Person
Bride Rose Sweeney
- Work
- Legislator and legislative staffer.
Source: ballotpedia.org
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, John Carroll University, 2014.
Source: ballotpedia.org
- Home
- Born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: ballotpedia.org
Ballotpedia · Official site · Ohio campaign finance
- $13KRaised, as filed · June 12, 2026
- $158KCash on hand · June 12, 2026
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- 4Positions in their words · 4 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- 2Offices held · Member, Ohio House of Representatives, since 2018
9 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Polling and approval.
What has been checked
- Profile 8 entries
- On the ballot 1 entry
- Where they stand 4 entries All four positions are from her 2022 Candidate Connection survey; Ballotpedia's infobox lists no campaign website and records no 2024 or 2026 survey for her.
- What they have said, checked None found in the records checked PolitiFact and FactCheck.org searched 2026-09-25: none found Checked: Research lane claims-2026, 2026-09-25
- Record in office 6 entries Every bill on legislature.ohio.gov where she is a PRIMARY sponsor and that reached the governor's signature in the 135th or 136th General Assembly: 1. Includes the 5 key roll calls of the 136th General Assembly that every sitting legislator on this site gets: final passage of the operating budget, every veto override vote, and the vote placing Issue 3 on the ballot, as taken in their chamber while they served. Checked: legislature.ohio.gov roll calls on House Bill 96 and Senate Joint Resolution 10
- Money 1 entry Calendar-2026 contributions and expenditures, and cash on hand on the most recent report (filed 2026-06-12), as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State. Reports filed after that are not included. Checked: Ohio Secretary of State candidate cover-page export, 2026 reports
- Financial interests 4 entries
- Polling and approval None found in the records checked Ballotpedia records no poll for this race as of September 22, 2026. Checked: Ballotpedia's polling section for this race
- Elections 2 entries Includes the last general election for this seat.
- Endorsements 8 entries
- Sources 10 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Senate | Ohio Senate, Ohio's 23rd District | Ohio State Senator, District 23 |
On the ballot
- Ohio State Senator, District 23 · November 3, 2026 · Democratic
Sources: Ohio elections, 2026 · Ohio State Senate District 23
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Date | Deadline | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2026 | Military and overseas absentee voting begins | The start of absentee voting for military and overseas (UOCAVA) voters. | |
| October 5, 2026 | Voter registration deadline | 9 p.m. | Boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's office are open until 9 p.m. to accept registrations. |
| October 6, 2026 | Absentee voting by mail and early in-person voting begin | Early in-person voting runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from October 6 through October 9; hours change on later dates through Election Day. | |
| October 22, 2026 | Pre-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through October 14, 2026. |
| October 27, 2026 | Deadline for boards to receive absentee ballot applications | 8:30 p.m. | Applications for an absentee ballot must reach the county board by this time. |
| November 1, 2026 | Last day of early in-person voting | 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record. |
| November 2, 2026 | No early in-person voting at boards of elections | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ended Sunday, November 1; there is no voting at boards of elections on Monday, November 2. Voters cast ballots at their assigned polling places on Tuesday, November 3. | |
| November 3, 2026 | Deadline for non-military/overseas absentee ballots to be received | 7:30 p.m. | Absentee ballots not covered by UOCAVA must be received by this time on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Last-minute absentee request for a hospitalization emergency | 3 p.m. | A voter, or a voter's minor child, who is hospitalized because of an accident or medical emergency may apply for an absentee ballot until 3 p.m. on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Polls open | 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Election Day voting hours statewide. |
| November 7, 2026 | Deadline for military and overseas (UOCAVA) absentee ballots to be received | The extended receipt deadline for UOCAVA absentee ballots. | |
| November 8, 2026 | Boards of elections may begin the official canvass | County boards may begin the official canvass of the November 3 General Election ballots (5 days after the election). | |
| November 18, 2026 | Deadline for boards to begin the official canvass | County boards must begin the official canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (15 days after the election). | |
| November 24, 2026 | Deadline for boards to complete the official canvass | County boards must complete the canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (21 days after the election). | |
| December 11, 2026 | Post-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through December 4, 2026. |
Where they stand
Education
As the sponsor of the Fair School Funding Plan, I built on a 5-year bipartisan effort and succeeded in finally overhauling Ohio’s broken, unconstitutional school funding formula. I'll fight to fully fund the plan, put the needs of students first and ease Ohio's over-reliance on property taxes.
Source: ballotpedia.org
Elections and voting
my office used public records requests and other tools to uncover errors in the Secretary of State’s voter registration purge. We found over a thousand voters wrongfully removed from the rolls in Cuyahoga County alone, resulting in the Secretary reversing course to restore registrations across Ohio.
Source: ballotpedia.org
Why they are running
I am running for re-election because Ohio needs more leaders who are committed to finding real solutions to the problems we face, not finding more ways to divide us.
Source: ballotpedia.org
Workers and wages
Examples include legislation to ensure prompt pay for workers, protection for nurses being forced into excessive overtime, and reforms to help students transfer college credits, earn a degree and incur less debt.
Source: ballotpedia.org
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney (D) | 2018-11-14 | office | Member, Ohio House of Representatives, District 14 |
| Sweeney (D) | 2023-01-01 | office | Member, Ohio House of Representatives, District 16 |
| Sweeney (D) | 2024-12-19 | bill | 2024-12-19 (bill): Joint primary sponsor, with Rep. Andrea White, of House Bill 338 (135th General Assembly), Allow child support orders for children over 18 w |
| Sweeney (D) | 2025-04-09 | vote | 2025-04-09 (vote): Voted no on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House-passed version) (House Bill 96); the House vote was 60-39 and t |
| Sweeney (D) | 2025-06-11 | vote | 2025-06-11 (vote): Voted no on whether the House would concur in the Senate's amendments to the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bi |
| Sweeney (D) | 2025-06-25 | vote | 2025-06-25 (vote): Voted no on the conference committee report on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bill 96); the House vote was |
| Sweeney (D) | 2025-07-21 | vote | 2025-07-21 (vote): Voted against overriding the governor's veto of item 66 in House Bill 96; the item removed local authority to place replacement property-tax |
| Sweeney (D) | 2026-06-10 | vote | 2026-06-10 (vote): Voted no on adopting the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require identification to vote, placing it on the November |
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vote June 10, 2026
Voted no on adopting the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require identification to vote, placing it on the November 3, 2026 ballot as Issue 3 (Senate Joint Resolution 10); the House vote was 62-30 and the motion passed.
Sources: Senate Joint Resolution 10: votes · Senate Joint Resolution 10
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vote July 21, 2025
Voted against overriding the governor's veto of item 66 in House Bill 96; the item removed local authority to place replacement property-tax levies and certain emergency levies on the ballot (the House vote was 61-28, override succeeded).
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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vote June 25, 2025
Voted no on the conference committee report on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bill 96); the House vote was 59-38 and the motion passed.
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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vote June 11, 2025
Voted no on whether the House would concur in the Senate's amendments to the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bill 96); the House vote was 1-85 and the motion failed.
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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vote April 9, 2025
Voted no on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House-passed version) (House Bill 96); the House vote was 60-39 and the motion passed.
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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bill December 19, 2024
Joint primary sponsor, with Rep. Andrea White, of House Bill 338 (135th General Assembly), Allow child support orders for children over 18 with a disability, signed into law December 19, 2024.
Source: legislature.ohio.gov
Recorded votes
Bride Rose Sweeney cast 1,376 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 5 terms from 2017 to 2026, all in the Ohio General Assembly, from the Ohio Legislature. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Bride Rose Sweeney voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136th General Assembly, 2025–2026 | Ohio House, district 16 | 277 | 32 | not recorded | 60% of 50 |
| 135th General Assembly, 2023–2024 | Ohio House, district 16 | 253 | 32 | not recorded | 71% of 42 |
| 134th General Assembly, 2021–2022 | Ohio House, district 14 | 323 | 77 | not recorded | 84% of 86 |
| 133rd General Assembly, 2019–2020 | Ohio House, district 14 | 252 | 38 | not recorded | 86% of 37 |
| 132nd General Assembly, 2017–2018 | Ohio House, district 14 | 72 | 20 | not recorded | 89% of 18 |
"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways. The Ohio Legislature records who voted Yea and who voted Nay and no one else, so an absence cannot be told from an abstention and neither is counted; only floor votes are listed.
Source: Legislation and votes
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 1,985.24 | 1.1% | |
| Other funds (derived) | Spent | 26,958.88 | 14.4% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 10,850.03 | 5.8% | |
| Other funds (derived) | Cash on hand | 147,339.79 | 78.7% |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Senator, District 23 | OhioSOS Friends of Bride Rose Sweeney | $12,835 | $28,944 | $158,190 | June 12, 2026 |
Ohio campaigns were due to file pre-general reports on October 22, covering activity through October 14, 2026. They are not in these figures, which come from the latest report in our records, dated June 12, 2026.
Sources: Campaign Finance Data · Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Campaign Finance
Outside spending
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
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Listed an investment in Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio.
April 6, 2026
Source: 2025 financial disclosure statement, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
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Listed an investment in Ohio Deferred Compensation.
April 6, 2026
Source: 2025 financial disclosure statement, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
Disclosed income
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Listed Key Bank as a source of income.
April 6, 2026
Source: 2025 financial disclosure statement, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
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Listed State of Ohio as a source of income.
April 6, 2026
Source: 2025 financial disclosure statement, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
Reported conflicts
None found in the records checked.
Net worth, as estimated
None found in the records checked.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Senator, District 23 (2026) | Democratic | Pending | ||
| Ohio State Representative, District 16 (2024) | Democratic | Won | 37,653 | 60.7% |
Offices held
Member, Ohio House of Representatives, District 14 · 2018-11-14 to 2022-12-31 · appointed
Sources: ballotpedia.org · westparktimes.com · en.wikipedia.org
Member, Ohio House of Representatives, District 16 · 2023-01-01 to present · elected
Sources: ohiohouse.gov · ballotpedia.org
Endorsements
Endorsements received
organizationAbortion Forward
October 1, 2026
Listed under "endorsed" on Abortion Forward's 2026 endorsements page.
Sources: 2026 Abortion Forward endorsements · Abortion Forward releases slate of candidates who respect will of voters
organizationOhio Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee (OCCPAC)
July 10, 2026
Named in the PAC's July 10, 2026 release of general-election legislative endorsements, which lists 13 Ohio Senate candidates.
unionOhio AFL-CIO
February 13, 2026
The federation's executive board endorsed this candidate for Ohio Senate District 23 at its Feb. 13, 2026 meeting, as reported by the North Shore AFL-CIO.
Source: Ohio AFL-CIO Issues Endorsements, Approves Our Recommendations
organizationSierra Club Ohio
2026
Listed in the organization's 2026 Ohio Senate endorsements, District 23.
Source: sierraclub.org
unionOhio Federation of Teachers
2026
Listed under Ohio Senate on the union's 2026 endorsement page, which names general-election nominees.
Source: oft-aft.org
organizationOhio Environmental Council Action Fund
2026
Listed in the organization's 2026 Ohio Senate endorsements, District 23.
Source: theoecactionfund.org
unionNorth Shore AFL-CIO
2026
Listed on the Cleveland-area labor federation's 2026 endorsements page.
Source: northshoreaflcio.org
organizationMoms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate (a distinction, not an endorsement)
2026
Named a Gun Sense Candidate for 2026. Moms Demand Action says the distinction "is not an endorsement from Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund or its volunteer networks, and it should not be represented as such."
Sources: gunsensevoter.org · gunsensevoter.org
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_Rose_Sweeney
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- Bride Rose Sweeney · Ohio House of Representatives · accessed 2026-09-22
- Campaign Finance Data · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- House Bill 96: votes · Ohio General Assembly
- Senate Joint Resolution 10: votes · Ohio General Assembly
- Ohio House of Representatives District 16 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-21 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- 2024 Official Election Results · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-21
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- https://oft-aft.org/2026election
- https://northshoreaflcio.org/endorsements
- https://ohio-chamber-object-storage-m0uzx.sevalla.storage/uploads/2026/July/13/FOR%20IMMEDIATE%20RELEASE.pdf
- https://gunsensevoter.org/states/oh/voterguide/
- https://gunsensevoter.org/faq/
- https://theoecactionfund.org/2026-endorsements/
- https://www.sierraclub.org/ohio/2026-candidate-endorsements
- Ohio AFL-CIO Issues Endorsements, Approves Our Recommendations · North Shore AFL-CIO · 2026-03-02 · accessed 2026-10-20
- 2026 Abortion Forward endorsements · Abortion Forward · 2026-10-01 · accessed 2026-10-22
- Abortion Forward releases slate of candidates who respect will of voters · Abortion Forward · 2026-10-01 · accessed 2026-10-22
- 2025 financial disclosure statement, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee · Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
- https://westparktimes.com/2018/11/26/sweeney-takes-office-early-as-new-state-rep/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_Rose_Sweeney
- https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/hb338
- House Bill 96 · Ohio General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-21
- Senate Joint Resolution 10 · Ohio General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio campaign finance
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