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Columbus, OH – Today, the Ohio Democratic Party announced the winners of this week’s elections for district-level delegates for President Biden for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Candidates elected this week will be certified in March, following Ohio’s primary election. 

“Ohio Democrats are excited to head to Chicago in August, mark the progress we’ve made over the last four years and look ahead to the work that remains to move our state and country forward. We’re ready to elect a broad, diverse coalition of delegates to Chicago and show off our Ohio pride at the 2024 Democratic National Convention,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters.  

A full list of election winners for district level delegates can be found below:

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District

Male: Reggie Harris, Gavi Begtrup, Ethan Nichols

Female: Patricia Bruns, Kathleen Hofmann, Michele Fisher, Bonnie Dunkelman

Alternates: Kevin Ryan Shearer
 

Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District

Male: Terry Williams

Female: Dona Meyer, Amy Petit
 

Ohio’s 3rd Congressional District

Male: Kevin Boyce, Hearcel Craig, Josh Hickman, Dontavius Jarrells, Ismail Mohamed

Female: Tina Pierce, Melissa Hedden, Tommie Radd, Morgan Harper

Alternates: Niel Jurist

Ohio’s 4th Congressional District

Male: Randy Weston, Christian Pearson

Female: Venita Shoulders, Chau-Sa Dang

Ohio’s 5th Congressional District

Male: Corey Barnes, Joe Miller

Female: Lili Sandler, Sophia Rodriguez

Ohio’s 6th Congressional District

Male: Michael Dossie, Joseph Stephon

Female: Kathleen Purdy, Elizabeth Klintworth

Ohio’s 7th Congressional District

Male: Matt Patten, Michael O’Shea, Sean Brennan

Female: Kelly Kosek, Jeanne Gallagher, Bride Rose Sweeney

Alternates: Tiffiny Underhile

Ohio’s 8th Congressional District

Male: Brian Hester, Patrick Houlihan

Female: Jennifer Richardson, Deloris Rome Hudson, Katherine Louagie

Ohio’s 9th Congressional District

Male: Tony Totty, Mark Buford, Ron Birchfield, Jr.

Female: Erika White, Lisa Sobecki, Pierrette Talley

Alternates: Elgin Rogers, Jr.

Ohio’s 10th Congressional District

Male/Female/Non-Binary: Sean Michael, Desiree Tims, Zach Zugelder, Lynne Donahue, Austin Smith, Andrea VanSickle

Alternates: Wendy Dyer

Ohio’s 11th Congressional District

Male: Blaine Griffin, Terrence Upchurch, Anthony Hairston, Erik Meinhardt, Richard Starr

Female: Cindy Demsey, Meredith Turner, Yvonne Conwell, Pamela Gray-Mason

Alternates: TBD

Ohio’s 12th Congressional District

Male: Jason Adams, Cameron Hill

Female: Adrienne Bowden, Christine Rahrig


Ohio’s 13th Congressional District

Male: Robert Thompson, Sr., Vernon Sykes, Peter Zeigler

Female: Sarah Yuronka, Barbara Sykes, Mandy Wagner

Alternates: N.J. Akbar

Ohio’s 14th Congressional District

Male: Kevin Malecek, Tom Moscovic

Female: Kathy DiCristofaro, Janet Carson, Maureen Kelly

Alternates: Christopher Clevenger
 

Ohio’s 15th Congressional District

Male: Dennis Ginty, Adam Miller, Brian Perry

Female: Barb Niemeyer, Anita Somani

DNC Delegates help nominate the Democratic candidate for President. A total of 83 district delegates from Ohio and eight district alternates will be elected to represent Ohio at the 2024 DNC, in addition to at-large delegates and others representing the Ohio Democratic Party. 

The convention will take place in Chicago from August 19 – 22, 2024.

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Columbus, OH – Frank LaRose took a shot at Bernie Moreno in new audio released today, calling out Moreno for his “dirty insider politics.” LaRose also claimed Moreno received a “transactional” endorsement from J.D. Vance, sparking *another* round of infighting between Moreno and LaRose. 

Frank LaRose: “I don’t think J.D.’s endorsement matters much at all. And I think that that was a completely transactional thing between the two of them, to be very candid. Last year, when J.D. Vance asked Bernie Moreno to drop out, Bernie Moreno dropped out, they cut a deal, and now, you know, J.D. is paying it back. I think that that’s the kind of dirty insider politics that people don’t like, candidly.” 

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Columbus, OH – In case you missed it, Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal today broke news that Republican Supreme Court candidate Meghan Shanahan has been touting her support from anti-abortion groups on social media, indicating how she’d rule on any abortion rights issues that come before the Ohio Supreme Court. While it’s bad enough that Shanahan is touting endorsements from the same anti-abortion groups behind November’s Issue One campaign, she’s also breaking her own rules in the process after she penned an op-ed for the Ironton Tribune writing, “What’s not fine, is having strongly formed opinions about how cases should be decided before they reach your courtroom.”

“In other words, Shanahan boasted of being endorsed by a group that helped lead the fight against an amendment she will have to interpret if she wins a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. Almost certainly, the court will hear cases regarding the constitutionality of abortion restrictions that are already on the books, and conservative lawmakers are proposing additional restrictions despite the 14-point margin by which Ohioans passed the abortion-rights amendment last November. So in Ohio, Shanahan eight years ago boasted of the endorsement of a single-issue group whose cause is sure to come before the Ohio Supreme Court,” writes Schladen. 

“It’s clear that abortion rights are once again on the ballot in 2024, and Judge Shanahan has already shown her true colors: rubbing elbows with anti-abortion activists and touting endorsements from the very groups who tried to take away abortion rights last fall. With our fundamental rights at stake, we can’t afford someone who has shown so clearly that she will side with anti-abortion groups over Ohioans,” said Matt Keyes, spokesperson for the Ohio Democratic Party. 

Ohio is the only state in the nation with the opportunity to flip the partisan makeup of its state Supreme Court this year. The Court elected in November will likely make decisions on key issues facing our state including, abortion, redistricting and voting rights.

Read more from Ohio Capital Journal HERE and below: 

• Megan Shanahan, a candidate for Ohio Supreme Court, has publicly slammed a Wisconsin jurist for anti-gerrymandering comments she made as she was running last year for that state’s high court.

• But Shanahan, a Cincinnati Republican, in the past has touted the endorsement of Ohio’s most prominent anti-abortion group.

• Once-sleepy state supreme court elections have taken on huge stakes as state’s high courts are becoming the final arbiters in some of the bitterest disputes of the day. 

• In May, Shanahan, the Ohio candidate, published a column in the Ironton Tribune taking the Wisconsin judge to task over her anti-gerrymandering rhetoric.

• But that raises questions about what is proper for a judicial candidate to say and how long ago she can have said it. On Shanahan’s account on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, is a tweet from 2016.

• “So proud to be at the Cincinnati Right to Life’s Evening for Life,” it says, referring to anti-abortion group that helped lead the fight against last year’s abortion-rights amendment.

• Also in 2016, as a Hamilton County common pleas judge, Shanahan tweeted that she was “Proud to be endorsed by Greater Cincinnati Right to Life PAC and CCV.”

• In other words, Shanahan boasted of being endorsed by a group that helped lead the fight against an amendment she will have to interpret if she wins a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court.

• Almost certainly, the court will hear cases regarding the constitutionality of abortion restrictions that are already on the books, and conservative lawmakers are proposing additional restrictions despite the 14-point margin by which Ohioans passed the abortion-rights amendment last November.

• So in Ohio, Shanahan eight years ago boasted of the endorsement of a single-issue group whose cause is sure to come before the Ohio Supreme Court. Meanwhile in Wisconsin, Protasiewicz last year called that state’s legislative and congressional maps “rigged” as she campaigned for a court that’s just as likely to hear cases regarding that issue.

• What’s the difference?

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Columbus, OH – With another government shutdown deadline looming, Ohioans are being reminded that Bernie Moreno has called for a shutdown despite the devastating consequences it would have on Ohioans. Moreno opposed the bipartisan stopgap spending plan in September and called to shut down the federal government, which would have forced tens of thousands of Ohioans to work without pay. As Congress attempts to avoid another shutdown, Ohioans should know Moreno is not fighting for them.

“Bernie Moreno has made it clear he doesn’t care about Ohioans and supports shutting down the government, forcing thousands of Ohioans to either be furloughed or work without pay,” said ODP spokesperson Reeves Oyster. 

What you need to know about how a government shutdown would impact Ohioans:

• Ohioans receiving Social Security and Medicare could be at risk for disruptions. 

• A shutdown would also negatively impact the economy, Ohio workers, and Ohio families – an estimated 6,800 active duty troops in Ohio would not receive pay and tens of thousands of civilian employees would either be furloughed or forced to work without pay. 

• Many Ohio families, including more than 93,000 Ohio children, would also lose their access to healthy food. 

• Ohio small businesses would lose an estimated $4,627,400 in financing per business day. 

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Columbus, OH – One week into 2024 and the #OHSEN Slugfest is already getting messier and nastier. Over the weekend, the Toledo Blade Editorial Board slammed Bernie Moreno for his “questionable” judgment, being “good for the growth of Russia,” and having significant ties to the sketchy crypto industry – a “financial tool that primarily benefits criminals.”

And that’s not all. Over the weekend, Bernie Moreno threw gasoline on the slugfest fire by calling Frank LaRose a liar who is trying to salvage his “floundering” campaign. In response, Frank LaRose’s campaign shot back by calling Moreno’s credibility into question. Plus, Matt Dolan’s campaign also decided to insert themselves and throw punches at Moreno and LaRose.

Read the barbs, jabs, and latest infighting below:

Bernie Moreno: “What’s sad is that Frank LaRose’s campaign is obviously floundering.”

LaRose Campaign: “The word of a used car salesman is not to be trusted. Especially one that is losing by double digits after spending millions of dollars on campaign ads.”

Dolan Campaign: “Bernie Moreno is an ideological shapeshifter who will say or do anything to get elected. He is unvetted, untested and gaffe-prone. The more voters learn about Bernie, the less they’re going to like him.”

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