Sen. Sandra Williams, 4 Others Apply for Vacant Cleveland Ohio House Seat!

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FEATURED PHOTO: OHIO SENATOR SANDRA WILLIAMS D-21ST DISTRICT

**FORMER GARFIELD HEIGHTS COUNCILWOMAN SHAYLA L. DAVIS IS ALSO RUNNING FOR OHIO’S 11TH DISTRICT SEAT**

Cleveland.com, By Andrew Tobias, Posted January 25th 2022

Sen. Sandra Williams, a Cleveland Democrat who is barred from running for re-election due to term limits, is among those who have applied to be appointed to a vacant Ohio House seat representing Cleveland and Garfield Heights.

Also applying for the Ohio House 11th District seat, formerly represented by Williams and most recently held by Cleveland City Councilwoman Stephanie Howse, are:

Darnell Brewer, a health related program coordinator and past Cleveland City Council candidate
Shayla Davis, a former Garfield Heights City Council member who lost the election to be the city’s mayor in November
Michael Seals, a union and political field organizer
Chad Stephens, a grassroots organizing coordinator.

The applicants were first reported by Gongwer News.

The 11th House District represents part of Cleveland’s East Side, including the Hough, Central and Fairfax neighborhoods, as well as Garfield Heights. The seat has been vacant since early December, when Howse resigned after she won the city council election.

Ohio House Democratic leadership will chose Howse’s replacement. A screening process is ongoing and the deadline to apply for the seat was last Friday. Maya Majikas, a spokeswoman for Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, said interviews will be scheduled with the candidates in the coming days.

Whoever is appointed to the seat would hold it for the rest of the year, but immediately would have to run for election in the May primary if they plan to stay in office, although district lines are in flux after the Ohio Supreme Court struck down a new Republican-drawn district map last week.

Williams previously held the 11th Ohio House seat before she left due to term limits, running for the Ohio Senate in 2015 and paving the way for Howse to win the election to replace her. Williams unsuccessfully ran for Cleveland mayor last year.