Mark Schneider is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives. A former Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutor Schneider entered the election in 2008 to defeat one-term incumbent Carol-Ann Schindel. A contentious race it proved to be one of the closest watched of the cycle. Ultimately aided by a strong showing by Barack Obama Schneider defeated Schindel soundly.Schneider was sworn into his seat on January 5 2009 beginning his two year term. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder