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Alicia Michelle Reece (born April 25, 1971) is a Democratic politician currently serving as a Hamilton County Commissioner. She formerly served as a member of the
Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...
for the 33rd district. She was previously the Vice Mayor of
Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
from 2002 to 2007.


Life and career

Reece is a graduate of Withrow High School International Studies Academy and
Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage ...
. Before becoming a state legislator she was on the city council of
Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
and was the city's deputy mayor.


Ohio House of Representatives

She was appointed to the House of Representatives in 2010, replacing
Tyrone Yates Tyrone Keith Yates (born January 22, 1954) is a Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge. He was elected on November 8, 2011. Judge Yates is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 33rd District from 20 ...
who became a judge. She was reelected in 2010 with 69.2% of the vote. She served on the committees of Economic and Small Business Development; Finance and Appropriations; and Local Government. In October 2011 Reece was named as the vice-chair of the Ohio Women’s Democratic Caucus. Reece won a second term in 2012 with 73.29% of the vote over Tom Bryan.


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Electoral history


External links

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Archived version (March 2018) of Reece's website as Ohio Representative
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