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Mar 26 2020

House District 19

Below you will find brief profiles of the candidates running to represent Ohio House District 19 and overviews of the demographic and geographic makeup of the district.

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Candidates

Mary Lightbody (D) – Incumbent

A headshot of Ohio Rep. Mary Lightbody
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons
About Lightbody
ResidencePlain Township
Previous experienceElected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2018.

27 years teaching both K-12 education and at the collegiate level in Central Ohio, most recently in a position at Ohio State’s Newark campus.
EducationHarvard University, B.A. East Asian Studies
Ohio State University, M.Ed. and Ph.D. in science education
Facebookfacebook.com/marylightbodyOH19/
Instagram@Mary_Lightbody
Twitter@MaryLightbody
LinkedIn Pagelinkedin.com/in/mary-lightbody-district19
Campaign websitemarylightbody.com
WikipediaMary Lightbody (Ohio politician)

Meredith Freedhoff (R)

A headshot of Republican candidate for the Ohio House Meredith Freedhoff
Photo Source: Facebook, Meredith Freedhoff
ResidenceNew Albany
Previous experienceFormer journalist, stay-at-home mom, diabetes advocate, and volunteer.
EducationCapital University, Bachelor’s degree in Marketing
Ashland University, Master’s of Divinity
Facebookfacebook.com/FreedhoffforOhio
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/meredithfreedhoff/
Campaign websitemeredithforohio.com

Media coverage

Columbus Dispatch, 3/4/20 – Ohio GOP not giving up suburbs without a fight

About House District 19

Ohio House District 19 courtesy of OpenStreets
Ohio House District 19 courtesy of OpenStreets

Demographics

Population
121,416
Voting Age
73.63% age 18 and over
Race
White78.3%
Black11.2%
Hispanic2.6%
Median Household Income
District 19$81,292
Ohio$52,407
Educational Attainment (Age 25+)
Higher degree58.8%
High school diploma37%
No high school diploma4.3%
Health InsuranceHD19Ohio
Uninsured4.7%7.4%
Medicaid7.8%19.7%
Disability status (with a disability)8.7%13.8%

Geography

Counties
Franklin
Cities
Columbus, Gahanna, New Albany, Westerville
Townships
Blendon, Jefferson, Mifflin, Plain, Sharon

Sources

  • Center for Community Solutions – Ohio Legislative District Community Fact Sheets
  • Ballotpedia – Ohio House District 27
  • StatisticalAtlas.com – Ohio Overview

Written by Colleen Craig · Categorized: 2020 Election · Tagged: Blendon, Columbus, Franklin County, Gahanna, Jefferson, Mary Lightbody, Meredith Freehoff, Mifflin, New Albany, Plain, westerville

Oct 14 2019

October Poll Finds Trump Underwater in Ohio, Trailing Generic Democrat

Columbus, OH – A new poll from Public Policy Polling and Innovation Ohio shows that Ohio is set to return to its traditional status as a battleground state in 2020.
A memo on the results and the cross tabs can be found on Innovation Ohio’s website.
  • Link to Ohio Poll Memo
  • Link to Ohio poll cross-tabs
After winning the state by 8 points in 2016, the PPP survey finds President Trump trailing a generic Democratic 47-48% and an underwater 47-51% favorable/unfavorable rating. Given that state’s swing from 2012 to 2016, it is especially notable that President Trump trails a generic Democrat 37-51% with independent voters.
“As Democrats gather to debate in Ohio, these results show that Ohio will once again be a battleground in 2020, and any Democrat would be foolish to write off our state,” said Innovation Ohio President Janetta King. “Given his unpopularity with Ohio voters, it is clear that President Trump’s failures and broken promises are catching up with him in the state.”
“Ohio is a must-win state for President Trump. His poor numbers in this poll help to explain his early spending on TV and digital ads here,” King continued.
The poll also tested President Trump against five Democratic candidates; he failed to top 47% against any of them. This survey comes on the heels of similar results from Emerson Polling.
Founded in 2011, Innovation Ohio is a nonpartisan, nonprofit thank tank that blends policy research and advocacy to fight for working families in Ohio.
PPP surveyed 776 Ohio voters on October 10th and 11th on behalf of Innovation Ohio. 60% of surveys were completed by telephone and 40% were completed by text message. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.5%.

Written by Michael McGovern · Categorized: Front Page, Press Releases · Tagged: 2020, 2020 election, bernie sanders, cory booker, democrat, donald trump, election, election 2020, elizabeth warren, generic democrat, joe biden, kamala harris, Ohio, ohio debate, pete buttigieg, poll, ppp, president, presidential, presidential election, Public Policy Polling, Trump, Voting, westerville

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