Budish (born 1953) is an American politician currently serving in his second term as Cuyahoga County Executive.
A member of the Democratic Party, he was a four-term Ohio State Representative (8th district), and served as Speaker of the House from 2009 to 2011.
He was the first Jewish representative to hold that office.
He was re-elected to the House in 2010 and 2012, and thereafter was term-limited.
Before his entry into politics in 2006, he was an attorney specializing in consumer and elder law with Budish, Solomon, Steiner & Peck, and hosted a weekly Sunday morning senior issues TV program titled Golden Opportunities on Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC channel 3.