COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ohio Nurses Association's Political Contributing Entity (ONA-PCE) announced today its list of endorsed candidates for the November General Election.

The ONA-PCE selects candidates based on their support of nursing and other healthcare issues. "ONA-endorsed candidates were chosen because of their support for nursing issues and their search for positive solutions for healthcare," said Jeri Milstead RN, chair of the ONA-PCE. "We are pleased to be able to urge nurses and others to vote for them on November 2nd."

The endorsed candidates are:

    Ohio House of Representatives:
    HD1     Linda Bolon           D      Columbiana
    HD2     Andy Brenner          R      Delaware
    HD3     Ron Amstutz           R      Wooster
    HD4     Matt Huffman          R      Lima
    HD5     Gerald Stebelton      R      Lancaster
    HD6     Randy Gardner         R      Bowling Green
    HD7     Kenny Yuko            D      Richmond Heights
    HD8     Armond Budish         D      Beachwood
    HD9     Barbara Boyd          D      Cleveland Heights
    HD11    Sandra Williams       D      Cleveland
    HD12    John Barnes           D      Cleveland
    HD13    Nickie Antonio        D      Lakewood
    HD15    Timothy DeGeeter      D      Parma
    HD19    Anne Gonzales         R      Westerville
    HD21    Mike Duffey           R      Worthington
    HD22    John Carney           D      Columbus
    HD23    Cheryl Grossman       R      Grove City
    HD24    Ted Celeste           D      Grandview Heights
    HD25    Michael Stinziano     D      Columbus
    HD26    Tracy Heard           D      Columbus
    HD27    Carlton Weddington    D      Columbus
    HD28    Connie Pillich        D      Montgomery
    HD29    Liz Ping              D      Cincinnati
    HD30    Robert Mecklenborg    R      Cincinnati
    HD31    Denise Driehaus       D      Cincinnati
    HD33    Alicia Reece          D      Cincinnati
    HD35    Ron Maag              R      Lebanon
    HD37    Peggy Lehner          R      Kettering
    HD39    Clayton Luckie        D      Dayton
    HD40    Roland Winburn        D      Dayton
    HD41    Brian Williams        D      Akron
    HD42    Mike Moran            D      Hudson
    HD43    Steven Dyer           D      Green
    HD44    Vernon Sykes          D      Akron
    HD46    Barbara Sears         R      Sylvania
    HD47    Teresa Fedor          D      Toledo
    HD48    Michael Ashford       D      Toledo
    HD49    Matt Szollosi         D      Oregon
    HD50    Todd Snitchler        R      Uniontown
    HD51    Kirk Schuring         R      Canton
    HD52    Stephen Slesnick      D      Canton
    HD53    Tim Derickson         R      Oxford
    HD54    Courtney Combs        R      Hamilton
    HD55    Bill Coley            R      Middletown
    HD56    Dan Ramos             D      Lorain
    HD59    Ron Gerberry          D      Canfield
    HD60    Robert Hagan          D      Youngstown
    HD61    Mark Okey             D      Carrollton
    HD62    Lorraine Fende        D      Willowick
    HD63    Mark Schneider        D      Mentor
    HD64    Thomas Letson         D      Warren
    HD65    Sean O'Brien          D      Brookfield
    HD66    Joseph Uecker         R      Loveland
    HD67    Peter Beck            R      Mason
    HD68    Kathleen Clyde        D      Kent
    HD69    Bill Batchelder       R      Medina
    HD70    Jarrod Martin         R      Dayton
    HD71    Jay Hottinger         R      Newark
    HD72    Ross McGregor         R      Lebanon
    HD73    Jay Goyal             D      Mansfield
    HD74    Bruce Goodwin         R      Defiance
    HD75    Lynn Wachtmann        R      Napoleon
    HD76    Cliff Hite            R      Findlay
    HD77    Jim Zehringer         R      Fort Recovery
    HD78    John Adams            R      Sidney
    HD79    Richard Adams         R      Troy
    HD82    Jeff McClain          R      Upper Sandusky
    HD83    David Burke           R      Marysville
    HD84    Bob Hackett           R      London
    HD87    John Carey            R      Wellston
    HD88    Danny Bubp            R      West Union
    HD89    Ron Hadsell           D      Portsmouth
    HD90    Margaret Ann Ruhl     R      Mount Vernon
    HD91    Dan Dodd              D      Hebron
    HD92    Debbie Phillips       D      Athens
    HD93    Linda Secrest         D      Cambridge
    HD94    Troy Balderson        R      Zanesville
    HD95    Lou Gentile           D      Steubenville
    HD96    Josh O'Farrell        D      New Philadelphia
    HD97    Dave Hall             R      Millersburg
    HD98    Tim Grendell          R      Chesterland
    HD99    Deborah Newcomb       D      Conneaut

    Ohio Senate:
    SD1     Steve Buehrer         R      Delta
    SD3     Kevin Bacon           R      Columbus
    SD5     Fred Strahorn         D      Dayton
    SD7     Shannon Jones         R      Springboro
    SD9     Eric Kearney          D      Cincinnati
    SD11    Edna Brown            D      Toledo
    SD13    Sue Morano            D      Lorain
    SD15    Charleta Tavares      D      Columbus
    SD17    Dave Daniels          R      Greenfield
    SD19    Kris Jordan           R      Powell
    SD21    Shirley Smith         D      Cleveland
    SD23    Mike Skindell         D      Lakewood
    SD25    Nina Turner           D      Cleveland
    SD27    Frank LaRose          R      Akron
    SD29    Scott Oelslager       R      Canton
    SD31    Tim Schaffer          R      Lancaster
    SD33    Joe Schiavoni         D      Youngstown

About the Ohio Nurses Association

The Ohio Nurses Association is a member-driven, full-service professional association and is the premier professional organization for Ohio's registered nurses. Organized in 1904 to secure a Nurse Practice Act to protect the citizens of Ohio, it has been promoting and protecting nurses, the nursing profession and those who receive nursing care for over one hundred years.

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