Bryan Hambley announces campaign for Ohio Secretary of State
Bryan Hambley, a cancer doctor who cares for leukemia patients, has announced his campaign for Ohio Secretary of State. Hambley and his wife, a trauma surgeon, live in Warren County with their five and seven-year-old children.
While practicing medicine, Hambley said he has also organized communities to fight against pharmaceutical companies using their money to buy influence in hospitals, bring critical healthcare to under-served communities, and standing up for the right to vote and be heard.
Having been raised on a small family-owned farm, Hambley said he believes in the power of communities banding together to advocate for their needs. His first foray into organizing happened when he was a small child, and the state tried to shut down his town’s small public school, according to Hambley.
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He said the town of 800 people got into their trucks, drove to the capitol, and made their voices heard to save the school.
“Democracy works best when communities can exercise their right to be heard. Here in Ohio, we have seen our Secretary of State abuse our democracy, making it harder to vote, purging voters from the voter rolls, and drawing unfair maps that have been deemed unconstitutional time and time again. I am running because I care about Ohio, and I have seen my patients and our communities suffer from a broken and gerrymandered democracy,” Hambley said.
“Bryan is the first in the door and last to leave. He spent countless hours volunteering and knocking on doors supporting reproductive rights, fighting against gerrymandering, and supporting Senator Sherrod Brown,” said Kelly Sakalas, Chair of the Warren County Democratic Party. “We are lucky to have him here in Warren County, and Ohio will be lucky to have him as their Secretary of State.”
Hambley said as he gears up for the election, he will travel to all corners of the state to meet folks and hear their vision for Ohio. He welcomes any outreach from the press or any Ohioan interested in discussing the future of our State.
Hambley and his team can be reached at team@hambleyforohio.com.