I've recorded and sent my first district wide automated call today.  Here is the text:

Hello, this is Scott Pullins, Republican Candidate for State Representative in the new 98th District.  Due to various court decisions, the Republican primary for state legislative and state central committee positions is being held on August 2, 2022.  You will shortly be receiving a mailing from me with all of the deadlines and information on how to easily request an absentee ballot. 
 
I know you will probably be busy on August 2nd, but these races are vitally important.  We must have rock solid, constitutional conservatives, like myself, in these seats to protect our fundamental second amendment rights.  I don’t care what Joe Biden says, the 2nd amendment was not designed for deer hunting, it was to protect us against oppression from external and internal threats.  I’m a lifelong gun owner and collector.  I represent firearms owners in my law practice and I’m a longtime concealed carry license holder. 
 
Again, this is Scott Pullins, Conservative Republican for State Representative.  Please visit my website at www.scottpullins.org that’s www.scottpullins.org .  s c o t t p u l l i n s.  Paid for by Scott Pullins for Ohio.  7403580086

You can also listen to the call by clicking on this link.

​Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Republican Scott Pullins was certified today as a Republican candidate for State Representative for the newly drawn House District 98 by the Holmes County Board of Elections.  Pullins will appear on the August 2, 2022 Republican primary ballot.  Ohio House District 98 consists of the City of Mount Vernon and Eastern Knox County and all of Coshocton and Holmes County.  This district will only be applicable for the 2022 elections pursuant to a federal court order.
 
“I look forward to vigorously campaigning, door to door, throughout the district over the next two months,” said Pullins.  “Republican voters in this new district deserve better choices for their representatives and I will give them one.”
 
“I also want to thank the bi-partisan Holmes County Board of Elections, Director Lisa Welch, Deputy Director Aaron To, and Holmes County Prosecutor Matthew Muzic for their hard work in making sure that voters had a choice in this election,” continued Pullins.  “They went above and beyond in assisting me in obtaining ballot access.  Holmes County is blessed to have these dedicated public servants.”
 
Scott Pullins is an Ohio attorney, charter school board member, political consultant, and writer. He provides services to small businesses, individuals, financial entities, and political organizations.
 
Scott Pullins has advised clients on complex legal, business, marketing and public policy issues. He is also the co-founder of the Ohio Taxpayers Association. He is a charter school board member and an elected member of the Knox County Republican Central Committee.
 
Mr. Pullins attended Ohio University and earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School.
 
For further information, please visit www.scottpullins.org .  Thank you.
 
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​Mount Vernon, OH – Today, Governor Mike DeWine awarded a second round of grants to local law enforcement agencies totaling $2 million as part of the Ohio General Assembly funded Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program.  The second round of grants is part of a $58 million program funded primarily by ARPA funds received from the federal government.  Funding will be primarily used to recruit, retain, and hire law enforcement officers.
 
Knox County Republican Scott Pullins, who is running for the Ohio House in the newly drawn District 98, today blasted State Representative Darrell Kick (R) – Loudonville, for voting against this program through his vote against HB 169 that created it.  Pullins said he would not only have voted for HB 169, but would also have cosponsored it.
 
“Darrell Kick needs to explain to the voters in Coshocton, Holmes, and Knox counties why he voted against providing grants to local law enforcement to combat violence,” said Pullins.  “If this bill hadn’t passed, then the money would have been sent to states like California and New York instead.”
 
“Unlike RINO Darrell, I will never vote to defund our local first responders,” continued Pullins.  “Darrell Kick says he is a conservative Republican, but he voted like a member of Black Lives Matter or other anti-cop, far left groups.”
 
Scott Pullins is an Ohio attorney, charter school board member, political consultant, and writer. He provides services to small businesses, individuals, financial entities, and political organizations.
 
Scott Pullins has advised clients on complex legal, business, marketing and public policy issues. He is also the co-founder of the Ohio Taxpayers Association. He is an elected member of the Knox County Republican Central Committee and formerly served as its Vice Chairman and Chairman.
 
Mr. Pullins attended Ohio University and earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School.
 
For further information, please visit www.scottpullins.org .  Thank you.
 
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​Mount Vernon, OH – Yesterday, longtime conservative Republican leader Scott Pullins of Knox County called upon GOP Lt. Governor Jon Husted to either resign as Lt. Governor or resign from two paid corporate boards that he has joined.  Pullins is a GOP candidate for State Representative in what will likely be the 98th Ohio House district.  Today, Pullins said that the Ohio General Assembly should begin proceedings to remove Husted from office if he fails to resign from the boards or from office.
 
“Jon Husted is the highest paid elected statewide official and makes over $176,000 per year, even more than the Governor,” said Pullins.  “Taking this corporate gig is simply a slap in the face to Republican voters who barely renominated him a few weeks ago.”
 
“Ohio’s statewide elected officials, especially ones that were deeply involved in other scandals, need to avoid actual conflicts, but also the appearance of conflicts and impropriety,” continued Pullins. “Taking two paid corporate board seats while serving as the full time Lt. Governor stinks and Ohioans know it,” said Pullins.  “If Husted doesn’t resign, then the Ohio General Assembly should begin proceedings to remove him from office and the Ohio Republican Party should replace him on the ballot.”
 
Scott Pullins is an Ohio attorney, charter school board member, political consultant, and writer. Scott Pullins has advised clients on complex legal, business, marketing and public policy issues. He is also the co-founder of the Ohio Taxpayers Association. He is an elected member of the Knox County Republican Central Committee.
 
Mr. Pullins attended Ohio University and earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School.  For further information, please visit www.scottpullins.org .
 
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Mount Vernon, OH – Longtime conservative Republican leader Scott Pullins of Knox County today called upon GOP Lt. Governor Jon Husted to either resign as Lt. Governor or resign from two paid corporate boards that he has joined.  Pullins is a GOP candidate for State Representative in what will likely be the 98th Ohio House district.
 
“Ohio law is clear and our current Lt. Governor should know better,” said Scott Pullins.  “Because he serves in more than one state position, Ohio’s current Lt. Governor is already one of the highest paid state employees.”
 
“Lt. Governor Jon Husted must either resign immediately as a state official or resign from these two corporate boards,” continued Pullins.  “He simply cannot do all of these jobs and Ohio law, in my opinion, expressly prohibits it.”
 
Scott Pullins is an Ohio attorney, charter school board member, political consultant, and writer. Scott Pullins has advised clients on complex legal, business, marketing and public policy issues. He is also the co-founder of the Ohio Taxpayers Association. He is an elected member of the Knox County Republican Central Committee.
 
Mr. Pullins attended Ohio University and earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School.  For further information, please visit www.scottpullins.org .
 
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Mount Vernon, OH – Longtime conservative Republican leader Scott Pullins of Knox County today blasted Ohio Republican leaders who backed redistricting constitutional amendments in 2015 and 2018.  Pullins said that a ruling today striking down legislative maps is the natural and predictable result of these amendments.
 
“Our system for drawing statehouse districts had worked well for my entire lifetime,” said Pullins.  “The mess that we’re in now is what results when you hand over this authority to liberal special interest groups.  Democrats couldn’t beat us at the ballot box so now they’ve gone to court and beat us four times.”
 
“Similar redistricting amendments were soundly defeated in both 2005 and 2012 because Republicans and business groups fought them and won at the ballot box,” continued Pullins.  “What changed in 2015 and 2018 is that RINO Republicans like my opponent, Darrell Kick, surrendered to left wing groups without firing a shot.”
 
“The only way to resolve this situation in the long term is to repeal these disastrous amendments to Ohio’s constitution,” said Pullins.  “But for the short term, we are stuck with this process and neither impeachment nor the federal court can bail us out.”
 
Scott Pullins is an Ohio attorney, charter school board member, political consultant, and writer. Scott Pullins has advised clients on complex legal, business, marketing and public policy issues. He is also the co-founder of the Ohio Taxpayers Association. He is a charter school board member and an elected member of the Knox County Republican Central Committee.
 
Mr. Pullins attended Ohio University and earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School.  For further information, please visit www.scottpullins.org .  

I've been fighting for Ohio taxpayers for decades.  These old videos aren't the best quality but they clearly illustrate my hard work.  Take a look if you can:

Below is my full speech to the Knox County Republican Central Committee from last night.  I got through most of it.  I also added in a section about my late friend, Owen Quinn.  Owen was a 16 year old young man who dated my girlfriend's daughter.  Owen was a great kid and he had hung out at my house, ate at our dinner table, and watched tv from our couch.  Owen and his father both committed suicide last year and I blame the pandemic lockdowns for it.  Anyway, here's the speech:

Thank you Chairman Collier.  And I want to thank you all for attending tonight.  My daughter and others have reminded me to smile, and I’ll do my best, but its hard to smile when I’m so damn angry at the leadership, or lack thereof, from Ohio Republicans.
 
In my opinion, what we all have gone through over the past two years has been an abject failure of leadership.  If the last two years was a test, then our leaders failed miserably.  And with all due respect that includes my opponent Darrell Kick.
 
I am a Republican for life.  I am still the only high school student I know that subscribed to National Review magazine.  I worked on my first Republican campaigns when I was 18 years old.  I worked myself sick for this party.  I bled for this party.  I donated untold time, energy and funds to this party.  I have been loyal to this party, even when this party wasn’t real loyal to me.
 
Two years ago today I had no plans to seek this office.  But the actions and inactions of our leaders have forced me to step out of my comfort zone and run for the well being of our community. 
 
Our leaders have treated us like children.  Stand six feet apart.  Wear a mask.  Don’t wear a mask.  Wear a N95 mask.  Don’t wear one. A 10pm curfew.  A curfew?  We are Americans and we are adults.  We don’t have curfews outside of wartime.
 
And what we have done to our children is even worse.  And as a longtime charter school board member I’ve seen the damage first-hand.  We’ve also seen the damage first hand right here in this county. 
 
The People of Ohio, and especially Knox County deserve better.  Much better. (pause)
I also want to talk about Mr. Kick, some of the votes he has made, and what exactly I would do differently.
 
Let’s start with SB 52.  SB 52, which is now law, gives local governments, including our county commissioners, some say over these big wind and solar projects.  I would have voted yes, while Darrell Kick voted NO along with every Democrat in the Ohio House.
 
Then there is HB 169.  This bill, which is also now law, will provide $250 million in grants to local communities that have been impacted by an increase in violent crime during the COVID19 pandemic.  Another portion of the bill includes $300 million for nursing facilities and $124 million for rural hospitals.  I am a strong fiscal conservative.  However, these are federal funds already sent to Ohio.  If they aren’t spent, they get returned to Washington and then sent to California or New York.
 
Darrell Kick voted NO.  I would have voted yes because I will always fight for Knox County and whatever other counties they put in this district.  I will make sure that Knox County gets its fair share and more of our fair share if I can.
 
Let’s also talk health freedom.  I’ve had two vaccines and my flu shot.  But whether you get any of these shots is no one’s business other than you and your doctors. 
 
No government, no school, no employer should be able to force you to take a vaccine.  I would have supported HB 248 and signed the discharge petition while Darrell Kick opposes HB 248.
 
I am pro life from conception until natural death.  I have long opposed the death penalty and believe the harshest penalty that we can ever give a criminal is remorse.
 
I have collected and used firearms since I was six years old.  I started out with a lever action bb gun when I went out into the woods with my father and I moved up from there.  I’m a member of the NRA and the Buckeye Firearms Association.  In my opinion, the first and the second amendments to our constitution are the best ones.  And we all know that the second amendment isn’t about deer hunting.  Ultimately, its how we protect our other rights. 
 
This district is the fifth most Republican district in the state.  Darrell Kick serves on the House Finance Committee, the most powerful committee in state government.  Most of his colleagues have raised lots of money because of it.  And yet, all of last year he only raised about $9,000.  In the past 60 days I have brought in nearly that.  I will raise more.  Much more. And I will help my colleagues that are no longer in districts this Republican. 
 
I will also fight smarter.  Much smarter.  And I will use my 36 years of political and government experience to do so.  I have friendships and relationships with legislators, lobbyists, and staff that go back 20 and 30 years or more.  I will not get lost at the statehouse. 
 
I promise you this.  I will never fail to act, or claim to be unable to help, when the next crisis arrives or a Governor, Republican or Democrat, attempts to abuse their authority.  The Ohio House is the people’s house, and I will work to restore it as a separate, and equal branch of state government.  Thank you. 
 
Questions?

I was please today to sign the following declaration:

​AMERICA’S Declaration OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are the inalienable Rights in our Declaration of Independence. We fought for and secured these Rights and grew a nation bountiful in natural resources. The ingenuity and hard work of the American people have brought us to another self-evident truth: Energy Independence is within our grasp.

Affordable, clean, and abundant energy is the birthright of every American.

These domestic treasures should benefit the daily lives of our people and solidify our security for generations to come. Natural gas makes this possible now, not decades in the future. Its benefits will be felt throughout American society:

Affordable Energy for Our Families. From the jobs created to lower utility bills and cleaner air, affordable energy is fundamental to economic prosperity for all. It is a moral imperative to provide for families who are most vulnerable to increases in their energy budgets.

Clean Energy for Our Environment. We lead the world, by a wide margin, in cutting CO2 emissions. America’s natural gas is the fiscally-sound, reliable and environmentally responsible bridge to our energy future.

Abundant Energy for Our Future. Technology and exploration have guaranteed that America has a continuous 100-year supply of natural gas and the potential for even more.
Domestic Energy for Our Security. The use of domestic natural gas discovered, produced, and refined in the U.S. makes certain America is no longer dependent on rapidly changing global markets and unstable or hostile countries.

We, the undersigned, are committed to achieving the above goals and establishing America’s Energy Independence for the lasting good of our nation and future generations.

​I was recently interviewed by National Political Editor of The Star News Network Neil W. McCabe on his podcast.  On it we talked redistricting, my campaign for state representative, and my work on behalf of members of the Ohio Republican State Central Committee that are alleging corruption at the Ohio Republican Party.  My segment starts at around the 23 minute mark but the rest of the podcast is pretty cool too.

You can listen by clicking the link here.  Thank you.

Scott Pullins