Jim Renacci

Renacci was ranked the 46th most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the third most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy that ranks members of the United States Congress by their degree of bipartisanship (by measuring the frequency each member's bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and each member's co-sponsorship of bills by members of the opposite party).

He is a member of the Republican Study Committee and Republican Main Street Partnership.

James B. Renacci (born December 3, 1958) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for OH's 16th congressional district from 2011 to 2019.

A member of the Republican Party, he is a former city council president and two-term Mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio.

James Renacci was born December 3, 1958, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna Marie (Sasko), a nurse, and Evo Renacci, a railroad worker.

Renacci earned a degree in business administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and became a Certified Public Accountant and financial advisor.

In 2003, Renacci formed the LTC Companies group, a financial consulting service that had partial ownership of three Harley-Davidson dealerships in Columbus, the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion in Columbus, and Renacci-Doraty Chevrolet in Wadsworth.

Renacci has been involved with real estate, automobile dealerships, nursing homes, and other businesses.

He has made use of the legal system during his business career, including initiating legal proceedings against former business partners, companies, and the state of Ohio.

He has also been sued, including for the wrongful death of a patient in one of the nursing homes he owns.

That case was settled out of court.

Renacci was a partner and managing board member of the former Arena Football League's Columbus Destroyers.

Renacci also served as AFL Executive Committee Vice Chairman and is a partial owner of the Lancaster JetHawks, a minor league baseball team.

Renacci announced on August 24, 2009, that he would run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio's 16th district, officially filing on January 11, 2010.

Renacci ran as a "Contender" of the National Republican Congressional Committee in its "Young Guns" program.

Renacci defeated Democratic incumbent John Boccieri by 52% to 41% with 7% of the vote going to Libertarian candidate Jeffrey Blevins.

The Plain Dealer reported in September 2011 that the new district map of Ohio would place Representative Betty Sutton in "a Republican leaning district that's being constructed to favor Renacci."

In December, Sutton filed to run against Renacci.

Later that month, Roll Call reported that a poll taken at least two months earlier showed the two candidates "neck and neck at 45 percent."

In the 112th Congress, Renacci served on the Committee on Financial Services, as vice chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Renacci has been a member of the following caucuses:

The race was included on the Washington Post's list of top 10 House races to watch in 2012.

Renacci defeated Sutton by a 52% to 48% margin on election day.

In 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated campaign contributions made by employees of an Ohio-based direct marketing corporation, Suarez Corporation Industries, to the campaigns of Renacci and Josh Mandel.

Renacci's campaign returned all of the donations.

The owner of the company was later only found guilty of witness tampering in the case and served time in prison.

In 2015, Renacci was amongst 60 Republicans voting to uphold President Barack Obama's 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from making hiring decisions that discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In 2016, Renacci was among 43 Republicans to vote for the Maloney Amendment to H.R. 5055 which would prohibit the use of funds for government contractors who discriminate against LGBT employees.

In January 2017, several news outlets reported that Renacci was considering running for Governor of Ohio in 2018.

Politico reported that "as a wealthy auto dealer prior to being elected to Congress, Renacci would potentially be able to self-fund a statewide bid."

On March 21, 2017, Renacci announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio in 2018.

In 2018, Renacci was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, losing to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown by a 7-point margin.

He also ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Republican primary for governor of Ohio, losing to incumbent Mike DeWine.

Renacci currently serves as the chairman of the Republican Party of Medina County.

He dropped out of the governor's race in January 2018 in order to run for U.S. Senate.

In January 2018, Renacci announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

On May 8, 2018, he won the Republican primary, becoming the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.

In his campaign, Renacci was endorsed by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

In 2018, he was ranked Ohio's wealthiest Congress member.

In 2018, he was endorsed by Donald Trump in his race for Brown's seat in Senate.