“I am honored to have the opportunity to represent the residents of House District 38,” Tims told this news outlet Monday.
Tims said she used Monday’s swearing in ceremony as an opportunity to meet with colleagues and connect on shared opportunities and priorities.
“My priorities will continue to be housing, particularly for the Dayton area,” Tims said. “I’m also excited about the 3C line and so I look forward to championing opportunities for transportation infrastructure for our community and really fighting for what the people of Dayton, Trotwood and people from around the community really need from Columbus.”
Credit: Ohio House Democrats
Credit: Ohio House Democrats
Through various political endeavors, Tims enters the Ohio House of Representatives with a platform and name recognition more established than many of her freshman colleagues.
She’s spent years directing Innovation Ohio, a think tank focused on gun safety, education, gender equity, paid leave and more.
Tims told this outlet last year that her top priorities include addressing the rising cost of housing, corporate landlords and the general lack of housing supply; while fighting for more funds in public schools.
In 2020, she staged a congressional campaign against longtime Congressman Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, but was handily defeated by the incumbent. Tims followed the campaign with her successful 2024 run to represent Dayton in the Ohio House, broadly defeating Democratic opponent Dayton Unit NAACP President Derrick Foward before running unopposed in the November election.
Much of Tims’ political work has occurred in Washington, D.C., where she staffed for then-President Barack Obama, Ohio’s former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. It was also in D.C. where Tims received a law degree from Georgetown University.
Tims replaces former Rep. Willis Blackshear, Jr., D-Dayton, who successfully took advantage of a newly Democratic-leaning Ohio Senate district and was elected to the state’s higher chamber in November. He will continue representing Dayton and much of Montgomery County in the Senate.
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