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State Representative, 9th 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.

Franklin County: most of Blendon Township (including Minerva Park) and part of the city of Columbus.

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Bruce Euans

Republican

Minerva Park

The gist

  • Supports giving police and fire departments needed resources.
  • Supports policies helping veterans transition to civilian jobs.
  • Supports reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses.
  • Pledges to fight government waste, fraud and abuse.
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  1. Supports giving police and fire departments needed resources.

    Priorities — Bruce Euans for Ohio House

    Campaign website · Bruce Euans campaign · Safe Communities · bruceeuans.com

    “Bruce will work to ensure public safety departments have the tools they need to protect our communities.”

  2. Supports policies helping veterans transition to civilian jobs.

    Priorities — Bruce Euans for Ohio House

    Campaign website · Bruce Euans campaign · Support Military, Veterans & Their Families · bruceeuans.com

    “Bruce will fight for policies that help veterans transition successfully, access resources, find good jobs”

  3. Supports reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses.

    Priorities — Bruce Euans for Ohio House

    Campaign website · Bruce Euans campaign · Ohio Jobs & Families · bruceeuans.com

    “strengthen small businesses, reduce unnecessary burdens”

  4. Pledges to fight government waste, fraud and abuse.

    Priorities — Bruce Euans for Ohio House

    Campaign website · Bruce Euans campaign · Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse · bruceeuans.com

    “Bruce will fight against government waste, fraud, and abuse”
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Munira Yasin AbdullahiOfficial portrait — Ohio House

Munira Yasin Abdullahi

DemocraticIncumbent

Columbus

The gist

  • Sponsored capping cost sharing for insulin and diabetes devices.In office
  • Sponsored tuition-free public higher education funded by new taxes.In office
  • Sponsored regulating deceptive synthetic media in elections.In office
  • Sponsored requiring security cameras at ODOT rest stops.In office
  • Sponsored repealing the state contract anti-boycott requirement.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 capping cost sharing for insulin and diabetes devices.

    Munira Abdullahi — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 263 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Cap cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs, diabetes devices”

  2. Sponsored tuition-free public higher education funded by new taxes.

    Munira Abdullahi — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 854 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Provide tuition-free public higher education; levy taxes”

  3. Sponsored regulating deceptive synthetic media in elections.

    Munira Abdullahi — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 362 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Regulate fraudulent synthetic media for influencing elections”

  4. Sponsored requiring security cameras at ODOT rest stops.

    Munira Abdullahi — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 63 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Require ODOT to install and maintain rest stop security cameras”

  5. Sponsored repealing the state contract anti-boycott requirement.

    Munira Abdullahi — Legislation, Ohio House of Representatives

    Government record · Ohio House of Representatives · Primary Sponsored Bills: H. B. No. 489 · ohiohouse.gov

    “Eliminate state contract requirement re: jurisdictional boycott”

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