CELINA, OH (WLIO) - A democratic candidate running for Angie King's 84th district seat in the Ohio House of Representatives met with voters to discuss her platform on Saturday. Arienne Childrey held a drop-in meet-and-greet with voters for a soft launch to her campaign. As an openly transgender woman, Childrey looks to improve civil rights in Ohio for the LGBT community.
She adds that while rights for minorities are important to her platform, there needs to be more focus in the state government, and there needs to be more focus on kitchen table issues that impact everyone. She is in favor of stronger unions, dedicating more legislation to fighting poverty, and taking a closer look at school choice policies.
"We found in other states that the majority of people who apply for vouchers are people who already have children in private institutions, so basically it becomes a welfare for the wealthy. In the state of Ohio, we don't even collect the data to find out why are you leaving the public education system, were you already enrolled? At the very least, I want to see us collect that data because if there's something going on with our education system, as legislators we should want to know that," Childrey explained.
The Ohio primary election will be held next year on March 19th.
