Climate Candidate Briefing:

Emilia Sykes (OH-13)

Type: Challenger
Party: Democratic

Emilia Sykes’s race is currently rated a toss-up. She’s running for an open seat in a newly created congressional district.

Ohio’s 13th Congressional District

Îmage from FiveThirtyEight

Ohio’s 13th district is a newly created district just south of Cleveland. It has an R+2 partisan lean.

Climate impacts: read the Ohio climate summary.

Climate attitudes (note: this data was collected before the district was redrawn): Yale Climate Opinion Survey

Emilia’s Climate Position

From Emilia’s campaign website:

Emilia knows that access to clean water, clean air, and a clean environment is a basic human right—but that we can fight for those rights while also creating good-paying jobs. In Congress, Emilia will support environmentally friendly policies that support our economy, allow our National parks to thrive, and support native wildlife. By protecting our environment we can maintain a place where our children and families can live a healthy life, enjoy our local natural resources and promote tourism.

Concurrent Elections

Organizing in Ohio is especially important this year since there’s also a competitive U.S. Senate election, in which Sen. Portman, who has a poor climate record in Congress, could get unseated.

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