The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA), through its Political Contributing Entity (PCE or PAC) recently provided financial contributions to the campaigns of 84 candidates seeking election to the Ohio House of Representatives or Ohio Senate. The contributions were intentionally bipartisan going to members of both political parties based on the candidates’ support for and understanding of issues important to nurses and the nursing profession.
“In this day of extreme polarization, it was important to emphasize that the decisions coming from ONA’s PCE were not based solely on a candidate’s party affiliation; but instead were more about policy concerns than politics”, noted Brian Burger, ONA president.
Nurses appointed to the Health Policy Council by the ONA Board of Directors were the decision-makers. Those nurses brought their policy expertise and experience to the decision-making process. Multiple factors went into those decisions- and when the checks were distributed, many were given out by nurse constituents of the candidates, thus providing another opportunity to share ONA’s message with the recipients.
Following is the list of candidates seeking election to the Ohio General Assembly in the upcoming general election that received financial support through ONA’s PCE:
Ohio Senate Candidates:
| SD | 1 | Robert McColley |
| SD | 2 | Randy Gardner |
| SD | 5 | Paul Bradley |
| SD | 6 | Peggy Lehner |
| SD | 7 | Steve Wilson |
| SD | 9 | Cecil Thomas |
| SD | 10 | Bob Hackett |
| SD | 11 | Teresa Fedor |
| SD | 12 | Matt Huffman |
| SD | 14 | Joe Uecker |
| SD | 15 | Hearcel Craig |
| SD | 16 | Stephanie Kunze |
| SD | 17 | Bob Peterson |
| SD | 18 | John Eklund |
| SD | 19 | Andrew Brenner |
| SD | 21 | Sandra Williams |
| SD | 22 | Larry Obhof |
| SD | 23 | Nickie Antonio |
| SD | 24 | Matt Dolan |
| SD | 25 | Sen Yuko |
| SD | 26 | David Burke |
| SD | 28 | Vernon Sykes |
| SD | 29 | Scott Oelslager |
| SD | 30 | Frank Hoagland |
| SD | 31 | Jay Hottinger |
| SD | 32 | Sean O’Brien |
| SD | 33 | John Boccieri |
Ohio House Candidates:
| HD | 1 | Scott Wiggam |
| HD | 2 | Mark Romanchuk |
| HD | 3 | Theresa Gavarone |
| HD | 4 | Rep Cupp |
| HD | 5 | Tim Ginter |
| HD | 7 | Tom Patton |
| HD | 9 | Janine Boyd |
| HD | 10 | Terrence UpChurch |
| HD | 11 | Stepanie Howse |
| HD | 12 | Juanta Brent |
| HD | 14 | Bride Rose Sweeney |
| HD | 17 | Rep Adam Miller |
| HD | 18 | Rep Kristin Boggs |
| HD | 20 | Richard Brown |
| HD | 21 | Beth Liston |
| HD | 22 | David Leland |
| HD | 23 | Laura Lanese |
| HD | 25 | Rep Kent |
| HD | 26 | Erica Crawley |
| HD | 29 | Louis Blessing III |
| HD | 31 | Brigid Kelly |
| HD | 33 | Sedrick Denson |
| HD | 34 | Emilia Sykes |
| HD | 39 | Fred Strahorn |
| HD | 44 | Paula Hicks |
| HD | 45 | Lisa Sobecki |
| HD | 46 | Michael Sheehy |
| HD | 48 | Lorraine Wilburn |
| HD | 49 | Rep West |
| HD | 51 | Sara Carruthers |
| HD | 52 | George Lang |
| HD | 56 | Joe Miller |
| HD | 57 | Dick Stein |
| HD | 58 | Michelle Lepore-Hagan |
| HD | 60 | John Rogers |
| HD | 62 | Scott Lipps |
| HD | 63 | Glenn Holmes |
| HD | 66 | Doug Green |
| HD | 68 | Rick Carfagna |
| HD | 70 | Darrell Kick |
| HD | 71 | Scott Ryan |
| HD | 72 | Larry Householder |
| HD | 79 | Kyle Koehler |
| HD | 80 | Jena Powell |
| HD | 83 | Jon Cross |
| HD | 84 | Susan Manchester |
| HD | 86 | Tracy Richardson |
| HD | 87 | Jeff McClain |
| HD | 88 | Bill Reineke |
| HD | 89 | Steve Arndt |
| HD | 91 | Shane Wilkin |
| HD | 92 | Gary Scherer |
| HD | 93 | Ryan Smith |
| HD | 94 | Jay Edwards |
| HD | 95 | Don Jones |
| HD | 96 | Jack Cera |
| HD | 99 | John Patterson |
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