Dan Troy

{{Short description|American politician (born 1948)}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dan Troy

| image name = DT people in background.jpg

| state_house1 = Ohio

| district2 = 70th

| term_start2 = January 3, 1983

| term_end2 = December 31, 1996

| preceded2 = Ed Hughes

| succeeded2 = Jamie Callender

| state_house2 = Ohio

| district1 = 23rd

| term_start1 = January 4, 2021

| predecessor1 = John Rogers

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|06|06}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

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| alma_mater = University of Dayton (BA)

| party = Democratic

| residence = Willowick, Ohio

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = {{Army|United States|size=23px}}

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| website = https://danieltroy.com

}}

Daniel P. Troy (born June 6, 1948) is an Ohio politician from Lake County, Ohio. In 2020, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives,{{cite web |title=Daniel P. Troy Biography |url=https://ohiohouse.gov/members/daniel-p-troy/biography |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=The Ohio House of Representatives}}{{Cite news |date=3 November 2020 |title=Ohio Election Results |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-ohio.html}} having previously served seven terms in the House, interspersed with several terms as Commissioner for Lake County, Ohio.{{Cite web |title=Lake County, Ohio - Commissioners |url=http://www.lakecountyohio.org/CommissionersHome/DanielPTroy/tabid/133/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194810/http://www.lakecountyohio.org/CommissionersHome/DanielPTroy/tabid/133/Default.aspx |archive-date=3 March 2016}} He represents the 23rd district, encompassing the cities of Eastlake, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Richmond Heights, Wickliffe, Willoughby, Willowick, half of Mentor, the villages of Gates Mills, Mayfield, and Timberlake.{{Cite web |title=Troy, Phillips Square off for 60th House District Seat |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2020/09/01/troy--phillips-square-off-for-60th-house-district-seat}}

Troy won re-election in the 2022 Statehouse race against George Phillips with 51.4% of the vote. In 2020, Dan Troy beat George Phillips with 50.7% of the vote. Although the area he represents is mostly the same from 2020, the district number changed from 60 to 23.{{Cite web |last=Editorial Board |first=cleveland com and The Plain Dealer |date=2022-10-09 |title=Daniel P. Troy for the Ohio House 23rd District: endorsement editorial |url=https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2022/10/daniel-p-troy-for-the-ohio-house-23rd-district-endorsement-editorial.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=cleveland |language=en}}

Troy is in his ninth term in the Ohio House of Representatives and serves as the Ranking Member on Ways and Means Committee. His other committee assignments include the Finance Committee, Ranking Member on Finance Subcommittee on Agriculture, State and Local Government, Public Utilities, and Armed Services.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}