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Leah Sellers will challenge Jordan for fourth district house seat
A local woman is throwing her hat into the ring for a seat in Congress.
Marysville’s Leah Sellers has announced she is running for Ohio’s Fourth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“I am proudly running as a Republican, a long-time Republican,” said Sellers. “I am very proud of our heritage. We are the party of Lincoln.”
She added that she is an independently minded Republican.
“This is what I am,” said Sellers. “This is what I believe. I am proud to be a Republican. I think voters much prefer authenticity than false narratives.”
Sellers said that while she is a proud Republican, she prefers to focus on getting things done.
“I bring a bit of a different approach in terms of bringing people together and not dividing,” said Sellers. “I am a consensus builder. I have a track record of bringing people together “
An attorney, Sellers graduated from Marysville High School in 1991. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
Sellers, along with her husband, Brian Bornino, and their two daughters lives in Marysville.
Sellers calls herself, “an entrepreneur, attorney and community leader with a proven track record of collaborative achievement and relationship management in business, academia and government.”
Sellers will challenge one of the U.S. House of Representatives’ most conservative members, Jim Jordan of Urbana, in the May 2018 Republican primary.
Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and became the representative for Union County in 2012 through the redistricting process. The district includes all of Union, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Auglaize, Allen, Crawford, Seneca and Sandusky counties as well as parts of Mercer, Marion, Huron, Erie and Lorain Counties.
“I think there is a consensus among Americans, and in our district, that politicians are not doing their job, are not trustworthy and for that reason, it is time for a change, time for a new person to go in,” said Sellers.
She said she considered running two years ago, but the timing was not right for her or her family. She said this seemed right.
“I took a leap of faith as far as the timing of the announcement and now I am all in,” Sellers said.
Sellers said she likes leaps. She said that’s why she is looking at the U.S. Congress, rather than a more local position.
“God honors bold prayers and bold prayers honor God. That’s the reason I am running for this seat,” Sellers said.
While a big step, this is not Sellers’ first time in public service. Sellers served on Maryville City Council from 2005-2009. She also served as an assistant prosecutor in Delaware County before moving on to teach and practice law privately. In 2011 she went into business for herself, opening Sellers Law. She said she currently serves on several community boards.
Sellers said she will take the month of July for prayer and planning. She said that by August she will begin to roll out her platform.