Lexington graduate wins local seat in rout
By Linda Martz
News Journal
MANSFIELD, Nov. 07, 2006
Rup Sharma
NRI, Jay Goyal, 26, won the 73rd District seat Tuesday,
defeating Republican Phil Holloway by a final, unofficial
count of 22,695 to 13,164.
Jay Goyal is an engineer and vice president of his family's
business, Goyal Industries. He said his top priority in
the legislature will be to deal with the loss of jobs in
Ohio.
With Ted Strickland elected governor, Democrats will have
a political advantage they lacked before, he said.
"That will be a change. You'll see Democrats able
to assert themselves and influence things in the legislature,"
Goyal said.
Democrats see a bright future for Goyal, noting that he
is about the same age as Sherrod Brown was when he was elected
to the general assembly.
They attributed Goyal's win partly to persistence; he knocked
on 12,000 doors during the campaign.
"I think Jay has been through three pairs of shoes,"
Mayor Lydia Reid said.
