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House Race

Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH)

U.S. Representative

Emilia Sykes

Democrat - Ohio

POLITICAL OPPONENT: 

Kevin Coughlin

Rep. Sykes was elected in 2022 to Congress. Prior to serving the OH-13th district, she served eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives, with 3 years as the Minority Leader. Before serving in elected office, she served as the Administrative Staff Advisor at the Summit County Fiscal Office and as a Law Clerk to the Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Georgia.

BIOGRAPHY  

PARTY: Democrat

ELECTED: 2022

EDUCATION: Kent State University, BA; University of Florida Levin College of La, JD; College of Public
Health & Health Policy, MPH

OCCUPATION: Politician

FAMILY: Married

BORN: 1/4/1986

*Candidates running for office for the first time will have no voting record.

“We can and must pass common sense gun safety legislation to bolster background checks, implement ‘red flag’ laws to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals, and ban assault weapons.”

- Emilia Sykes

POLITICAL CAREER


  • Representative, US House of Representatives, Ohio District 13 (2023-Present)

  • Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, District 34 (2015-2023)

  • Minority Leader, Ohio State House of Representatives (2019-2023)

  • Minority Whip, Ohio State House of Representatives (2018)

  • Assistant Minority Whip, Ohio State House of Representatives (2017-2018)


COMMITTEES SERVED ON


  • Committee on Science, Space & Technology

  • Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

INTERESTING FACTS

  • First Black person elected to represent Ohio's 13th District

  • Won the EMILY's List National Rising Star Award

  • Proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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