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Senator Antonio is a dedicated champion of workers' rights, high-quality education, our local governments, equal rights for women and the LGBT community and healthcare for all.
She has worked to pass legislation such as Ohio's historic adoption open records law and a step therapy reform law.
The first in her family to graduate from college, Antonio holds a MPA from Cleveland State University as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from CSU.
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Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) condemned the Ohio Senate's concurrence of Senate Bill 104, which imposes restrictive and discriminatory provisions prohibiting students from using restrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity if it does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) provided sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 132, the "Ohio Fairness Act." This legislation is modeled after the 2020 Supreme Court decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, and would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, or public accommodations.
Today, members of the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus responded to the results of the November 5 general election on Issue 1.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement in response to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas' ruling permanently striking down Ohio's six-week abortion ban:
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) andstate Senator and Vice President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Catherine D. Ingram (D-Cincinnati) responded to a press conference held by Issue 1 critics.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and Senate Democratic Whip Kent Smith (D-Euclid) sent a letter to CSX's corporate leadership calling on the freight railroad company to meet with their Cleveland-based employees and reevaluate their intended crew staffing changes.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) announced that the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus will introduce a resolution that urges Ohioans to support Issue 1, the citizen-led ballot initiative to end gerrymandering by transferring the power of drawing voter maps from politicians and lobbyists to an independent, bipartisan redistricting commission.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and state Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) responded to the changes made by the Ohio Ballot Board to the misleading, deceptive, and argumentative Republican ballot language for Issue 1, more commonly known as the Citizens Not Politicians redistricting constitutional amendment.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) responded to the Ohio Supreme Court's decision ordering the Ohio Ballot Board to make certain changes after Republican members of the Ohio Ballot Board adopted misleading, deceptive, and argumentative language that would have appeared on the ballot in this November's election for Issue 1, more commonly known as the Citizens Not Politicians redistricting constitutional amendment.