as Ranking Member of the Juvenile and Family Law Committee, and on the Education, Ranking Member on Public Utilities and Energy, and Finance and Appropriations Committees and the Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee. She won reelection in 2008 with 68% of the vote against Republican Wayne Smith. In 2009 she was elected by her peers as Majority Floor Leader in the Ohio House of Representatives. In 2011, Garrison established the Southeastern Ohio Landowners Association (SEOLA), a not-for profit, association to assist mineral owners in the collective negotiation of oil and gas leases for the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations. As legal counsel for SEOLA, Garrison successfully negotiated leases on approximately 100,000 mineral acres in 13 lease transactions with 6 different companies. This work was recognized in the New York Times June 5, 2012 edition. In 2014, Garrison ran unsuccessfully for the Ohio’s 6th Congressional District Representative seat against incumbent Bill Johnson. References External links Official Ohio House web page Campaign web site Profile at the Ohio Ladies Gallery Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 1962 births Living people People from Fort Thomas, Kentucky Politicians from Marietta, Ohio Women state legislators in Ohio Xavier University alumni Catholic University of America alumni 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians