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Yvonka Hall
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Yvonka Hall (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 12. Hall lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 12
Juanita Brent won election in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 12 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Juanita Brent (D) | 100.0 | 35,215 |
| Total votes: 35,215 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 12
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 12 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Juanita Brent | 40.6 | 4,565 |
| Patrice Brown | 23.1 | 2,598 | ||
 | Yvonka Hall | 15.0 | 1,687 | |
| Earl Campbell Sr. | 9.0 | 1,016 | ||
 | Dimitri McDaniel | 7.3 | 826 | |
| Isaac Powell | 5.0 | 564 | ||
| Total votes: 11,256 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
YVONKA HALL participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 9, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and YVONKA HALL's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Universal Healthcare 2) Pay Equity/Fight for $15 |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | The public policy areas that I am personally passionate about are Education, Employment, Housing and Health. I am passionate about these areas because they impact every facet of life. Education policies including "No Child Left Behind" has left thousands of children behind. Testing requirements and test have taken away from the learning of basic life skills and this has left our children unprepared to for the future. The students would be better served by bringing trades back into the educational environment which would prepare them for life after school. Our current structure has failed far to many children. Employment policies that include using the black box to ban people with criminal records from employment opportunities have to be eliminated. The unemployment rates of many at risk communities are well above the national average and we must create policies that protect people that are returning from to the community from further bias particularly when we have ruled that the Federal sentencing guidelines were discriminatory. Many employers want to change this practice but don't see the benefit. We would ensure that tax incentives are available to employers that hire returning felons or people from low income areas. Fighting for a living wage of $15 per hour so that people can afford basic living expenses including rent and food. Pay inequality requires eliminating gender and race based pay rates. Housing policies particularly addressing housing insecurity that have locked the working poor out of homes and placed them in shelters or living from house to house.We must create statewide lead safe rental registry to ensure that homes are lead safe prior to the families with small children moving in. We must protect of children because the cost of doing nothing is to high a price to pay. The lifetime health issues must be remedied. We must protect homeowner from predatory practices including lending, title loans and other practices that target the working poor. Ensure that public transportation is affordable, funded and accessible to poor communities. Creating high speed transit that is able to move people from long distances in short periods of time to allow people to work in areas further from home without relocating. Ensuring that money is available for infrastructure repair. Health policies including protecting a woman's right to choose, protecting people from sexual and workplace harassment, banning assault weapons, banning the number of weapons that can be purchased, placing a sin tax on bullets, requiring extensive background checks and a waiting period on the purchase of weapons, placing regulations on gun shows, paid family leave act, universal healthcare, safe vaccinations, addressing drug addiction. The reforming of the police training by making cultural competency and mental health first aid a requirement. The reopening of mental health facilities in impacted communities. These are a few of the public policy issues that I am passionate about.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. YVONKA HALL answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | I looked up to my neighbors in my community because they were instrumental in helping to shape me as a leader. I idolize Fannie Lou Hamer because of her passion and commitment to the community and her willingness to stand up even when her life was at stake.[3] | ” |
| “ | The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission is something that I recommend to someone that wants to understand my political philosophy. I read it about 25 years ago and it changed my life. This report has been used as the catalyst for many books, essays and films outlining the fractured reality of life in the urban core of America through a community lens. It provided not only the root causes but the solutions that were needed in order to create equity. Many people have taken bits and pieces and not fully utilized the report in its entirety.[3] | ” |
| “ | Trust, integrity, experience and qualifications are the characteristics that are most important for an elected official.[3] | ” |
| “ | The qualities that I believe make me a successful officeholder include: honesty, integrity, committed, passionate, inspirational, accountable, innovative and creative. I am an activist, organizer and community leader that is passionate about working to educate, advocate for and empower the community.[3] | ” |
| “ | The core responsibilities of someone elected to this office are to take the needs of the community to the Statehouse and bring the needs from the Statehouse to the community through the creation of effective policies, and legislative action.[3] | ” |
| “ | I want to be remembered as someone that fought to create laws that improved the conditions of the community.[3] | ” |
| “ | On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. I was 13 years old at the time.[3] | ” |
| “ | I worked for the city of Cleveland Summer Job Program in the summer of 1983. My first adult job was at Fanny Farmer candies from 1985-1989[3] | ” |
| “ | My date left my address at home and because this was pre cellphone he had no way of calling. Once he arrived he got out the car and accidentally locked the keys in the car.[3] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving my favorite holiday because it was a time that the family all came together from across the country to meet at the family home in North Carolina.[3] | ” |
| “ | "Makes Me Wanna Holler" Nathan McCall This book helped me to understand what was going on with African American men in my community that grew up in stable homes only to be caught up in the streets and eventually prison.[3] | ” |
| “ | I would be a member of the Dora Milaje, the all-female protection squad in the Black Panther.[3] | ” |
| “ | My angel collection. I have collected angels for about 10 years and they all have significance to me.[3] | ” |
| “ | Wild Thoughts[3] | ” |
| “ | I have struggled with my weight after being diagnosed with thyroid disease.[3] | ” |
| “ | I don't believe that it is beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics.[3] | ” |
| “ | Addressing the need for universal healthcare, education reform the opioid epidemic, gun reform and the Fight for $15 will be the state's greatest challenges over the next decade.[3] | ” |
| “ | The governor and the state legislature ideal relationship is to work together to benefit the community.[3] | ” |
| “ | I believe that building relationships across the aisle is beneficial to representatives as they seek to introduce bills and resolutions, offer amendments and create positive policy change in the state.[3] | ” |
| “ | The current process in the legislature. Bipartisanship Now: A five-member apportionment board composed of the governor, secretary of state, auditor, and two members chosen by state legislative leaders, one from each party, draws the lines. The current board has four Republicans and one Democrat. A simple majority is needed to draw a map. Issue 1: A seven-member redistricting commission composed of the governor, secretary of state, auditor, and four members, one by each party in each chamber would draw the lines, ensuring the commission will have at least two minority party members. A map must receive a majority of votes including two minority party members to be good for 10 years. A map passed by a simple majority only lasts four years, and commission members could be voted out of office by then.[3] | ” |
| “ | Economic Development, Commerce, and Labor Health Transportation and Public Safety[3] | ” |
| “ | N/A[3] | ” |
| “ | Former Senator Ray Miller[3] | ” |
| “ | I am interested in running for US Congress in the future.[3] | ” |
| “ | A resident told me about the difficult time she was having getting health insurance because her income was to much for her to qualify for the help from the exchange and her premium was to high to afford the insurance from her work. It is so important that Ohio become a model for other states in our efforts to create universal health care.[3] | ” |
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Ohio House of Representatives
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "YVONKA HALL's responses," April 9, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Current members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jason Stephens
Majority Leader:Marilyn John
Minority Leader:Dani Isaacsohn
Representatives
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Latyna Humphrey (D)
District 3
Ismail Mohamed (D)
District 4
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District 6
District 7
Allison Russo (D)
District 8
Anita Somani (D)
District 9
Munira Abdullahi (D)
District 10
Mark Sigrist (D)
District 11
Crystal Lett (D)
District 12
Brian Stewart (R)
District 13
Tristan Rader (D)
District 14
Sean Brennan (D)
District 15
Chris Glassburn (D)
District 16
District 17
Mike Dovilla (R)
District 18
Juanita Brent (D)
District 19
Phil Robinson (D)
District 20
District 21
Eric Synenberg (D)
District 22
Darnell Brewer (D)
District 23
Dan Troy (D)
District 24
Dani Isaacsohn (D)
District 25
Cecil Thomas (D)
District 26
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District 27
Rachel Baker (D)
District 28
Karen Brownlee (D)
District 29
Cindy Abrams (R)
District 30
Mike Odioso (R)
District 31
Bill Roemer (R)
District 32
Jack Daniels (R)
District 33
Veronica Sims (D)
District 34
Derrick Hall (D)
District 35
Steve Demetriou (R)
District 36
Andrea White (R)
District 37
Tom Young (R)
District 38
Desiree Tims (D)
District 39
Phil Plummer (R)
District 40
Rodney Creech (R)
District 41
Erika White (D)
District 42
Elgin Rogers (D)
District 43
Michele Grim (D)
District 44
Josh Williams (R)
District 45
Jennifer Gross (R)
District 46
Thomas Hall (R)
District 47
Diane Mullins (R)
District 48
Scott Oelslager (R)
District 49
Jim Thomas (R)
District 50
Matthew Kishman (R)
District 51
Jodi Salvo (R)
District 52
Gayle Manning (R)
District 53
Joe Miller (D)
District 54
Kellie Deeter (R)
District 55
Michelle Teska (R)
District 56
Adam Mathews (R)
District 57
Jamie Callender (R)
District 58
Lauren McNally (D)
District 59
Tex Fischer (R)
District 60
Brian Lorenz (R)
District 61
Beth Lear (R)
District 62
Jean Schmidt (R)
District 63
Adam Bird (R)
District 64
Nick Santucci (R)
District 65
David Thomas (R)
District 66
Sharon Ray (R)
District 67
Melanie Miller (R)
District 68
District 69
Kevin Miller (R)
District 70
Brian Lampton (R)
District 71
Levi Dean (R)
District 72
Heidi Workman (R)
District 73
Jeff LaRe (R)
District 74
Bernard Willis (R)
District 75
Haraz Ghanbari (R)
District 76
Marilyn John (R)
District 77
Meredith Craig (R)
District 78
Matt Huffman (R)
District 79
District 80
Johnathan Newman (R)
District 81
James Hoops (R)
District 82
Roy Klopfenstein (R)
District 83
Ty Mathews (R)
District 84
Angela King (R)
District 85
Tim Barhorst (R)
District 86
Tracy Richardson (R)
District 87
Riordan McClain (R)
District 88
Gary Click (R)
District 89
D.J. Swearingen (R)
District 90
Justin Pizzulli (R)
District 91
Bob Peterson (R)
District 92
Mark Johnson (R)
District 93
Jason Stephens (R)
District 94
Kevin Ritter (R)
District 95
Ty Moore (R)
District 96
Ron Ferguson (R)
District 97
Adam Holmes (R)
District 98
Mark Hiner (R)
District 99
Sarah Fowler (R)
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Vacancies (1)
