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Nina Turner
Nina Hudson Turner (born December 7, 1967) is an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Councillor from 2006 to 2008 and an Ohio State Senator from 2008 until 2014. She was the Democratic candidate for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014 but lost in the general election, garnering 35.5 percent of the vote. She was later a surrogate for Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign. In 2016, she was also offered the role of vice presidential running mate by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein but declined. In 2017, Turner became president of the Sanders-affiliated group Our Revolution. On February 21, 2019, Turner was named a national co-chair of Sanders's 2020 campaign.
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Born
1967-12-07
Birth Place
United_States
Education
Cuyahoga_Community_College
Political Ideology
Democratic_Party_(United_States)
Spouse(s)
Jeffery Turner
Children
1
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Cleveland's 2022 March For Our Lives and Save Roe march draws hundreds, including Mayor Bibb, Nina Turner, activists, state Senator Nickie Antonio, students, and more

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Organized by Cleveland activist and organizer Kathy Wray Coleman of Women's March Cleveland and Imperial Women Coalition, March For Our Lives Cleveland and Women's March Cleveland hosted a Sat., June 11, 2022 noon rally and march that began with a rally on the steps of Cleveland City Hall and drew hundreds, a local march to some 500 marches hosted to end gun violence and sponsored by March For Our Lives National, which had a march that day also that brought some 30,000 people to the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. Cleveland’s march also centered around the reproductive rights of women.
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Unbought and Unbossed 2.0 | The Black Press speaks to Nina Turner

Stacy Brown speaks with Nina Tuner about the future of democracy. Join The Black Press: NNPA’s capitol hill reporter Lauren …. Buffalo’s Masten Park is one of the many Black neighborhoods across the country that has limited access to grocery stores selling …. The post #5.19.2022 HEADLINES first...
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COMMENTARY: Can We Stick a Fork in Nina Turner? by C. Ellen Connally

In this past week’s Democratic primary, challenger Nina Turner was soundly defeated by incumbent Congresswoman Shontel Brown. Brown took 66% of the vote to Turner’s 33%. In their first face off in 2021, Turner blew an early 15-point lead in the polls to go down to defeat. In...
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U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown wins 11th district Democratic rematch with former Ohio Sen. Nina Turner; Eric Brewer ahead in GOP race

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Warrensville Heights won in her Democratic primary rematch against former Ohio Sen. Nina Turner, according to the Associated Press. Cleveland’s Turner, who co-chaired Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign and touted his endorsement, had 36.5% of the votes that were tallied by the time...
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Progressives, “Massively Outgunned,” Ditched Nina Turner

Justice Democrats, the group that has launched several progressive members of Congress, said it’s being “massively outgunned” by Republican donors giving millions to attack progressive candidates in several competitive races. One of those was Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Ohio’s 11th District, where incumbent Rep. Shontel Brown won with 66 percent of the vote. The defeat of Nina Turner, the former co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign, deals a repetitive blow to progressives who backed her run — the second Turner waged against Brown in nine months.
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Ohio Rep. Shontel Brown repeats victory over Nina Turner in gain for pro-Israel Democrats

Democratic incumbent Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) will run for re-election in November to keep her seat as Ohio’s 11th Congressional District representative after defeating her opponent, former State Sen. Nina Turner, in a rematch of a special election last year that attracted significant involvement from pro-Israel organizations. Brown easily...
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Nina Turner for Congress May 3, 2022 election night watch party announced....A former Ohio senator who was the surrogate for the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders, Turner will spend election day meeting with voters

Pictured is U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner will spend Election Day greeting Ohio-11 voters at the ballot box. The Campaign will later host an election night watch party at the Front Stage in Cleveland Hts, Ohio where doors will open at 6:30pm. CLEVELAND, OHIO – U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner,...
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Shontel Brown wins over Nina Turner and will face Republican Eric Brewer in Ohio's race for the 11th congressional district seat, GOP Mike DeWine will face Deocrat Nan Whaley and Trump-endorsed J.D. Vance will face Tim Ryan

Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH), Journalist and former East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer, Ohio GOP Governor Mike DeWine, former Dayton mayor Nan Whaley, Author and venture captalist J.D. Vance, and Democratic U.S. Rep Tim Ryan. A Democrat, Brown will face Brewer, a Republican, in November for the race for the congressional seat in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district, DeWine will face Democrat Nan Whaley for the gubernatorial election, and Vance, who is endorsed by former president Donald Trump, will face Democrat Tim Ryan in the race for the U.S. seat up for grabs due to the upcoming retirment of GOP Sen. Rob Portman.
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Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez endorses Nina Turner for Congress in Ohio's 11th congressional district race on the eve of Ohio's May 3, 2022 primary election, Turner a Cleveland Democrat and former Ohio senator....By Clevelandurbannews.com in Ohio

Pictured are U.S. Rep Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-14) (wearing blue), a New York Democrat, and U.S. Congressional District Candidate Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat. CLEVELAND, Ohio- U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOG), a progressive New York Democrat and Sen. Bernie Sanders ally, and a member of the "Squad," a nickname given to AOC and a group of three other progressive congresswomen of color who are not afraid to challenge the status quo in Washington, has endorsed Nina Turner for the congressional seat up for grabs in Ohio's 11th congressional district, and on the eve of the May 3, 2022 primary election.
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