OHIO — The Ohio Working Families Party today endorsed a slate of federal, state, and local general election candidates across all regions of the state, from state Auditor to Congress and the state legislature. These 19 endorsements are the Party’s largest general election slate ever in Ohio. 

This is a critical year for working families’ representation in Ohio. Democrats need to flip six seats to break the GOP supermajority in the House and five in the Senate.  

“Ohio Working Families Party is proud to endorse its largest slate of candidates for this year’s general election,” said Aleena Starks, Ohio State Director for the Working Families Party. “As politicians in D.C. and Columbus continue to drive prices up and dismiss the material concerns of working people, we’re supporting candidates up and down the ballot, all across Ohio, who are committed to making life easier for families across our state.”

OHWFP’s general election endorsements include:

• Annette Blackwell, Auditor
• Brian Poindexter, OH-7
• Vanessa Enoch, OH-8
• Cara Jacob, SD-7
• Charity Martin King, HD-2
• Meredith Ruth Lawson-Rowe, HD-5 
• Munira Abdullahi, HD-9
• Tristan Rader, HD-13
• Davida Russell, HD-18
• Karen Brownlee, HD-28
• Jonathan Bradner, HD-29
• Caleb Price, HD-30
• Rose Lounsbury, HD-36
• Tom Herner, HD-37
• Jayson Ameer Rasheed, HD-45
• Mike Baker, HD-52
• Laalitya Acharya, HD-56
• Ian Schwartz, HD-62
• Katie Koehler Wagner, HD-80
• Nicole L Sanders, Hamilton County Drug Court
• Alison Hatheway, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
• Kari L. Bloom, Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge
• Ohio Senate Bill 396 
• Our City, Our Say Ballot Initiative – Columbus, Ohio

Last year, all ten candidates that the Ohio Working Families Party supported advanced to runoffs, with six ultimately winning seats: Shenise Turner-Sloss, now the Mayor of Dayton; Fran Wilson, Akron City Council; Dr. Antoinette Miranda, Columbus City School Board; Ajmeri Hoque, Franklin County Judge; and Nikki Hudson and Tanmay Shah, Cleveland City Council.