Tristan Rader News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today voted “NO” on the vote to override a school district property tax levy restriction provision vetoed in House Bill 96 (the state operating budget). Line-item 66 would eliminate several types of levies, limiting the choices voters have in how to support their schools and local governments, and would not provide real property tax relief to Ohioans. Real property tax relief is one of the most pressing needs for everyday Ohioans. House Democrats are ready and willing to work together to get that done.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today issued a forceful statement denouncing recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids conducted in and around Lakewood and western Cleveland, calling the actions “inhumane, destabilizing, and politically motivated.”

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Eric Synenberg (D-Beachwood) today sent a letter to University Hospitals expressing serious concern over the reported removal of Dr. Lauren Beene and Dr. Valerie Fouts-Fowler, who were leading efforts to unionize.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today voted “NO” on House Bill (HB) 96, the Republican-crafted state operating budget, citing cruel and chaotic cuts and its abject failure to invest in children, public education, healthcare, and basic services – all while shoveling billions to the wealthy and well-connected. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today is calling on fellow lawmakers to reject an unprecedented, and likely unconstitutional, maneuver buried in the state operating budget that would allow the state to permanently seize unclaimed funds from Ohio residents and funnel it into a fund supporting stadium construction, including a proposed new stadium for the Cleveland Browns.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today shared his strong disapproval of the pending federal budget proposal, House Resolution (HR) 1, warning that it would devastate Ohio’s most vulnerable families by drastically increasing costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid.

COLUMBUS - State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood), Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus) and Juanita O. Brent (D-Cleveland) today released the following statement concerning the Ohio Senate's latest budget proposal including a plan to divert $1.7 billion from the state's unclaimed funds to finance stadium projects, including a $600 million giveaway to the Cleveland Browns billionaire owner Jimmy Haslam to move the Browns to Brook Park: 

COLUMBUS – Members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus today hosted a press conference with LGBTQ+ advocates, and members of the LGBTQ+ community where they unveiled their June 2025 Pride Month legislative package.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) this week led a diverse and powerful alliance urging Ohio lawmakers to act now to secure the state’s SNAP EBT cards against fraud—either by advancing House Bill (HB) 163 out of committee or by incorporating its provisions into House Bill 96, the state operating budget.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today announced that House Bill (HB) 15 has been signed by Governor Mike DeWine, marking the beginning of a bold new era for energy policy in Ohio and finally repeals OVEC fees established in the infamous HB 6 scandal.