Mayor Ukeme Awakessien Jeter is running to represent District 7 in the Ohio House of Representatives. She is the current Mayor and Council President of Upper Arlington. Professionally, she is a lawyer, engineer, author, and Assistant Dean at Moritz Law School. Born and raised in Nigeria, Ukeme immigrated to the United States in 1999 at the age of 18. She graduated from the University of Maine, where she received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, before attending the University of Massachusetts for her Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law for her Juris Doctorate in Law (JD). She moved to Upper Arlington in 2018 where she is raising her two children. In 2021, she was elected the first person of color to Upper Arlington City Council and selected by her peers to serve as Council President and Mayor in 2024.

The Matriots are proud to endorse Mayor Jeter.