The 82nd District consists of counties of Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, and a portion of Defiance.
He graduated from Wayne Trace High School; He then attended Purdue University, where he got a degree in agriculture.
[3] Klopfenstein is a former state committee member of the USDA Farm Service Agency, and is currently a member of the Ohio Soybean Association, Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association and Ohio Farm Bureau.
He was also a former chairman of the Pauling County Extension Advisory Committee and The Ohio State University State Extension Advisory Committee.
He then won the general election against his opponent, Magdalene Markward.