David Taylor

David Taylor spent school summers working for his father and grandfather in their family business.¹ His grandfather had left coal mining work in West Virginia and moved to Ohio.¹ Taylor and his wife, Charity, raised three daughters in Clermont County.¹

After Amelia High School, Taylor graduated from Miami University in Ohio and earned his law degree at the University of Dayton.¹ He worked as an assistant prosecutor in Clermont County before returning to the family business, Sardinia Ready Mix.² He ultimately became its president, managing a workforce of about two dozen people.³

First elected in 2024 to represent Ohio's Second District, Taylor is serving his first term in Congress.² He sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Agriculture Committee.³ He also cochairs the bipartisan Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus, focusing on expanding internet access in rural Appalachia.³ His congressional agenda includes infrastructure improvements in rural Ohio and support for farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.³

Taylor advocates lower federal spending, fewer regulations and expanded domestic energy production as ways to reduce household costs.⁴ He supports a new Farm Bill and strengthening domestic agriculture and manufacturing.⁴ On data centers, he favors local decisions about development alongside federal attention to energy reliability and community transparency.⁴ His November opponent is Democrat Jen Mazzuckelli.⁵