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Sandra Williams is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 21st district since 2015. She former served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2014. Her district includes the majority of Cleveland as well as some east-side suburbs, including East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights and University Heights. ==Life and career== A native of Cleveland, Williams attended Cleveland State University and Tiffin University. Williams worked in the field of criminal justice for more than a decade. She worked in several different positions, including as a corrections officer, probation officer, parole officer and mediator. Williams also served as a member of the United States Army Reserve from 1987 to 1995. Williams also worked within the Statehouse as a legislative aide for her predecessor in the Ohio House of Representatives, Annie L. Key. After Key decided not seek reelection in 2006, Williams ran for the safely Democratic seat. She won the Democratic Primary with 30.38% of the vote in a field of six candidates,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 and was unopposed in the November general election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 In 2008, Williams was unopposed in the March Democratic Primary〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 and won the general election with 85.45% of the vote against Republican Rosalind McAllister.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 In 2009, Williams was elected President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, and continued to serve in that capacity through the 130th General Assembly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Ohio Legislative Black Caucus )〕 Speaker Armond Budish also named Williams as Chairman of the Economic Development Committee for the 128th General Assembly.〔(Rep Sandra Williams appointed chair )〕 She also served as Vice Chairman of the Public Utilities Committee. In 2010, Williams was again unopposed in the March Democratic Primary〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 and again defeated challenger Rosalind McAllister with 82.24% of the vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 Williams won election to a final term in 2012 by defeating challenger Tony Perry in the primary with 81.07% of the vote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Ohio Secretary of State )〕 She was unopposed in the general election. On October 31, 2014, Williams pleaded no-contest in Franklin County Municipal Court to two first-degree misdemeanor charges: one count of illegal conversion of campaign funds and one count of filing a false report. The charges pertained to her having, in 2010, sold Ohio State University football tickets that had been purchased with campaign funds to an associate, retained the proceeds for personal use, and failed to properly report the transaction on her campaign finance reports. The illegal activity was discovered as a consequence of an FBI investigation of payday lending lobbying activity at the Ohio Statehouse. Prior to her conviction, Williams voluntarily reimbursed her campaign for the value of the tickets. In early December 2014, Williams was fined $2000 after having been found guilty of both charges. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandra Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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