Armond Budish

Armond Budish
2nd Executive of Cuyahoga County
In office
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2022
Preceded byEd FitzGerald
Succeeded byChris Ronayne
100th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded byJon Husted
Succeeded byWilliam G. Batchelder
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 8th district
In office
January 2, 2007 – December 31, 2014
Preceded byLance Mason
Succeeded byKent Smith
Personal details
Born (1953-06-02) June 2, 1953 (age 70)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceBeachwood, Ohio
Alma materSwarthmore College, New York University
ProfessionLawyer
TV host

Armond D. Budish (/ˈbjdɪʃ/ BYOO-dish;[1] b. Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 1953)[2] is an American politician, lawyer, and television host who served as Cuyahoga County Executive for two terms from 2015 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a four-term Ohio State Representative from the 8th district, and served as Speaker of the House from 2009 to 2011. He was the first Jewish representative to hold that office.[3] He was re-elected to the House in 2010 and 2012, and thereafter was term-limited.

Before his entry into politics in 2006, he was an attorney specializing in consumer and elder law with Budish, Solomon, Steiner & Peck, and hosted a weekly Sunday morning senior issues TV program titled Golden Opportunities on Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC channel 3.[4][5] He resides in Beachwood, Ohio.

  1. ^ "Fill out your 2020 Census Now - Armond Budish". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ Ohio Historical Society
  3. ^ Siegel, Jim (November 19, 2008). "New House speaker has come a long way". Columbus Dispatch(subscription). Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  4. ^ Armond Budish - Cuyahoga County
  5. ^ Armand D. Budish on WorldCat

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