Before being elected to the Ohio House, Representative Paula Hicks-Hudson served as the first Black female mayor of Toledo, and plans to continue advocating for her community in the Ohio Senate. Throughout her 35-year professional career, Representative Hicks-Hudson has amassed incredible experience and expertise as a prosecutor, public defender, and assistant state attorney general. In the Senate, she plans to tackle issues like expanding public funding for doulas, creating urban agriculture districts where fresh produce can be grown, processed, etc., as well as fighting for fair maps and the end to gerrymandered districts. In the Senate, she will continue to focus on healthy, safe and liveable neighborhoods, as well as cleaning up Lake Erie. She knows that when it comes to issues of healthcare, education and safety, the community she serves and the state are hurting and she is absolutely the right woman to fight for change in the Senate.