Nickie J. Antonio
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Leader Antonio is a dedicated champion of workers' rights, high-quality education, our local governments, equal rights for women and the LGBT community and healthcare for all.
She has worked to pass legislation such as Ohio's historic adoption open records law and a step therapy reform law.
The first in her family to graduate from college, Antonio holds a MPA from Cleveland State University as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from CSU.
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Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement after Republicans in the Ohio Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 10, which would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that requires Ohioans to present photo ID to vote, despite Ohio law already requiring voters to do so.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) commended the Ohio Senate's passage of the state's capital budget (Senate Bill 450), which includes $14 million within Ohio's 23rd Senate District and over $22.1 million for Cuyahoga County as a whole.
Today, Ohio Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) testified at the first hearing of a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform task force investigating Ohio's Medicaid waiver program.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) responded to the governor's decision to direct the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause the consideration of any new data center tax exemption requests.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released the following statement after new reporting revealed the data center tax exemption cost the state over $1.5 billion in 2025, far exceeding what was originally projected.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released the following statement in response to the continued dismantling of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court of the United States this week decided in Louisiana v. Callais that states can, "without legal consequence, systematically dilute minority citizens' voting power."
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement after Republicans in the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 730, a capital reappropriations bill that also changes how the state distributes administrative funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to underfund the program in Ohio's largest and highest-need counties.
Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood), House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), State Representative and President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland), and State Representative and Chairwoman of the Ohio Democratic Women's Legislation Caucus Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus) today released the following statements following their press conference in response to Governor DeWine's State of the State address.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) voted against concurrence on Senate Bill 63, which would withhold funding for local governments that use ranked choice voting.