For Immediate Release
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Progressive Powerhouse Nina Turner Touts Ellis - "She's the leader we need."
OAKLAND, Calif. (May 9, 2017): In her campaign to be the next Chair of the California Democratic
Party, Kimberly Ellis has received the endorsement of former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner. Turner will
be attending the CDP convention, which begins later next week.
"Everything Kimberly says is a beautiful thing... We have to look into the mirror and start making some
confessions about who we are, what we want to be and where we are going collectively. My gosh, she is the
type of leader we need, not only in California but across the country," said Turner.
To watch Senator Turner's remarks on Kimberly, click here.
Most recently a progressive leader in the Ohio Senate, Nina Turner is a college professor, motivational speaker,
frequent media commentator, and author. She has worked in leadership at the Ohio Democratic Party and as an
elected member of the Cleveland City Council - both opportunities that demonstrated her ability to unify
opposing ideologies in critical circumstances.
Turner is also a highly sought after public speaker who has traveled across North America to inspire action and
instill hope in crowds of more than 20,000 for bold causes like labor, women's reproductive health, voting
rights, and income inequality. Her gifted speech-making and commitment to progressive ideals led her to be the
Democratic candidate for Ohio's Secretary of State in 2014 and more recently a national surrogate for Senator
Bernie Sanders during the tumultuous 2016 Democratic presidential primary.
Today she appears regularly as a political analyst on national television and radio networks. Turner's passion
and achievements as a political figure have been recognized by The Nation magazine, which in 2011 named her
"Most Valuable State Senator, " by The Root, which listed her as one of the top 100 most influential AfricanAmericans in the U.S. in 2014, and by Cleveland's Inside Business Magazine as one of the Top 25 most
powerful people in Northeast Ohio for 2015.
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