TOP RACE
Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11)
Democrat - Ohio
Running for House
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This close election will help determine control of the House & Senate.
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PARTY: Democrat
ELECTED: 2021 (special election)
EDUCATION: Cuyahoga Community College (AS), Wilberforce University (BS)
OCCUPATION PRIOR TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE: Founder, Diversified Digital Solutions (marketing support company)
BORN: June 24, 1975
First-time candidates do not yet have a voting record.
"As a lawyer, as a former prosecutor, and as a son and grandson of foreign-service officers who tried to represent American democracy in foreign and dangerous places, the idea that this crowd of crooked fossil-fuel types is able to take over and run our democracy like we are a banana republic - I find that repellent."
- Rep. Sheldon Whitehouse
POLITICAL CAREER
Elected Warrensville Heights City Council (2011)
Elected Cuyahoga County Council (2014–2021)
Served as Chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (first woman and first Black person in that role)
Elected to Congress in 2021 special election
COMMITTEES SERVED ON
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
INTERESTING FACTS
Former county-level party chair in Cuyahoga County
Works closely on agricultural policy despite representing an urban district
Known for a practical, coalition-focused governing style within the Democratic Party
