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Michael Rulli

Michael Anthony Rulli (born March 11, 1969) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 6th congressional district since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as an Ohio State Senator for the 33rd district from 2019 to 2024.

Rulli is the director of operations at Rulli Bros. Markets, a family-owned chain of grocery stores based in the Mahoning Valley region.

Born on March 11, 1969, Rulli is a graduate of Poland Seminary High School and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps. He went on to earn bachelor's degrees in communications and speech from Emerson College in 1991. While studying in Boston, Rulli also interned for Joseph P. Kennedy II and played in the grunge band Red Bliss. After graduation, he joined his family's business, Rulli Bros. Markets. Rulli was a Democrat until the late 1990s, later joining the Republican Party.

Rulli was first elected to the Ohio Senate in 2018, defeating incumbent Ohio House of Representatives member and former U.S. representative John Boccieri. Prior to that contest, Rulli's only other political experience was as a School Board member for the Leetonia Exempted Village School District in Columbiana County, Ohio. Rulli was re-elected in 2022, defeating former Ohio House and Ohio Senate member Bob Hagan.

In 2019, Rulli was one of 12 Senators to vote against HB 6, the legislation at the center of one of the nation's largest corruption scandals.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rulli championed legislation to prevent municipalities from banning the use of plastic grocery bags. The House version of Rulli's legislation, HB 242 was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine in October 2020.

Rulli was a co-sponsor of the Ohio Fairness Act, legislation that would expand state civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

In January 2024, Rulli voted to override Governor DeWine's veto of HB 68, a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors and prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.

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