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Lance Mason
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| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 25th district |
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| In office January 2, 2007 – September 16, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Eric Fingerhut |
| Succeeded by | Nina Turner |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th district |
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| In office January 6, 2003 – December 31, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Shirley Smith |
| Succeeded by | Armond Budish |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 11th district |
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| In office February 20, 2002 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Lawson Jones |
| Succeeded by | Annie L. Key |
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Lance Timothy Mason
August 26, 1967 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Aisha Fraser
(m. 2005; div. 2015) |
| Alma mater | College of Wooster (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
Lance Timothy Mason (born August 26, 1967) is a convicted murderer and former politician, government official, and judge, who served in various offices in and representing Cleveland, Ohio.
As a judge, he served on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. From 2002 to 2006, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served as Assistant Minority Whip during his final year. He was also an assistant prosecuting attorney for the county and was an aide to U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones. In 2017, he worked as an official for the city of Cleveland under mayor Frank G. Jackson.
In 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the murder of his ex-wife.
Early life
Mason was born on August 26, 1967, and graduated from Shaker Heights High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Wooster and Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992.
Political career
From 2002 to 2008, Mason was a member of the Ohio General Assembly, first as a state representative, and then state senator. In August 2008, Ohio governor Ted Strickland announced that he appointed Mason to be a Judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas after a vacancy arose.
In 2017, Mason was hired by the City of Cleveland as an official in the Frank G. Jackson administration, with the title of Minority Business Development Administrator.
