Bride Rose Sweeney

Bride Rose Sweeney is the Democratic candidate for Ohio State Senate District 23 in the November 3, 2026 general election, running against Republican Robert Dintaman.[1][2] She has represented District 16 in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2018, where she is the ranking member of the House Finance Committee.[1]

Bride Rose Sweeney was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and earned a bachelor's degree from John Carroll University in 2014.[1] Her career experience includes working as a legislative staffer and legislator.[1] In a 2022 Ballotpedia survey, she said she joined Ohio's Legislative Service Commission Fellowship after college and worked in the Ohio Senate, including as a senior advisor to the Minority Leader and a legislative aide to Senator Lou Gentile.[3]

In a 2022 Ballotpedia survey, Sweeney said she was elected to the Ohio House in November 2018; her Ballotpedia profile lists her tenure as 2018 to the present, with her term ending in 2026.[1][3] In the 2025-2026 session she was assigned to the Energy Committee, the House Insurance Committee and the House Finance Committee, on which she is the ranking member.[1] In the 2022 survey, she described herself as the lead Democratic sponsor of the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan that became law on July 1, 2021.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.