Alicia Michelle Reece (born April 25, 1971) is a Democratic politician currently serving as a Hamilton County Commissioner. She formerly served as a member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

for the 33rd district. She was previously the Vice Mayor of

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

from 2002 to 2007.

Life and career

Reece is a graduate of Withrow High School International Studies Academy and Grambling State University. Before becoming a state legislator she was on the city council of

and was the city's deputy mayor.

Ohio House of Representatives

She was appointed to the House of Representatives in 2010, replacing Tyrone Yates who became a judge. She was reelected in 2010 with 69.2% of the vote. She served on the committees of Economic and Small Business Development; Finance and Appropriations; and Local Government. In October 2011 Reece was named as the vice-chair of the Ohio Women’s Democratic Caucus. Reece won a second term in 2012 with 73.29% of the vote over Tom Bryan.

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Electoral history

External links

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Archived version (March 2018) of Reece's website as Ohio Representative
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