Willis Blackshear Jr. is a
Democratic member of the
Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of t ...
representing the 6th district. He previously served in 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 ...
representing the 38th district. He was elected in 2020, defeating
Republican John Ferrell Mullins III with 79% of the vote. Prior to his election the Ohio House, Blackshear worked in the Montgomery County Auditor's Office as an outreach specialist.
Ohio House of Representatives
Election
Blackshear was elected in the
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
on November 3, 2020.
Committees
Blackshear serves on the following committees: Commerce and Labor, Criminal Justice, and Agriculture and Rural Development.
Ohio Senate
In October 2023, Blackshear pulled petitions to run for the 6th Senate District of Ohio. He was
elected to the seat in November 2024.
Election history
References
Wright State University alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Democratic Party Ohio state senators
Politicians from Dayton, Ohio
African-American state legislators in Ohio
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
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