Bob Gibbs
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Zack Space
Succeeded by	Max Miller
Constituency	18th district (2011–2013) 7th district (2013–2023)
Member of theOhio Senate from the22nd district
In office January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Ron Amstutz
Succeeded by	Larry Obhof
Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the 97th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Bryan Flannery
Succeeded by	Dave Hall
Personal details
Born	Robert Brian Gibbs (1954-06-14)June 14, 1954 (age 71) Peru, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jody Cox ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	3
Education	Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (AS)

Robert Brian Gibbs^[1] (born June 14, 1954) is an American politician who served as theU.S. representative forOhio's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. He is a member of theRepublican Party. In April 2022, Gibbs announced he was not seeking reelection.^[2]

Gibbs was born on June 14, 1954, inPeru, Indiana. His family moved toCleveland in the 1960s, and Gibbs graduated fromBay High School. In 1974, he graduated from theOhio State University Agricultural Technical Institute^[3] and moved toLakeville, Ohio, where he co-founded Hidden Hollow Farms, Ltd. Formerly a producer of swine, Hidden Hollow Farms now produces corn and soybeans.^[4]

Gibbs served as president of theOhio Farm Bureau Federation,^[5] Ohio's largest agriculture organization. He first joined the Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees in 1985. Gibbs also served as a board member of the Farm Bureau Bank, the Ohio Livestock Coalition, the Ohio Cooperative Council, and the Ohio Farm Bureau Alliance. He was president of the Loudonville Farmers Equity Company^[6] inLoudonville, Ohio, where he served on the board for 12 years. Gibbs has also served as president of theHolmes County extension advisory committee, the Holmes County Farm Bureau, and as a supervisor for the Holmes County Soil & Water Conservation Service.^[7]

Gibbs was elected to the Ohio General Assembly in 2002, defeatingDemocrat Tom Mason of Ashland for a newly drawn district in the Ohio House.^[8] He was reelected in 2004 in a rematch against Mason.^[9] In the 2006 election, Gibbs defeatedDemocratic nominee James P. Riley,^[10] a former township trustee from Sullivan, Ohio, with 60% of the vote. In 2009, Gibbs ran for Ohio Senate to fill the seat vacated by state senatorRon Amstutz due to term limits.

In 2006 Gibbs was appointed a member of the special task force to study eminent domain and its use and application in Ohio. The committee spent most of the year studying the issue and issued its final report in August 2006 with recommendations to the General Assembly.^[11]

During his last term Gibbs was chairman of the House ways and means committee. He was also a member of the agriculture & natural resources committee, financial institutions, real estate and securities committee, health care access and affordability committee, and the insurance committee.^{[citation needed]}

Gibbs won election to theOhio Senate in 2008, and began his first term in 2009. On August 16, 2007, he announced his he candidacy for the 22nd district senate seat being vacated by the term-limited incumbent senator,Ron Amstutz. Gibbs originally expected to face a primary challenge from state representativeJim Carmichael, but Carmichael dropped out of the race on October 21 in order to run forWayne County commissioner. In the general election Gibbs defeated Democratic nominee James E. Riley, a job/security representative for theU.A.W. international union, with 59% of the vote.^[12]

After winning election to Congress in 2010, Gibbs resigned from the Senate after serving half of one term.^[13]

Gibbs faced Democratic incumbentZack Space and Constitution Party nominee Lindsey Sutton in the general election. He won the Republican primary in an 8-way field. Following close results and a recount, Gibbs was certified the winner on June 4, a month after the primary.^[14]

On November 2, Gibbs defeated Space in thegeneral election by nearly 14%. Gibbs won 14 of the 16 counties in the district.^[15]

After redistricting, Gibbs decided to run in the newly redrawnOhio's 7th congressional district.^[16][17] He defeated Democratic nominee Joyce Healy-Abrams^[18] in the November general election.^[19]

Gibbs was reelected to a third term unopposed.^[20]

Gibbs was reelected to a fourth term, defeating Democrat Roy Rich and independent Dan Phillip with 64% of the vote.

Gibbs was reelected to a fifth term, defeating DemocratKen Harbaugh with 58.7% of the vote.

Gibbs was reelected to a sixth term, defeating Democrat Quentin Potter andLibertarian Brandon Lape with 67.5% of the vote.

On March 4, 2013, Gibbs introduced theReducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013 (H.R. 935; 113th Congress), a bill that would prohibit theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) and states authorized to issue a permit under theNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) from requiring a permit for some discharges of pesticides authorized for use under theFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).^[21][22] In 2018, Gibbs was supported by theGreat America Committee, apolitical action committee registered byVice PresidentMike Pence.^[23]

In 2015, Gibbs cosponsored a resolution toamend the US constitution to ban same-sex marriage.^[24]

In December 2020, Gibbs was one of 126 Republican members of theHouse of Representatives to sign anamicus brief in support ofTexas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at theUnited States Supreme Court contesting the results of the2020 presidential election, in whichJoe Biden defeated^[25] incumbentDonald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lackedstanding underArticle III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.^[26][27][28]

On January 6, 2021, Gibbs objected to the certification of the2020 presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.^[29] On April 6, 2022, he announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022, blaming the redistricting "circus", referring to the still unresolved Ohio congressional map. "These long, drawn-out processes, in which the Ohio Supreme Court can take weeks and months to deliberate while demanding responses and filings from litigants within days, is detrimental to the state and does not serve the people of Ohio", he said.^[30]

Gibbs supportedefforts to impeach President Biden. In September 2021, Gibbs introduced a resolution toimpeach Biden for his handling ofUnited States-Mexico border security, his extension of the federalCOVID-19 eviction moratorium, and his handling of thewithdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan.^[31] In August 2021, Gibbs co-sponsored a resolution to impeachAlejandro Mayorkas, Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security.^[32]

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
  • Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment (chair)

• Republican Study Committee^[33]
• Republican Main Street Partnership^[34]
• Congressional Constitution Caucus^[35]
• Congressional Western Caucus^[36]

Gibbs is married to Jody Cox of Wooster, Ohio. They have three children and are members of Nashville United Methodist Church inNashville, Ohio.^[37]

*In 2010, write-in candidate Mark Pitrone received 20 votes.

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