State Rep. Haraz N. Ghanbari has filed petitions to run to retain the position of Ohio state representative for the 3rd District.
The 3rd House District encompasses all of Wood County. Ghanbari is currently in his first term.
While in the legislature, Ghanbari voted in favor of saving our region’s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, and voted in favor of funding critical infrastructure projects, investing $8.5 billion in roads, bridges, and highways. He sponsored legislation to fight for the region’s water protection and maintenance. Ghanbari’s H2Ohio will establish a fund for Ohio’s water quality programs.
Ghanbari voted to support health and human service projects in Ohio, including doubling proposed foster care funding. He also voted to provide funding for kinship care programs, which help kinship caregivers locate support services available to them.
Ghanbari has been named to serve on the Energy & Natural Resources, Finance, Higher Education, Insurance, and Armed Services & Veterans Affairs committees. He also serves on the Energy & Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Generation and Finance Subcommittee on Primary & Secondary Education.
Before joining the Ohio House, Ghanbari worked in higher education and has served in the military for over 18 years. He is a Navy veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Inherent Resolve, and an Army veteran of Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia. He currently serves a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve. He is a former staff photojournalist for the Associated Press, working as a member of the White House and Pentagon press corps.
Ghanbari lives in Perrysburg with his wife and two children.
