. Reforming the corrupt public utility system in Ohio will incentivize new power plants to be built, creating jobs and reducing energy bills for working families.

Supporting the valley’s Workforce

Right now, we have more jobs than people qualified and willing to fill them. Business and labor groups both agree we need to encourage young people to gain work experience through an internship or apprenticeship so we can fill the jobs available today and help prepare the next generation for the jobs of tomorrow. Everyone willing to work should be able to count on a level playing field and keep more of what they earn. I’m drafting legislation to help our blue-collar workforce and will fight for working men and women in Columbus.

building a prosperous future

I’ve seen too many friends and family members move out of the area because they didn’t believe they could build the life they wanted for themselves here. I want to see a future where my kids and grandkids can stay in the Mahoning Valley and succeed. We need to embrace the economy of the future by expanding our fiber optic infrastructure and fostering new industries that have the potential to spark the next great era in the Valley’s history.