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Kelly Kohls
Kelly Kohls was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 7 of the Ohio State Senate.
Kohls served as President of the Springboro Community City School Board of Education, on the Warren County Career Center Board of Education and as President of Ohio School Boards Leadership Council.[1]
Biography
Kohls' professional experience includes working as a professor and private nutritionist.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Kohls' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Constituent Commitment
- Excerpt: "When making decisions on a vote as your representative, my decisions will always be prioritized by what gives you more freedom and is in your best interest.Your interest will always come before the interest of any political party."
Job Creation Act
- Excerpt: "I will defend and promote the newly discovered energy sector in Ohio. I will use this as a springboard to spark enthusiasm throughout our state. I will remove the roadblocks of overregulation and over taxation on businesses. My goal will be to promote Ohio as the “go to” state in the country with the best environment for operating a business and with workers that are second to none."
Healthcare Freedom Restoration Act
- Excerpt: "I will vote to defend your healthcare freedom as represented in the Ohio Constitution. I will work to reverse all parts of Obamacare in Ohio that are destroying your healthcare by lowering the quality of your care, limiting your choice of doctors, raising your premiums, and raising your deductibles to such a level that you basically have no health care at all."
Protecting Senior Citizens Safety Net Act
- Excerpt: " will vote to defend and protect you, our senior citizens, by reversing the recent irresponsible welfare expansion (Medicaid Expansion) given to able-body younger people. I will ensure the solvency of Medicaid that will be needed for you, and for the demand from thousands of other up and coming baby-boom senior citizens."
Local Parental Freedom Control Act
- Excerpt: "Protecting moms’ and dads’ freedom and your right to control what your children are learning at your local school will be one of my top priorities. I will vote to reverse Washington D C s’ Common Core Curriculum being imposed on to you and your children."
Elections
2014
- See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Ohio State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 5, 2014. Jimmy Allen was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Shannon Jones defeated Kelly Kohls in the Republican primary. Allen withdrew from the race before the general election, leaving Jones unchallenged in the general election.[3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Shannon Jones Incumbent |
69.4% | 17,310 |
| Kelly Kohls | 30.6% | 7,620 |
| Total Votes | 24,930 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Kelly + Kohls + Ohio + Senate"
See also
- Ohio State Senate
- Ohio General Assembly
- Ohio State Senate elections, 2014
- Ohio State Senate District 7
External links
Footnotes
