Jim Buchy

Background

Buchy, Jim was born on September 24, 1940 in Greenville, Ohio, United States. Son of George Jacob and Amba (Armbruster) Buchy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wittenberg U., 1962.

Career

At that time the similarly drawn district was numbered as 77. Formerly, he served the same district from 1983 until 2000. A graduate of Wittenberg University, Buchy is the former President and CEO of Buchy Food Service in Greenville.

Buchy served as Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture and with the National Federation of Independent Business. Prior to his time in the Ohio House, Buchy served on the Greenville Board of Education. Buchy previously served in the Ohio House from 1983 to 2000, where he held positions as assistant majority floor leader, majority whip and assistant majority whip.

In 2011, Representative Jim Zehringer was appointed by Ohio Governor John Kasich as the Director of Agriculture. As a result, Buchy was appointed as his successor in the In the 129th General Assembly, he served on the committees of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Economic and Small Business Development.

And State Government and Elections. Returning to the for another term, Buchy was elected back to leadership where he holds the post, Assistant Majority Whip. He is also Vice Chairman of the House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee and serves on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and the Rules and Reference Committee.

Achievements

• In 2012, Buchy won another term in the House, defeating Democrat Ronald Hammons with 81.01% of the vote.

Membership

Member Greenville Board Education, 1980-1982. District delegate Republican National Conference. Member Darke County (Ohio) Republican Executive Committee.

Chairman Darke Economics Foundation, 1977-1982. Board directors Greenville Industrial Park. Past president Darke County Republican Men's Club.

Member Darke County Chamber of C., Rotary, Phi Mu Delta.

Connections

Married Sharon Lynn Steinvall, 1965. Children: Kathryn, John.

Father:

George Jacob Buchy

Mother:

Amba (Armbruster) Buchy

Spouse:

Sharon Lynn Steinvall

child:

John Buchy

child:

Kathryn Buchy