Victoria Maddox
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Victoria Maddox (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 85. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Maddox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 85
Incumbent Tim Barhorst defeated Victoria Maddox in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 85 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Barhorst (R) | 80.1 | 46,524 |
 | Victoria Maddox (D)  | 19.9 | 11,551 | |
| Total votes: 58,075 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 85
Victoria Maddox advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 85 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Maddox | 100.0 | 2,182 |
| Total votes: 2,182 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 85
Incumbent Tim Barhorst advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 85 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Barhorst | 100.0 | 14,160 |
| Total votes: 14,160 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Victoria Maddox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Maddox's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up and still live in Logan County, where I learned the value of hard work and fighting for what you believe in. I earned a BS in Criminal Justice from Everest University. I have worked in manufacturing or fast food my whole life so I know what long hours and low wages look and feel like.
My whole life I wanted nothing more than to help people however I could, that's why I got a degree in Criminal Justice. Over time however, I realized that the criminal justice system isn't the best way to help people, changing policy is the most effective and efficient way at helping as many people as possible on a much wider scale, which is when I started looking at running for office.
- Today Ohioans are facing higher than ever housing costs, as the demand for single family homes skyrocket while the available housing decreases. I plan to combat this by banning or severely limiting corporations from buying up single family housing. Corporations can out bid every working class family on any house, then they turn around and rent the house out and there is no incentive to ever sell that property, this keeps demand high while the supply is dwindling. By preventing these corporations from buying the houses we open up more possibilities for young families to buy homes instead of being stuck in the perpetual rent cycle.
- Energy costs have been increasing in Ohio at a startling rate. For example, AES customers had their rate jump from 4.8 cents per kWh to 10.9 cents. They more than doubled their rate and PUCO allowed it. PUCO is made up of 5 people that the governor appoints, I plan on digging into these sharp increases and find out why the price was allowed to more than double on customers, as well as talk to experts to find ways to bring the price of electricity to more manageable levels for consumers.
- Above all I want to put the represent back in representative. I want to listen to my constituents and focus on the real problems they have. If elected I will be reachable and actually talk to people and make a positive difference in their lives.
I am personally passionate about housing and energy costs as well as protecting the rights of every individual to live and grow as they see fit. I am passionate about protecting voter rights as well as our environment, because we need a healthy environment to keep this world alive for generations to come.
I look up to my mom and dad, she taught me kindness and he taught me to fight for what I believe in.
Captain America: Civil War. In this movie the Avengers turn on each other over the Sokovia Accords. Every member of the team has their own reasons for either approving the accords or not. All of their reasoning is valid especially from their point of view. One side thinks the oversight is valid and needed to prevent mistakes the other doesn't trust politicians to do the right thing. This to me perfectly encapsulates todays political battlefield. Looking beyond this movie to Avengers Infinity War you see both sides coming back together and working side by side again to save the Universe. This is what needs to happen now, we see the split and the divide happening but its time for us to come together and make this the United States again and fight for the common good of all Americans.
The most important principle for an elected official is honesty. Honesty with voters and honesty with themselves. If they are not honest then they will lose whatever drove them to get involved in the first place and the more lies they tell the more trust they lose.
I am good at thinking outside of the box and coming up with creative solutions to problems. I also listen to different viewpoints and adjust my opinion on issues based on new information that I learn. I am not rigid in my views on issues, if you can give me facts I am open to changing my mind.
The core responsibility for someone elected to this office is in the name, represent. A representative is in office to represent the views of their constituents, not the views of their political party.
I would like to leave a legacy of kindness and helpfulness. I think that every person should strive to leave this world a little better than we found it, and that's what I want to be remembered for.
9/11 was the first historical even that I remember as is the case for most of my generation I was 7 at the time.
I was a cook at McDonald's I was there for just over a year before moving on.
I have read so many books it is really hard to pick just one. If pushed I would say Hell's Gate by David Weber, its a clash between two civilizations that start over just a simple misunderstanding, which is easy to correlate to how things happen in life.
Aziraphale, immortal and owns a bookstore.
Ruthlessness by Jorge Rivera-Herrans
Something that I have struggled with is learning when to let go of a losing battle. I always fight to the bitter end which is not always beneficial.
There should be a good working relationship, with some healthy disagreements. If you agree with everything 100% of the time, there is something wrong.
Housing and energy costs are going to be my state's greatest challenges. Its hard to grow manufacturing, and to bring in new businesses when the workers that would come in to work there have no where to live.
I believe that it can be beneficial for some of them to have previous experience, but not all of them. If you are only involved in politics you lose your objectivity and you start to run out of ideas because you have no other experience to pull from to come up with creative ideas to solve problems.
It's extremely beneficial to build relationships with other legislators. You need to have a majority to pass legislation and that comes with collaboration with other legislators.
No, I strive to be my own person in all things, if I start to model myself after someone else I may start to lose a part of who I am.
Currently no, that may change in the future but as of right now I don't want to move beyond state legislature.
Many members of the LGBTQ+ community have spoken to me in fear of what may happen to them with the amount of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being brought up. While many of them are touching and impactful, I do not have permission to share them and so I will keep their stories in my mind and my heart.
People in Athens rarely get up before sunrise. Dawn is tough on Grease. (I love dad jokes)
No, emergency powers sound great in theory but they can quickly get out of hand and be used and abused.
Ban or limit corporations from buying single family homes. I don't specify which one because I would need to speak to those with more experience to decide which we are legally able to do. I would like the ban but am unsure of the legalities of doing so.
Logan County Democrats, Champaign County Democrats. BlueOhio.org, Abortion Forward.
The Housing committee and the Energy Committee.
Financial transparency and government accountability are needed 100% of the time. You need to know where there might be bribery going on especially in Ohio. We know about the First Energy bribery scandal and we know that not every politician that received a bribe was not held accountable for it. That needs to never happen. Government officials should be held to a higher standard than everyday citizen, not get slack because they are a politician.
I oppose changes to the current state ballot initiative process.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
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)
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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
Vacant
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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Democratic Party (33)
Vacancies (1)
