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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James "Jim" Peter Trakas |
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Independence, Ohio , United States |
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May 05, 1965 |
| Died |
Still Living
(59 years) |
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| Info | State Representative James Peter Trakas is a four-term state representative from Independence in Cuyahoga County (17 th Ohio House District). He has served in the Ohio General Assembly since 1998, where he previously served as House Majority Whip.
Elected to his first term at the age of 33, he currently serves on the Elections and Ethics Committee (Vice Chair), Economic Development and Environment Committee, Finance and Appropriations Committee, and the Higher Education Subcommittee.
From 1996 until early 2005, Trakas served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County where he worked with Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett and other Republican leaders across the region and the state to register voters, increase turnout on election day and recruit high-quality GOP candidates to run for office. He was also previously elected to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, which Bennett chairs.
Beginning at the age of 26, Jim served two terms as a City Councilman for the City of Independence, where he was first elected in 1991 and again in 1993. Three years later, running on a platform of responsiveness to constituent concerns and citizen involvement in the political process, he began his career as a Republican party leader.
Working his way through college as a custodian for Independence Public Schools, as a hot dog vendor at Cleveland Municipal Stadium as well as a page in Ohio’s State Senate, Trakas earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences from The Ohio State University in 1987. Thereafter, he continued his education by studying Materials Management and Polymer Compounding at the University of Akron. Returning to Independence, he began work as a laborer and rose to the position of Corporate Materials Manager for Allied Color Industries, a division of PolyOne (formerly M.A. Hanna Company), which he left in 1996 to pursue a political career.
Trakas, a second generation Greek-American, learned the value of hard work and a special appreciation for the rights, responsibilities and freedoms of the American democracy from his parents and grandparents, who immigrated to the United States from Greece in the early 1920s. Similarly, Jim developed an early understanding of the importance of service to community and country from his father, who served in World War II and his grandfather, who served in World War I. It is with that intrinsic level of understanding that Trakas aspires to be Ohio’s next Secretary of State.
Jim was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 5, 1965 to Peter and Kathy Trakas.
Served: 1998 -
Positions: Cuyahoga County GOP Chairman
Occupation: Legislator
Education: Ohio State University, B.A. in Social Behavioral Science
Personal: Born 1965, Single
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