Kristin S. Boggs is an American politician serving as the state representative for the 18th District of the

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. She is a

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. The district includes portions of Columbus including the

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, Italian Village, Victorian Village, the Short North, Franklinton, Downtown Columbus and

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, as well as

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and Grandview Heights in Franklin County.

Life and career

Boggs was born in Ashtabula and raised in Jefferson, and is the daughter of Robert Boggs, a former member of the

, Democratic Leader in the Ohio Senate, as well as a former Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. She attended

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before joining the Americorps. Following her time with the Americorps, Boggs attended the Cleveland Marshall College of Law, and subsequently worked as an Ohio Assistant Attorney General for nearly ten years. She focused on a number of issues, including

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and fair wages for workers. She is a resident of the Italian Village in Columbus.

Ohio House of Representatives

In 2015, Representative

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won election to the

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and resigned from his seat. The Ohio Democratic House Caucus chose Boggs from a number of candidates to replace him, and she was appointed to finish out his term on January 26, 2016. Boggs was elected to her first term in November 2016. She defeated Republican and Green Party opponents by obtaining more than 66% of the vote.

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External links

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