Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: farmer , and automotive dealer - residence: zanesville , ohio , u.s. - preceded: jimmy stewart jim aslanides - term: january 5 , 2009-july 13 , 2011 - state house: ohio - state senate: ohio - spouse: angela balderson -lrb- divorced -rrb- - party: republican - district: 20th 94th - succeeded: incumbent brian hill - term start: july 13 , 2011 - state: ohio ohio - name: troy balderson - birth date: 16 january 1962 - birth place: zanesville , ohio , u.s. - religion: christian - alma mater: zanesville high school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of troy balderson .
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troy balderson -lrb- born january 16 , 1962 -rrb- is the state senator for the 20th district of the ohio senate .formerly , he was a member of the ohio house of representatives .he is the chairman of the senate energy and natural resources committee .he is a republican .