Kathleen Clyde

[1] After graduation from the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, where she served as an editor of the law review, Clyde served as Speaker of the House Armond Budish's deputy legal counsel.

[5] In the general election, Clyde faced three opponents: Republican Roak Zeller, Constitution Party candidate Daniel Cartwright, and Independent Richard Duncan.

Clyde ran for her first full term as County Commissioner in 2020, but was defeated by Republican Tony Badalamenti.

Clyde was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

[13] Clyde has been critical of a plan by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to not allow voters as much time to cast absentee ballots.