Ohio's 21st senatorial district

Ohio's 21st
State Senate district
Ohio's 21st; State Senate district
Senator
	Kent Smith; D–Euclid
Demographics	32% White; 62% Black; 2.8% Hispanic; 2.8% Asian; 1.3% Native American; 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020); • Voting age; • Citizens of voting age	375,348; 294,505; 281,722

Population(2020)
Voting age
Citizens of voting age375,348^[1]
294,505
281,722

Ohio's 21st senatorial district has historically been based in urban Cleveland, Ohio, and consists primarily of Cleveland's West Side neighborhoods of Ohio City and Tremont; Downtown Cleveland; all of Cleveland's East Side neighborhoods; and the cities of Bratenahl, Cleveland Heights, and Shaker Heights.^[2] It encompasses Ohio House districts 9, 10 and 11. It has a Cook PVI of D+34. Its current Ohio Senator is Democrat Kent Smith.^[3]

Senator	Party	Term	Notes
Morris Jackson	Democrat	January 3, 1967 – March 17, 1984	Jackson resigned prior to the expiration of his term in 1986.
Michael R. White	Democrat	May 17, 1984 – December 31, 1989	White resigned in 1989 to become Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
Jeff Johnson	Democrat	January 3, 1990 – December 31, 1998	Johnson did not seek re-election in 1998.
C.J. Prentiss	Democrat	January 5, 1999 – December 31, 2006	Prentiss was term-limited in 2006.
Shirley Smith	Democrat	January 2, 2007 – November 30, 2014	Smith was term-limited and resigned prior to the expiration of her term.
Sandra Williams	Democrat	January 5, 2015 – June 1, 2022	Williams was term-limited and resigned prior to the expiration of her term.^[4]
Dale Martin	Democrat	June 7, 2022 – December 31, 2022	Martin was not a candidate in the August 2, 2022, Democratic primary.
Kent Smith	Democrat	January 3, 2023 – present	Incumbent

References

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