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State Representative, 26th District

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Ohio laws and the state budget in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Hamilton County: Norwood, Fairfax, Golf Manor, Mariemont, part of Columbia Township and part of the city of Cincinnati.

Tom Brinkman

Republican

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Ashley Bryant BaileyOfficial portrait — Ohio House

Ashley Bryant Bailey

DemocraticIncumbent

Cincinnati

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  • Sponsored publicly funded child care for child care workers.In office
  • Sponsored the Childcare Tax Credit Act.In office
  • Sponsored minimum standards for jails and state prisons.In office
  • Sponsored requiring insurance and Medicaid coverage of infertility services.In office
  • Sponsored making Ohio's earned income tax credit partially refundable.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored publicly funded child care for child care workers.

    Ashley Bryant Bailey — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 768 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Provide publicly funded child care to certain child care staff”
  2. Sponsored the Childcare Tax Credit Act.

    Ashley Bryant Bailey — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 804 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Enact the Childcare Tax Credit Act”
  3. Sponsored minimum standards for jails and state prisons.

    Ashley Bryant Bailey — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 867 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Establish minimum jail, state correctional institution standards”
  4. Sponsored requiring insurance and Medicaid coverage of infertility services.

    Ashley Bryant Bailey — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 888 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Regards insurance, Medicaid coverage for infertility services”
  5. Sponsored making Ohio's earned income tax credit partially refundable.

    Ashley Bryant Bailey — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 903 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Make the earned income tax credit partially refundable”

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