The Ohio House of Representatives’ Democratic Caucus appointed State Representative Stephen D. Slesnick (D-Canton) to what was previously the 52nd District seat in March of 2008, succeeding current Canton Mayor William J. Healy II. Reelected in the following November and again in 2010 and 2012, Rep. Slesnick serves as the voice of his hometown at the Statehouse, in addition to the surrounding areas of Massillon and  parts of Bethlehem, Canton, Osnaburg, Perry, Pike, Plain, and Tuscarawas Townships in Stark County.