Rep. Michael Rulli on populism, energy and his noise rock past

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Rep. Michael Rulli on populism, energy and his noise rock past

Michael Rulli has been an employee of his family’s grocery store, a bass guitarist in a Boston-based grunge and noise band and an Ohio state senator. “I didn’t get involved in politics until I was in my early 40s,” said Rulli, 55. “So I had a whole other life that had nothing to do with it.” Music was an early passion. “My friends had bands and I always wanted to join their bands and they would never let me,” he said.  He finally got his chance…