Tina Maharath

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Tina Maharath
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133rd General Assembly Member Headshot
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 3rd district
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
Preceded byKevin Bacon
Personal details
Born (1990-11-30) November 30, 1990 (age 31)
Whitehall, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic
Children1
ResidenceCanal Winchester, Ohio
Alma materOhio University

Tina Maharath is an American politician currently serving as an Ohio State Senator from the 3rd District. She also serves in the Senate Democrats leadership team as Minority Whip.

As a Democrat, Maharath won election to the Senate in a highly close race with Republican opponent Anne Gonzales, flipping the 3rd Senate District from the Republicans.[1] Maharath's victory represented the first time Ohio Democrats had won a Republican held State Senate seat since 2006.[2] Maharath is also notable for being the first Asian-American woman in the Ohio Senate and the first Laotian-American elected into public office.[3][4]

Maharath is from Whitehall, Ohio, the daughter of Laotian refugees. Her father served the U.S. Army under the Laos Army while her mother worked as a nurse in the Laos Army.[5] Maharath is a third-generation politician, and the first woman to hold office in her family.[6] Maharath has a Bachelor's degree in political science and a Master's degree in Law, Justice and Culture from Ohio University.[6]

Ohio State Senate[]

In 2018, Maharath was elected to the Ohio State Senate. During her time in the Senate she has sponsored legislation that would prohibit conversion therapy for minors, create a Asian-American and Pacific Islander Affairs Commission, and designate Maternal Mortality Awareness Month.

During her time in the Senate, she has been elected to her fellow Democratic colleagues to their leadership team as Assistant Minority Whip then Minority Whip.[7]

Committee assignments[8][]

  • Committee on Financial Institutions and Technology (Ranking Member)
  • Local Government and Elections (Ranking Member)
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Insurance
  • Rules and Reference
  • Transportation

Electoral history[]

Election results
Year Office Election Votes for Maharath % Opponent Party Votes %
2018 Ohio State Senate Primary 11,462 71.81 Katherine Chipps Democratic 4,500 28.19
General 66,438 50.27 Anne Gonzales Republican 65,733 49.73

References[]

  1. ^ Pelzer, Jeremy (2018-11-27). "Democratic underdog Tina Maharath wins Ohio Senate seat". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. ^ Siegel, Jim. "Democrat Tina Maharath completes unlikely victory in Ohio Senate race". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  3. ^ Holmes, Debbie. "Tina Maharath Won A Seat In Ohio's Legislature With No Help From Democrats". radio.wosu.org. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  4. ^ Samson·Politics·December 3, Carl; Read, 2018·2 Min (2018-12-03). "Ohio Elects Their First Laotian American State Senator". NextShark. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  5. ^ "Senator Tina Maharath - Bio | The Ohio Senate". www.ohiosenate.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  6. ^ a b Thompson, Erica. "Cover: Tina Maharath, The Unexpected Senator". Columbus Alive. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  7. ^ "Senator Tina Maharath | The Ohio Senate". ohiosenate.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  8. ^ "Committees | The Ohio Senate". ohiosenate.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.


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