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‘Old boys’ club:’ Women significantly underrepresented in Ohio politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Mary Anne Christie climbed a steep hill to turn into the primary girl of the Madeira Metropolis Council in 1975.
Only a yr earlier than her election to symbolize the Cincinnati suburb, Congress prohibited banks from refusing bank cards to ladies, and discriminating in opposition to pregnant ladies remained authorized all through the U.S., Christie stated.
It wasn’t till the town’s mayor referred to as her up, regardless of the staunch opposition from her husband, and pleaded that Christie, then 40, throw her hat into the ring, citing the council’s want for a lady to serve.
“I used to be the token feminine,” she stated. “However in some way or different, I ended up main all the pieces.”
Christie, 87, steadily ascended the political ladder to turn into the mayor of Madeira, the primary girl president of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, an administrative regulation choose, and extra not too long ago, vice-chairperson of the Ohio Republican Social gathering.
Whereas extra doorways have opened for feminine political candidates since Christie’s election, ladies proceed to be outnumbered by males in positions of energy.
Ladies make up 27% of metropolis governments in Ohio the place the inhabitants is larger than 10,000, inserting the Buckeye State on the No. 40 place relative to different U.S. states relating to feminine illustration in municipalities in 2022, in line with a report from the Middle for American Ladies and Politics (CAWP).
Though Ohio ranks a bit larger on the No. 24 spot for feminine illustration in state authorities in 2022, ladies solely account for about 31% of elected officers in state workplace, the report discovered.
“If 52% of the voting inhabitants — primarily based on census information — is ladies, then why not have no less than 50% of our elected officers be ladies?” stated Emily Schriver, CEO of The Matriots, a Columbus-based nonpartisan political motion committee that helps ladies operating for workplace.
When ladies aren’t on the desk, Schriver stated lawmakers and elected officers may overlook coverage implications with opposed penalties for ladies. And it’s not simply reproductive well being or childcare points that girls ought to be part of, she stated.
She pointed to an instance the place a girl takes an curiosity in infrastructure points, like the shortage of sidewalks in a neighborhood that trigger her to really feel unsafe whereas strolling her children to the college bus. Or a woman-owned small enterprise struggling to compete with a tech startup for business area.
“It runs the gamut,” Schriver stated. “I simply must reframe my thoughts — each difficulty is a ladies’s difficulty.”
Assistant Minority Chief Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) of the Ohio Senate stated whereas the CAWP numbers are most likely higher than they had been 25 or 30 years in the past, politics continues to be a difficult place for ladies.
“It’s laborious to lift cash, and it’s nonetheless robust to interrupt into the previous boys’ membership in loads of methods,” stated Antonio, who’s the primary girl elected to serve Ohio’s twenty third Senate district and the primary LGBTQ member of each the Home and Senate.
With restricted networks, the ever-present gender wage hole, and a bent to bear the burden of childcare and family obligations, ladies are hit laborious by the monetary expectations and time commitments required to run a marketing campaign, Schriver stated.
On a nationwide degree, feminine candidates operating for the U.S. Home raised a few 70% larger share of funds than their male counterparts from marketing campaign donors who contributed $200 or much less, a Brennan Middle for Justice examine discovered.
As giant donors practically quintupled their share of donations to federal candidates in 2020, the Brennan Middle for Justice stated the ability of small donors “has plummeted.”
“Ladies are typically much less prone to self-fund their very own marketing campaign than males,” Schriver stated. “Candidates, we all know, need to exit in the neighborhood to seek out donors. Males may be capable to attain into their pocketbooks for that cash.”
And girls of colour – who symbolize 25% of the nation’s inhabitants however solely 4% of U.S. Home candidates – are most acutely impacted by monetary limitations, elevating much less on common than all different candidates and relying essentially the most on small donations over the previous 4 normal elections, the examine discovered.
Past the financial institution statements, Schriver stated it’s additionally crucial to have a look at the methods during which redistricting efforts may affect ladies candidates in Ohio.
Of the present make-up of the Ohio Redistricting Fee — the seven-member group in a months-long battle with the Ohio Supreme Courtroom over its state legislative map drawings — all however one are males.
With males dominating political positions within the Statehouse and the historic benefit of incumbents in elections, Ohio Democratic Social gathering Chair Elizabeth Walters assigned blame to her Republican counterparts for rigging redistricting efforts to dam ladies from operating for workplace.
“That’s why Ohio Democrats are laser-focused on combating for truthful maps that precisely symbolize our state and that make our state authorities extra reflective of the folks we serve,” Walters stated.
Betty Montgomery, who grew to become the primary feminine Ohio Lawyer Normal in 1995, stated though it takes years to chip away at cultural limitations blocking ladies from operating for workplace — which start as early as adolescence in the way in which ladies are sometimes taught to behave — she’s optimistic for the way forward for feminine management.
Teams like The Matriots, which supplies materials and monetary assist to feminine candidates it endorses, and the Jo Ann Davidson Ohio Management Institute, a coaching program for Republican feminine candidates, are making strides to encourage ladies and equip them with the instruments to run a profitable marketing campaign, she stated.
“You’ve obtained to step out of the field you’ve put your self in, and also you’ve obtained to step out of the field that different places you in,” Montgomery stated. “You’ve obtained to be prepared to roll the cube on your self.”
No. 18 Michigan State extended its win streak to seven games with its 69-62 victory over Ohio State on Thursday.
The Spartans went into Columbus and were able to pull off the road win, despite blowing a 14-point lead in the second half.
It was a valiant late-game effort for Michigan State, which improved to 12-2 on the season and is 1-0 to start 2025. The Spartans are also 3-0 in conference play.
Our Aidan Champion recaps the contest on this postgame edition of the Michigan State Spartans Insider Podcast.
You can watch the episode below:
Michigan State senior center Szymon Zapala led the way with 15 points. He also recorded two blocks. Spartan senior guard Jaden Akins did his part on offense as well, scoring 14 in the victory.
Redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. was arguably the MVP of the game for the Spartans as he posted 6 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Sophomore forward Xavier Booker had a bounce-back performance after falling off in his last two outings. He finished with 9 points and two blocks.
Junior forward Jaxon Kohler nearly ended up with another double-double, scoring 8 points while collecting 10 rebounds.
Sophomore forward Coen Carr tallied 11 points. He was efficient from the charity stripe, knocking down 7-of-8 free throws.
The Spartans were tested by veteran guard Bruce Thornton, who was a huge part of the Buckeyes’ comeback late. They also had to deal with Ohio State’s leading scorer in the contest, junior guard Micah Parrish, who finished with 13 points and also excelled down the stretch.
Michigan State struggled from deep in the contest and continued to have trouble turning the ball over. But it was able to overcome those issues and secure the road win, a tough feat in the Big Ten, especially considering the setbacks.
The Spartans will look to build on their perfect start to conference play with a home matchup against Washington on Thursday. It will be the first time the two teams face off since 2010 when Michigan State narrowly defeated the Huskies, 76-71, in the Maui Invitational. That game is set for 8 p.m. EST.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes look like a buzzsaw at the moment, and Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian is well aware of that fact.
Ohio State will be facing Texas in the Cotton Bowl next Friday with a trip to the National Championship Game on the line, and Sarkisian understands that the Longhorns are big underdogs.
The Buckeyes have opened as 5.5-point favorites over Texas, which actually seems like a rather slim margin considering what they just did to the previously undefeated Oregon Ducks.
But keep in mind: the Cotton Bowl will actually be played in Arlington, so the Longhorns technically have homefield advantage.
Still, it will be difficult to find anyone outside of the Lone Star State actually picking Texas in this game, and Sarkisian knows that.
“I need Longhorn Nation to show out in Arlington. We’re going to need everything we’ve got to try to win this game,” Sarkisian said, via Eleven Warriors. “Clearly, we’re massive underdogs. Nobody’s going to give us a shot. So we’re going to need all that we can to try to win this game.”
The Longhorns are one of the best teams in the country, but they don’t quite match Ohio State in terms of raw talent.
We saw the Buckeyes’ scary talent on display in the Rose Bowl, when they jumped out to a 34-0 lead against Oregon and ultimately came away with a 41-21 victory.
Meanwhile, Texas nearly lost to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl, surviving in a double-overtime thriller.
Of course, stranger things have happened on the football field, so Ohio State absolutely cannot take the Longhorns lightly.
Ohio State coach Jake Diebler previews Michigan State, Big Ten play
Ohio State coach Jake Diebler previews Michigan State, Big Ten play in this Jan. 2, 2025 press conference.
Devin Royal’s internal clock told him he was out of time.
The green-and-white-clad crowd of 14,797 was screaming as the Ohio State freshman held the ball, and likely the game, in his hands. A Tyson Walker free throw had just pulled Michigan State even against upset-minded Ohio State with 6.4 seconds remaining as Royal tried to get the Buckeyes set up for a final shot. Frantically, the freshman looked for his primary outlet to inbound the ball only to find the Spartans had taken it away.
“I’m counting in my head,” Royal said Thursday, thinking back on the moment. “I’m at five (seconds) myself, so I’m trying to hurry up and get it in.”
No whistle blew, and Royal managed to thread a pass into Bruce Thornton amid three Michigan State defenders. What happened next set off a celebration not seen in 12 years: Thornton pushed the ball up the court, found Dale Bonner along the 3-point line and fed his teammate for a game-winning shot that swished through the net with 0.2 seconds remaining.
The shot will live on in Ohio State lore as the first road winner against the Spartans since William Buford’s jumper lifted them to a share of the 2012 Big Ten title in the final game of the regular season. It also snapped a 17-game road losing streak for the Buckeyes. But while Bonner’s name gets the headline for the play, that shot doesn’t go in – and Ohio State isn’t in position to shock the Spartans – without the first true standout game of Royal’s career.
On that Sunday afternoon, Royal finished with 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting and added two steals and two rebounds in the most playing time of his freshman season to that point: 17:54. It was a glimpse of why the Pickerington Central product had been such a coveted recruit, one who picked the Buckeyes despite a hard push from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.
Friday night, those two teams meet for the first time since Bonner’s shot when the Spartans come to Value City Arena in the lone matchup between Ohio State and Michigan State this year. This time, Royal features prominently atop the scouting report amid a breakout sophomore season that was hinted at last season.
He leads the Buckeyes in rebounding (7.5 per game) and is second in scoring (14.8) after averaging 2.4 and 4.7 last season, respectively. It’s the kind of growth players sometimes show from freshman to sophomore seasons, but coach Jake Diebler said that’s not exactly how Royal’s summer went.
“At times you can just assume (that growth) is going to happen, but there’s a work, there’s a mentality, there’s a maturity required to make that jump,” Diebler said. “He was a little inconsistent with that at times in the summer. We talked about it. He owned that, and then he took off because I think he was honest with himself.”
When the Buckeyes reported for fall camp, Diebler said Royal had flipped the page and quickly began to assert himself as a high-level player.
“You’re seeing a great deal of benefit from the hard work and mentality he had really starting in August,” the coach said. “He’s a great story about what I want our program to be about. I want guys to come in and grow and get better and he’s certainly done that.”
When Ohio State returned from holiday break, Royal was hardly able to practice due to an illness that had him questionable for the Dec. 29 home game against Indiana State. He gutted out 19:44, finishing with 13 points and four rebounds in the 103-83 win against the Sycamores.
In two Big Ten games this season, Royal leads Ohio State in scoring average (20.0) and rebounding average (7.5). For the Buckeyes to knock off No. 18 Michigan State, Royal will have to play a big part.
Just like he did last year.
“It taught me a lot,” Royal said of that experience. “It’s a very physical game. Tom Izzo definitely put in them (the mentality) to be physical a lot. I know coming into this game I have to put it into some of the younger guys who might not know about it.”
ajardy@dispatch.com
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