This Oct. 30, 2019 file photo shows Ohio State Representative Larry Householder (R), of District 72, stands at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CN) After months of refusing to resign and a successful re-election campaign, Larry Householder was expelled from the Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday.
Householder’s fellow legislators voted to oust the former leader, using a provision in the Ohio Constitution to remove him from the chamber for the remainder of the term.
Householder was indicted by a grand jury along with four other individuals and Generation Now, a nonprofit organization. Prosecutors say millions of dollars were funneled through Generation Now and used as bribes to ensure the passage of Ohio House Bill 6, a $1 billion taxpayer bailout of two nuclear power plants in Northern Ohio.
Interest is running high among local Democrats hoping to fill a vacant seat on the Franklin County Board of Commissioners.
Columbus City Council President Pro Tempore Elizabeth Brown, state Rep. Erica Crawley, Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, Worthington School Board member Sam Shim and Gahanna-Jefferson School Board President Beryl Piccolantonio have announced their intentions to seek the appointment, with many others considering the race.
“I know (they) all won’t run, but I think the list was in the double digits last week,” said Michael Sexton, chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party’s Executive Committee.
Who are the leading Democrats seeking to replace Marilyn Brown as Franklin County commissioner?