Minority Whip & Dem Senator for Ohio 21; In 2022, I beat the Koch Brothers; Burning River Roller Derby Voice; Art & Music Fan; Cat Dad; Pro-Choice; Apple Farmer
Columbus and Euclid, Ohio
Joined February 2009
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Thank you Ohio Senate District 21 Democratic voters. When all ballots were counted I finished up with 68% of the vote. I will be our Party's nominee facing GOP opposition in November where we will #SendKentBackToColumbus for another 4 years. I am back to work today.
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This is what putting South Carolina first looks like.
I’m honored to have the support of two former governors — Republican David Beasley and Democrat Jim Hodges.
We may not agree on everything, but we share a belief that matters most: South Carolina deserves leaders who will always put its people first.
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NEW: Utility political action committees (PACs) have poured $11.5 million into congressional races this cycle, a drop from the $13.6 million they had contributed by the same point in 2024.
The 10th District Court of Appeals declared that the GOP school voucher scam is unconstitutional. In this week's ICYMI, we explain the decision and read directly from the Ohio Constitution.
Last week I got to see Tim Myrick's Immersed In Nature watercolor show at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. It is up till November 8th. For more information myrickcreative.com
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A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing. cnn.it/3VOFSqp
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“We now deserve to lose this race.”
Old-guard Republicans were baffled that Vivek Ramaswamy would dare to deploy Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s own mother in his latest ad
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Two No Kings rallies and two times on Euclid doors for Amy, Allison, Sherrod and all the endorsed Euclid Democratic candidates.
Two things continue to increase across Ohio: Early Voting totals and gasoline prices. We provide the latest updates on both in this week's ICYMI Statehouse Edition.
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Vivek Ramaswamy wants to abolish the state income tax, something no one is asking for
An incredibly detailed take on why the Ohio GOP's push to cut income taxes is helping to increase your property taxes, by ex-Dispatch editor Mike Curtin
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Some highlights from our Monday night with the Oberlin Democrats. I saw a ton of Joe Miller signs all over the town.
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"Campaign mailers urging Ohio voters to support a socialist U.S. Senate candidate over Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown are being underwritten by a newly incorporated PAC with ties to President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc., public filings show." pbs.org/newshour/politics/ma…
Yesterday, the Kent Smith World Tour had the privilege of joining the Washington County Democrats and their candidates John Rauch,Dr. Brian Whalin, Wenda Sheard and Marietta College students Dylan and Palmer (pictured here).
The Kent Smith World Tour has two October stops this weekend. Tomorrow afternoon I will be in Marietta and Monday evening I will be in Oberlin.
On the doors for @amyactonoh @SherrodBrown @Russo4Ohio and the rest of the @EuclidDemClub endorsed candidates.
Do you think your monthly utility payments should be used to finance candidates that you don't support? I don't. So I have introduced legislation to stop it but Statehouse Republicans have blocked it. But in Michigan, citizens have put that issue on their November ballot. This week we discuss #mopupmichigan