1. Capri Silvestri Cafaro was born on November 21,1977 and is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 32nd District from 2007 to 2016.
16 Facts About Capri Cafaro
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Capri Cafaro's district included all of Trumbull County, Ashtabula County and portions of Geauga County.
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Capri Cafaro is a TV personality, appearing as a contributor on Fox News Channel, primarily as a semi-regular co-host of the afternoon talk show Outnumbered.
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Capri Cafaro attended Youngstown private schools Kennedy School and then Ursuline High School at age 12.
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Capri Cafaro served on the Trumbull County Senior Services Advisory Council and was a State Policy Liaison for Ohio with the National Patient Advocate Foundation.
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Capri Cafaro was a State Advocate Representative for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and served as a councilor for the Medicare Rights Center.
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Capri Cafaro has acted as an Economic Policy Associate for Global Action on Aging, an NGO with consultative status at the United Nations.
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Capri Cafaro again ran for the Democratic nomination in the open 13th Congressional District in 2006, placing second in a nine-candidate primary, behind future Congresswoman Betty Sutton.
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In 2007, Capri Cafaro was appointed to the 32nd District of the Ohio Senate to replace Marc Dann after Dann won the Ohio Attorney General's race on November 7,2006.
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One year after becoming a member of the Ohio General Assembly, Capri Cafaro secured a leadership position as the assistant minority whip for the Senate Democrats.
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In 2008, Capri Cafaro was elected to her first full term after running unopposed in the general election.
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Capri Cafaro again served as Minority Leader in the 129th General Assembly.
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Capri Cafaro would serve as Leader for three years until she stepped down and was replaced in 2012 as Ohio Senate Minority Leader by Senator Eric Kearney.
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Capri Cafaro played a prominent role in the Medicaid expansion efforts in Ohio, and has sought to codify the expansion permanently in Ohio law.
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Capri Cafaro has offered legislation numerous times to do so.
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Capri Cafaro did not seek reelection to the Ohio state senate in 2016 due to term limits.