From The New Democrat Magazine's "100 To Watch"

Background: Attorney; Columbus city councilman and council president.

Proudest accomplishment: Working citywide to revitalize neighborhoods and bring families and jobs back into the heart of Columbus.

Political figures I admire most: Thurgood Marshall and John F. Kennedy.

Why I am a Democrat: "I believe that our party stands up for every family's right to sit at the table of the American dream."

Favorite book: Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye by Kenneth P. O'Donnell.