Brigid Kelly

Brigid Kelly (also Brigid Kelly Culter; April 21, 1983 – March 26, 2024) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2022, representing the 31st District, which consisted of a portion of Cincinnati as well as Norwood, Amberley, Fairfax, Silverton, St. Bernard and a portion of Columbia Township in Hamilton County.

[2][3][4][5] Prior to being elected to state office, Kelly won a seat on the Norwood City Council in 2006 shortly after she graduated from college.

Kelly had long been planning to succeed Driehaus, and indeed did announce her campaign for the Democratic nomination.

[9] Kelly won the general election against Republican Mary E. Yeager with 68% of the vote to take the seat.

[11] While she was in the House, she led a bipartisan effort to pass a bill that would eliminate a sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products in Ohio.