This event is sponsored by Freedom BLOC and presented by COAACC in partnership with the Columbus Area Chapter of Blacks in Government (CACBIG) and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Central Ohio Chapter (NCBWCOC).

​Candidates that participated: 

U.S. House of Representatives 3rd District
Cleophus Dulaney, Republican candidate
Mark Richardson, Republican candidate
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Democratic incumbent
Morgan Harper, Democratic candidate 
U.S. House of Representatives 15th District
Daniel Kilgore, Democratic candidate 
Joel Newby, Democratic candidate
Ohio Senate 16th District
Crystal Lett, Democratic candidate
Ohio House of Representatives 17th District 
John Rutan, Republican candidate
​Ohio House of Representatives 18th District 
Representative Kristin Boggs,  Democratic incumbent
Ohio House of Representatives 25th District
Dontavius Jarrells, Democratic candidate
Mayo Makinde, Democratic candidate
Dr. Kofi Nsia-Pepra, Democratic candidate 
Ohio House of Representatives 26th District
Representative Erica Crawley,  Democratic incumbent

Franklin County Engineer Cornell Robertson
Franklin County Treasurer
Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan, Democratic Incumbent
Brandon Cross, Republican Candidate
Franklin County Court of Commons Pleas General Division
Judge Chris Brown
Franklin County Court of Appeals
​Judge Terri Jamison
Franklin County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court
Lasheyl Stroud