Cecil Thomas

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 25 · Democratic

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73 roll-call votes on record - 60 yes, 13 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 25 (Ohio) since Jan 2023. github.com ↗

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The record

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73

Roll-call votes on record.

73 votes · 60 yes · 13 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Sep 30, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Taxation5 votes · yes on 4, no on 1

Finance and Appropriations4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Education4 votes · yes on 3, no on 1

Education -- Primary and Secondary Education4 votes · yes on 3, no on 1

Health Care3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NOProhibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicleHB 519 · Sep 30, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 94% of Ohio Senate members

Details

Score−1.04 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.17 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.86)

Compared with151 members of Ohio Senate members (1995–2022)

Covers2015–2022

● This person Democrats (54) Republicans (97)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 59% of 2022 Ohio House candidates

Details

Score−0.60 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.22 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.82)

Compared with209 members of 2022 Ohio House candidates

Covers2014–2022

● This person Democrats (98) Republicans (111)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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