1. Joyce Marie Beatty is an American politician serving as the US representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district since 2013, and as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023.
22 Facts About Joyce Beatty
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Joyce Beatty was previously the senior vice-president for outreach and engagement at Ohio State University.
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In 2012, Joyce Beatty ran in the newly redrawn Ohio's 3rd congressional district, based in Columbus, and won the Democratic primary, defeating former US representative Mary Jo Kilroy.
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Joyce Beatty went on to defeat Republican Chris Long in the general election.
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Joyce Beatty was born on March 12,1950, in Dayton, Ohio.
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Joyce Beatty served as the Montgomery County health and human services director responsible for administering the county's health levy and area public nursing homes, including Stillwater Nursing Home.
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Joyce Beatty served as a delegate for John Kerry on the Ohio delegation to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
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Joyce Beatty was married to attorney and former state representative Otto Joyce Beatty Jr.
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Joyce Beatty has been a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association.
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Joyce Beatty served on the Columbus American Heart Association Board, Ohio Democratic Committee, Women's Fund, NAACP, and Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
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Joyce Beatty won the 2002 YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, the Ohio Health Speaking of Women Health Award, NAACP Freedom Award, Woman of Courage Award, and the Urban League Leadership Recognition Award, and the Dayton NAACP 2019 Leadership Award.
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Term limits kept Joyce Beatty from seeking another term in 2008.
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Joyce Beatty served in that capacity during the Ohio 127th General Assembly.
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Joyce Beatty was the first female Democratic House leader in Ohio history.
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Joyce Beatty called the criticism a "distortion" of her husband's record.
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Between 2013 and 2020, five of the 88 bills Joyce Beatty sponsored became law, all wrapped into broader bills.
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Joyce Beatty supported both the first and second impeachments of Donald Trump.
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On July 15,2021, Joyce Beatty was one of nine protesters the United States Capitol Police arrested for illegally demonstrating in the Hart Senate Office Building.
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At one point, Joyce Beatty opposed legalizing cannabis for recreational use, but in December 2020, she voted for the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act, which would remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act, provide a pathway for expungements and resentencing for marijuana convictions, and create a community reinvestment fund to help create an equitable cannabis industry.
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Joyce Beatty voted for a defense bill that included $1.3 billion for fencing at the US-Mexico border.
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Joyce Beatty voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Joyce Beatty has supported efforts in Ohio by Hearcel Craig and Beth Liston to regulate insulin prices.