# Nickie Antonio Nickie Antonio is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate for district 23. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Ohio Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2019-01-01 - Current term: OH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/df5c391c-65e8-4d61-a9b9-0249ff6eddb7 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df5c391c-65e8-4d61-a9b9-0249ff6eddb7 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Antonio reported $245.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K). ## What Antonio says (OH 2025–26 session) 59 classified statements: 59 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Antonio | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 3.4% | 10.3% | 229 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 17.0% | 42.9% | 297 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 3.4% | 3.4% | 123 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 5.1% | 16.1% | 261 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 3.4% | 0.8% | 27 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 30% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Emergency Management 10% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Energy 10% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Health 10% (State Senate Democrats 17%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 686 donors and 512 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (OH 2025–26 session) 230 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio Senate 100%). Party unity 96.8% (97.5%). 2 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-09-30 · voted nay · Passed · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Passed · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 541 Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB541/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Concurred in House amendments · SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB276/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 297 Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB297/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 273 Enact the Keep Them Safe Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB273/ - 2026-06-11 · voted nay · Passed · HB 492 Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB492/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 210 Regards the sale of used catalytic converters · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB210/ ## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session) Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 146. 63.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio Senate 55.2%; rank 13 of 32). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 445: Honoring the Cleveland Cultural Gardens on its One Hundred Tenth Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR445/ - SB 473: Designate September 25 as Dolly Parton Day (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB473/ - SR 442: Honoring Kensington Intermediate School on its Centennial. (passed one chamber, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR442/ - SR 435: Honoring Team Ohio as the 2026 Special Olympics U.S.A. Games Division 1 gold medalist in basketball. (passed one chamber, 2026-09-01) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR435/ - SR 413: Honoring the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival on its one hundredth year. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR413/ - SB 449: Adopt the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB449/ - SB 421: Increase time period to bring civil action for sex offense victim (passed one chamber, 2026-06-16) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB421/ - SR 310: Honoring WellLink on its One Hundred Tenth Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR310/ - SB 373: Regards hospital-wide nursing care comm., nursing staffing plans (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB373/ - SR 287: Honoring Laila Edwards as a 2026 Olympic gold medalist. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR287/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $245.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-07-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/2077150720726323679 - 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/2062250294180729017 - 2026-05-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/2050719278630830343 - 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/2026033922216513854 - 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/2026074638443241764 - 2025-11-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/1984770575303053576 - 2025-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/1974511326757322917 - 2025-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/1973533644842213690 - 2025-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/1966154982526505060 - 2025-09-10 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/nickieantonio/status/1965880684565946793 ## Links - Official site: https://ohiosenate.gov/members/nickie-j-antonio - Campaign site: https://www.nickieantonio.com/ - X: https://x.com/nickieantonio - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickieantonio - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickiejantonio/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickieantonio/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickieantonio9511 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickieantonio/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df5c391c-65e8-4d61-a9b9-0249ff6eddb7