residence predecessor party birth_date order term_start article_title name
salem , ohio nick barborak republican 25 may 1955 member 5th district of the ohio house of representatives from the january 3 , 2015 tim ginter
 tim ginter
tim ginter

tim ginter -lrb- born may 25 , 1955 -rrb- is the representative for the 5th district of the ohio house of representatives .
ginter is an ordained minister , and has also worked in various other occupations .
he ran against jason wilson in 2008 for the ohio senate , but lost .
in 2014 , ginter replaced craig newbold as the republican candidate for state representative in the 5th district .
ginter went on to defeat incumbent democrat nick barborak in the 2014 general election with 59 % of the vote .
