Ballotpedia, Thomas Cooke

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Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
- Supports strengthening unions.

Economy

Believes addiction is a disease and opposes Republican policies that favor punishment over treatment.

Supports registering "assault weapons," defined as weapons capable of using large-capacity magazines or converting to automatic mode.

Supports making naloxone and other opioid reversal drugs widely available and accessible to law enforcement.

Supports “Red Flag” laws to alert authorities and protect individuals from threats.

- Believes addiction is a disease and opposes Republican policies that favor punishment over treatment.
- Supports registering "assault weapons," defined as weapons capable of using large-capacity magazines or converting to automatic mode.
- Supports making naloxone and other opioid reversal drugs widely available and accessible to law enforcement.
- Supports “Red Flag” laws to alert authorities and protect individuals from threats.

Public Safety

Supports capping co-pays for essential pharmaceutical medications.

Supports access to pre-natal and post-natal health care for all Ohioans.

Supports investing in addiction treatment centers.

- Supports capping co-pays for essential pharmaceutical medications.
- Supports universal healthcare.
- Supports access to pre-natal and post-natal health care for all Ohioans.
- Supports investing in addiction treatment centers.

Healthcare

Opposes charter schools and homeschooling.

Opposes increased vouchers for private school subsidies.

Believes EdChoice will cost Ohioans $800+ million in taxpayer dollars to pay parents to send their children to private charter schools or to home-school.

- Opposes charter schools and homeschooling.
- Opposes increased vouchers for private school subsidies.
- Believes EdChoice will cost Ohioans $800+ million in taxpayer dollars to pay parents to send their children to private charter schools or to home-school.

Education

As of May 16, 2025, Thomas Cooke’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Opposes drilling and fracking in state parks.

Opposes the use of chemicals that contaminate the aquifer.

Opposes the use of chemicals that contaminate the water.

- Opposes drilling and fracking in state parks.
- Opposes the use of chemicals that contaminate the water.

Energy & the Environment

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Thomas Cooke

As a state representative, wrote a law protecting Ohio businesses from forced closure during emergencies.

Opposes the forced closure of businesses during a future state of emergency. 

Aims to reduce government costs and complexity by eliminating "burdensome regulations."

Aims to reduce government costs and complexity by eliminating regulations.

- Supports reducing taxes and spending.
- Opposes the forced closure of businesses during a future state of emergency. 
- Aims to reduce government costs and complexity by eliminating regulations.

Supports increasing funding for law enforcement and expanding emergency response capabilities.

Opposes gun control and supports Second Amendment rights, holding an "A rating" from the NRA and an endorsement from the Buckeye Firearms Association.

- Supports increasing funding for law enforcement and expanding emergency response capabilities.
- Opposes gun control.

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- Opposes abortion access.
- Opposes the Affordable Care Act.
- Opposes the expansion of Medicaid.

Supports The Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program, which provides students from designated public schools the opportunity to attend participating private schools.

Believes the lack of business and taxpayer representation on education committees is hindering education efforts and jading financial decisions.

- Supports The Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program, which provides students from designated public schools the opportunity to attend participating private schools.
- Believes the lack of business and taxpayer representation on education committees is hindering education efforts and jading financial decisions.

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Opposes policies aimed at limiting climate change.

- Opposes policies aimed at limiting climate change.

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- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Ohio State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Ohio General Assembly.
- There are 33 Ohio senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $63,007.