Person
Nina Turner
7 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Financial interests, Polling and approval, Endorsements given.
What has been checked
- Profile 4 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries The 2014 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
- Where they stand 2 entries
- What they have said, checked None found in the records checked No fact-checker rating of a statement made during the 2014 Secretary of State campaign itself was found in the records checked; four earlier PolitiFact rulings on Turner all predate the campaign.
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 1 entry The research archive found no single confirmed full-cycle total for either candidate; the closest sourced checkpoint figures are published instead.
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval None found in the records checked No independent horse-race poll of the Turner-Husted race was found in the records checked.
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements given Not yet researched
- Sources 8 entries
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
Where they stand
Voting access
Voting should be simple. It should be accessible. And it should be secure.
Source: Nina Turner (Ohio)
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Opposed Husted's move to set uniform statewide early-voting hours, arguing it cut hours that populous, heavily Black urban counties like Cuyahoga had previously offered on their own, and criticized the broader rollback of Ohio's early-voting window under Husted.
Source: Nina Turner
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
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January 2014 · bill
Led a bill, with Democratic Sen. Charleta Tavares, to bar convicted rapists from obtaining parental or custody rights over children conceived by rape, prompted by the Ariel Castro case; the measure won bipartisan support including from the anti-abortion group Ohio Right to Life and took effect March 23, 2015.
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March 2012 · bill
Introduced Senate Bill 307, a measure that would have required men seeking erectile-dysfunction prescriptions to first see a sex therapist, undergo a cardiac stress test, and obtain a notarized affidavit from a sexual partner attesting to their impotence, presented as a response to Ohio Republicans' "heartbeat bill" restricting abortion access.
Source: Nina Turner
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2012 · bill
Lead Senate sponsor of "the Cleveland Plan," legislation restructuring Cleveland's public schools that expanded mayoral control, let charter schools draw funding from local school-levy revenue, and ended seniority-based teacher layoffs.
Cleveland Teachers Union president David Quolke, per The Intercept, September 30, 2019:
a horrible relationship
· the sourceSource: Nina Turner Helped Expand Cleveland's Charter Schools
Money
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State of Ohio | OhioSOS | $70,000 | October 2014 |
Sources: Husted's posters going up in polling places, but does it matter? · In Ohio, Nina Turner Lost to Big Money
Outside spending
None found in the records checked.
Financial interests
Not yet researched
Polling and approval
None found in the records checked
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State of Ohio (2014) | Democratic | Lost | 1,074,475 | 35.5% |
Offices held
Ohio Senate, 25th District · 2008-09 to 2014-12 · appointed
Source: Nina Turner
Cleveland City Council, Ward 1 · 2006 to 2008 · elected
Source: Nina Turner
Endorsements
Not yet researched
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Nina Turner · 2014 Ohio Secretary of State election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Nina Turner (Ohio) · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nina Turner · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio Secretary of State election, 2014 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2014 Ohio Secretary of State election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Husted's posters going up in polling places, but does it matter? · WVXU / Cincinnati Public Radio · 2014-10-26 · accessed 2026-09-19
- In Ohio, Nina Turner Lost to Big Money · Demos · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nina Turner Helped Expand Cleveland's Charter Schools · The Intercept · 2019-09-30 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio Senator Trying To Change Rape Custody Law · WOUB Public Media · 2014-01-15 · accessed 2026-09-19
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