Election Information 2022 | Episode 3
Welcome to the third addition to our 4-part 2022 election series. In week one, we focused on voting and election information. Don’t forget that October 11 is the last day to be registered to vote.
And last week, our second installment in this series focused on some lower visibility races that are still very important to the practice of medicine – legislators running for the Ohio House of Representatives.
This week we continue with this theme and look at Central Ohio races for the Ohio Senate.
Ohio Senate members work with their House colleagues to determine a great deal of the policy that governs the practice of medicine – issues range from scope of practice to prescription practices to reproductive health regulations and many others.
This election has new districts for the Ohio Legislature. To find out who is your State Senator, go to findmydistrict.ohiosos.gov. You just enter your voting address and find your State Senate district.
Ohio Senators serve four-year terms, and these terms are staggered so that in any one election, half of the members of the Senate are up for re-election. In this year’s election, all of the odd-numbered Senate districts are on the ballot. Franklin County has three different Senate Districts on the ballot, the 3rd, 15th, and 25th.
CMA physicians helped to interview potential Central Ohio Senators. These CMA physicians made recommendations to the Ohio State Medical Association for endorsements in Franklin County races. OSMA made the final decisions on endorsements, which can be found by clicking here. These recommendations were Tina Maharath in the 3rd, Hearcel Craig in the 15th and Bill DeMora in the 25th.
CMA members are encouraged to vote for the candidates of your choice, including those candidates in less visible races like the Ohio Senate.
If you have any questions about this election and the Columbus Medical Association, don’t hesitate to contact Malcolm Porter, the CMA’s consultant for policy and politics, at malcolmjporter@aol.com