15 Facts About Kathleen Clyde

Kathleen Clyde was born on May 18,1979 and is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 75th District from 2011 to 2018.

Kathleen Clyde was the valedictorian of her class at James A Garfield High School.

Kathleen Clyde has worked in the Secretary of State's Office and the Ohio Senate.

When incumbent Democrat Kathleen Chandler faced term limits in 2010, Clyde was one of three Democratic challengers who sought to replace Chandler, along with Sean Buchanan and Rick Hawksley.

Kathleen Clyde was sworn into her first term on January 3,2011, and is serving on the committees of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Finance and Appropriations and its Higher Education Subcommittee; and State Government and Elections with its Subcommittee on Redistricting.

Kathleen Clyde represents the 75th District, which replaced the 68th District.

Kathleen Clyde launched a bid to serve as the Ohio Secretary of State on May 16,2017.

Kathleen Clyde supported a shift to a uniform paper ballot system in Ohio; LaRose said he favored the current system where there is a requirement for a paper trail for ballots but all counties are allowed to use their own machines.

Kathleen Clyde called for the adoption of postal voting to replace early in-person voting; LaRose supported the existing system which is a combination of early in-person voting and postal voting.

In December 2018, Kathleen Clyde was appointed to the Portage County Commission.

Portage County was represented by much of the 75th Ohio House District, the district Kathleen Clyde represented when in the Ohio house of Representatives.

Kathleen Clyde ran for her first full term as County Commissioner in 2020, but was defeated by Republican Tony Badalamenti.

Kathleen Clyde was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Kathleen Clyde has been critical of a plan by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to not allow voters as much time to cast absentee ballots.

Kathleen Clyde, who was director of the Early Voting Center in Franklin County in 2008.