{"id":6825,"date":"2022-11-25T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=6825"},"modified":"2022-11-25T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:14:55","slug":"elgin-rogers-jr-appointed-to-ohio-house-district-44-sworn-in-as-state-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/elgin-rogers-jr-appointed-to-ohio-house-district-44-sworn-in-as-state-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Elgin Rogers Jr. Appointed\u00a0to\u00a0Ohio House District 44, Sworn in as State Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6826 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-Rep.-Elgin-Rogers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-Rep.-Elgin-Rogers.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-Rep.-Elgin-Rogers-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/State-Rep.-Elgin-Rogers-197x250.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>State Rep.\u00a0Elgin Rogers Jr. (D-Toledo)\u00a0last week was officially appointed and sworn in to fill the vacancy as state representative to Ohio House District 44. Rep. Rogers was elected to the 44<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0District in the 2022 election for the 135<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0General Assembly, and will finish the remainder of former Rep. Hicks-Hudson\u2019s term before starting his own term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the wonderful people of Northwest Ohio whom I will represent for their support and encouragement.\u00a0I would like to thank the members of the House of Representatives and its leadership for their support and confidence during this process. I will work diligently to listen, understand and faithfully discharge the duties of this office. Finally, thank you to my family, teachers, coaches and mentors for sharing their wisdom, resources, love and\u00a0support. They are responsible for making today a reality,\u201d said\u00a0Rep. Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Rogers\u00a0outlined his top priorities Wednesday, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serving and protecting seniors, children and workers\u2019 rights;<\/li>\n<li>Constituent services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Rogers is the former\u00a0director of Education and Outreach and director of Weights and Measures for the Lucas County Auditor\u2019s office. He also served as\u00a0the executive assistant to Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken. He is a precinct captain, and a co-founder and past president of the African American Leadership Caucus, a Lucas County political action committee.<\/p>\n<p>House District 44 includes South, Central, and East Toledo and northern portions of Wood and Ottawa counties, including Northwood, Walbridge, Genoa and Elmore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep.\u00a0Elgin Rogers Jr. (D-Toledo)\u00a0last week was officially appointed and sworn in to fill the vacancy as state representative to Ohio House District 44. Rep. Rogers was elected to the 44th\u00a0District in the 2022 election for the 135th\u00a0General Assembly, and will finish the remainder of former Rep. Hicks-Hudson\u2019s term before starting his own term. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[149],"class_list":["post-6825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6827,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825\/revisions\/6827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6825"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=6825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}