Local, Ohio officials react after Joe Biden declared president-elect

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at their first even together in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 12, 2020. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever before her. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) at their first even together in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 12, 2020. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever before her. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

After news organizations declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner in the U.S. presidential election, reaction began coming in from lawmakers, officials and others from across Ohio.

Here’s a look at some of that reaction:

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