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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) voted against Senate Bill 293, a bill that reduces the amount of time a voter's ballot may be counted in Ohio.
Today, Co-Chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission and Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released the following statement following the Ohio Redistricting Commission's approval of a congressional map:
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released the following statement following Governor DeWine's decision to sign an executive order to provide up to $25 million for food assistance for Ohioans affected by the federal government shutdown.
Today, the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging him to take immediate action to ensure that the over 1.4 million Ohioans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will not go hungry should federal funding for the program lapse on November 1.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) joined Governor Mike DeWine at Emerson Elementary School in Lakewood as a part of the Governor's Literacy Leaders Tour.
Today, Co-Chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission and Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released the following statement after Republicans failed to present a congressional map proposal at the first meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
On October 1, Democratic Leaders appealed to Governor DeWine's sense of duty and leadership to immediately convene the Ohio Redistricting Commission within 7 days so it could meet its constitutional duty to pass a congressional map by October 31. To date, the governor has refused all action and entirely failed to respond to the good-faith outreach.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued a statement following Ohio Senate Republicans' vote to override Governor DeWine's veto of a provision of the state's operating budget that punishes local school districts and communities under the guise of property tax relief.
After Republican lawmakers ignored the constitutionally-set deadline for proposing congressional district maps, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine today asking him to reconstitute the Ohio Redistricting Commission within the next 7 days to start the process to fulfill its constitutional obligation to produce a fair, bipartisan congressional map.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) testified on Senate Bill 259 - the fair, constitutional congressional map proposed by the Ohio Democrats - in front of the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting.