Who is Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson?

You know, throughout my career, it's been strange. Every new job that I've gone into, something has happened pretty major very early on in. So my very first 12 hours as being elected prosecutor, we had a deputy killed and a township officer shot. We hadn't had a deputy killed in 32 years in my jurisdiction. Shortly after I go into public safety, we have the East Palestinian train derailment. So I actually, this is kind of par for the course. And, you know, frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I do not like to sit chained behind a desk. I like to be out really kind of working through crises, working through problem sets, working with people on their worst day, trying to bring some level of relief, some level of peace to people really kind of at their worst moment. And I think that's part of what has drawn me into this career and part of this profession or drawn me into this profession. And I just figure if I do my best, I work hard and I grind, you know, doors will open. And I'll consider whatever options come before me. When those doors open, I'll cross those bridges when I get there. The realization in the last couple of weeks that everything I've done up to this point has been foundational. It's just been building on my foundation. The Benton County case, for six years, I did nothing but felony child abuse cases or prosecution of felony child abuse cases. So when I go down to Benton County, you know, I know exactly how to handle these cases. I know exactly the nuances of these cases. I understand exactly what needs to be done. You know, through working through, again, East Palestine and the Springfield-Haitian crisis and the tornadoes at Indian Lake, I have learned how to navigate or manage high-level crises, how to work with local officials, how to communicate with decision makers. What are the important decisions and what aren't? What needs to happen and what doesn't? So just the ability to kind of anticipate or think two or three steps ahead of what is coming comes just from the experience and the repetition of doing it again and again and again. You know, yeah, so I see this opportunity here, even though it was seven months in the beginning, now it's six months now, as an opportunity to truly move the needle in some areas, as an opportunity to serve law enforcement, to serve the people of Ohio, to serve the people who work here at the Attorney General's Office, to the best of our ability, to the best of my ability. And, you know, I could just sit here and sit still and just make sure the vote didn't get rocked, but that's not what we're gonna do. We're gonna push hard to improve the way that we provide services, to improve the way we work with our stakeholders. And I hope that you've seen that in the first five weeks. I'm gonna be the kind of guy that when there's a problem, I'm on the ground with the folks, not interfering, but supporting, understanding, leveraging our resources and expertise.