William Troy Balderson (born January 16, 1962)[1] is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district since 2018.

[3] He was vice president and general manager of the company from 1987 to 2008,[4] the third generation of his family to run the business;[5] his father had been in charge for a half-century.

[7] When incumbent Jim Aslanides became term-limited, Balderson sought the Republican nomination for state representative of the 94th Ohio House District.

In early 2010, Balderson proposed legislation that would subject Ohio Medicaid recipients to random drug tests in order to receive state benefits.

On November 6, 2012, Balderson won a full four-year Senate term, defeating Democrat Teresa Scarmack with 59.79% of the vote.

Balderson was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 12th congressional district in an August 7, 2018 special election triggered by the January 2018 resignation of Representative Pat Tiberi.

After the remaining absentee and provisional ballots were counted, Balderson won by 1,680 votes (0.8%),[18][19] and was sworn into office on September 5.