Ohio Nurses Association Announces Endorsed Candidates for November 2012 General Election

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Ohio Nurses Association Political Contributing Entity (ONA-PCE) announced today its first round 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 Dottie Marsh, RN, Chair of the ONA-PCE. “We are pleased to be able to urge nurses and others to vote for them on November 6th,” Marsh said.

The endorsed candidates are:

Ohio Senate

    SD 2          Randy Gardner           R           Bowling Green
    SD 4          Bill Coley              R           Middletown
    SD 10         Chris Widener           R           Springfield
    SD 12         Keith Faber             R           Celina
    SD 16         Jim Hughes              R           Columbus
    SD 24         Tom Patton              R           Strongsville
    SD 26         Dave Burke              R           Marysville
    SD 30         Lou Gentile             D           Belmont

Ohio House of Representatives

    HD 1          Ron Amstutz                     R          Wooster
    HD 2          Jay Goyal                       R          Mansfield
    HD 8          Armond Budish                   R          Beachwood
    HD 9          Barbara Boyd                    D          Cleveland Hts.
    HD 11         Sandra Williams                 D          Cleveland
    HD 12         John Barnes                     D          Cleveland
    HD 18         Michael Stinziano               D          Columbus
    HD 19         Anne Gonzales                   R          Westerville
    HD 21         Mike Duffey                     R          Worthington
    HD 22         John Carney                     D          Columbus
    HD 23         Cheryl Grossman                 R          Grove City
    HD 26         Tracy Heard                     D          Columbus
    HD 28         Connie Pillich                  D          Cincinnati
    HD 31         Denise Driehaus                 D          Cincinnati
    HD 33         Alicia Reece                    D          Cincinnati
    HD 44         Michael Ashford                 D          Toledo
    HD 46         Matt Szollosi                   D          Oregon
    HD 47         Barbara Sears                   R          Maumee
    HD 48         Kirk Schuring                   R          Canton
    HD 49         Stephen Slesnick                D          Canton
    HD 56         Dan Ramos                       D          Lorain
    HD 58         Robert Hagan                    D          Youngstown
    HD 61         Susan McGuinness                D          Painesville
    HD 69         William Batchelder              R          Medina
    HD 70         Dave Hall                       R          Millersburg
    HD 79         Ross McGregor                   R          Springfield
    HD 81         Lynn Wachtmann                  R          Napoleon
    HD 94         Debbie Phillips                 D          Albany

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, the association has been promoting and protecting nurses, the nursing profession and those who receive nursing care for over one hundred years.

SOURCE Ohio Nurses Association