Greg Landsman

Landsman was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a Jewish family. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Ohio University in 1999 and a master's degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/community/landsman-challenging-chabot-for-seat-in-congress/4BL2QM5VTJFORBT2LA6ALK7MS4/ |title=Landsman challenging Chabot for seat in congress |publisher=Daytondailynews.com |date=October 13, 2022 |accessdate=November 9, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/landsman/about-council-member-namehere/ |title=About Council Member Landsman |publisher=cincinnati-oh.gov |accessdate=November 9, 2022}} Governor Ted Strickland appointed Landsman to be his director of faith-based and community initiatives in 2007.

Landsman served as executive director for Strive until December 2015. He then led Preschool Promise, an initiative to make two years of preschool available to all three- and four-year-olds in Cincinnati.{{cite web |last=Wetterich |first=Chris |date=2015-10-03 |title=Executive director makes exit to focus full time on Preschool Promise campaign |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/12/03/top-strivepartnership-leader-exits-to-focus-full.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Cincinnati Business Courier}} Preschool Promise was incorporated into a joint levy with Cincinnati Public Schools, and the levy passed in November 2016.{{cite web |last=Huff |first=Hannah Sparling and Rebecca |title=School levy passes by wide margin |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/08/issue-44-school-levy-takes-strong-early-lead/93169434/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Enquirer |language=en-US}}

Landsman ran for the Cincinnati City Council in 2013 and lost. He ran again in 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/09/boxer-peacemaker-greg-landsman-running-council/96344762/ |title=Boxer, peacemaker Greg Landsman running for City Council |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2022}} and was elected to one of the council's seats in the November general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2017/11/07/election-2017-front-runners-cincinnati-city-council/826174001/ |title=Election 2017: Cincinnati council incumbents leading early |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date= |accessdate=November 9, 2022}} Landsman was reelected in 2021.{{cite web |last=Staff |first=WLWT Digital |date=2021-11-03 |title=Election results: Cincinnati mayor, school levies, council, more |url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-2021-cincinnati-election-results-mayor/38067186 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=WLWT |language=en}}

In 2018, Landsman and four other city councilors (P.G. Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach, Wendell Young, and Tamaya Dennard), known collectively as the "Gang of Five", were found to be discussing city business via text messages. They talked about how to keep the city manager and potentially regain power from the mayor. In March 2019, the Gang of Five agreed to turn over their text messages in order to settle a lawsuit filed by a local anti-tax activist. The text messages were made searchable and posted on the website of the law firm that sued the Gang of Five.{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Jennifer Edwards |title=Gang of Five special prosecution: Timeline |url=https://www.fox19.com/2021/04/15/gang-five-special-prosecution-timeline/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Fox 19 Cincinnati |date=April 16, 2021 |language=en}} No criminal charges were filed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2020-09-29/no-criminal-charges-for-councils-gang-of-five|title=No Criminal Charges For Council's 'Gang Of Five'|date=September 29, 2020|website=WVXU}}

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 1|label 1=2022 Ohio's 1st congressional district election}}

File:Emilia Sykes swearing in 2023.jpg are sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives, 2023]]

In 2021, national Democrats recruited Landsman to run against long-time Republican incumbent Steve Chabot for the United States House of Representatives seat from {{ushr|OH|1}} in the 2022 elections. Chabot had held the seat for all but one term since 1995.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Jason |date=2021-12-01 |title=Why this Cincinnati city councilman might challenge Republican Steve Chabot in 2022 election |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/columnists/2021/12/02/democrats-target-cincinnati-councilman-face-steve-chabot-2022-midterm-election-jason-williams-column/8808688002/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Cincinnati Enquirer}} Landsman announced his candidacy in January 2022{{cite web |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Councilman Greg Landsman announces bid for Congress |url=https://www.fox19.com/2022/01/06/councilman-greg-landsman-announces-bid-congress/ |accessdate=November 9, 2022 |publisher=Fox19.com}} and defeated Chabot in the November election by a vote of 151,418 (53%) to 137,213 (47%).{{cite web |last=Planalp |first=Brian |date= November 9, 2022|title=Greg Landsman unseats Chabot in surprise win for Democrats |url=https://www.fox19.com/2022/11/09/greg-landsman-unseats-steve-chabot-surprise-win-democrats/ |accessdate=November 9, 2022 |publisher=Fox19.com}}

{{See also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 1|label 1=2024 Ohio's 1st congressional district election}}

On November 5, 2024, Landsman won re-election to his house seat against Republican Orlando Sonza by a vote of 208,650 (55%) to 174,621 (45%). [https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio%27s_1st_Congressional_District_election,_2024] He thus became only the third Democrat to represent a significant portion of Cincinnati for more than one term since the Civil War.

Landsman took office on January 7, 2023, as the U.S. representative for Ohio’s 1st congressional district.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Members/L000601 |access-date=2025-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208083106/https://clerk.house.gov/Members/L000601 |archive-date=December 8, 2023 }} During the 118th Congress, he served on the Small Business Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee. That March, he supported the bipartisan Rail Act, which called for increased train inspections and stronger penalties to help prevent future accidents following the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.

In 2024, Landsman co-sponsored the bipartisan NO BOSS Act, which encourages states to offer self-employment assistance programs, which allow entrepreneurs to collect unemployment benefits while starting their own businesses.{{Cite web |title=Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to help entrepreneurs launch their own businesses |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/07/03/self-employment-assistance-program |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}} In mid-July, he called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.{{cite web |title=Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman: 'Time for President Biden to step aside' |url=https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/19/rep-greg-landsman-calls-on-joe-biden-to-step-aside/74471979007/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} Later in October, he co-sponsored the bipartisan What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act, which seeks to strengthen suicide prevention and mental health support for veterans by improving data collection to identify the most effective programs.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Rep. Greg Landsman proposes veteran suicide prevention bill amid race against challenger Orlando Sonza |url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/local-politics/rep-greg-landsman-proposes-veteran-suicide-prevention-bill-amid-race-against-challenger-orlando-sonza |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=WCPO 9 Cincinnati |language=en}}

In 2025, Landsman was one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act.{{cite news |last=Rashid |first=Hafiz |date=January 22, 2025 |title=The 46 Democrats Who Voted for Republicans' Racist Immigration Bill |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/190569/list-house-democrats-vote-pass-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill |accessdate=January 31, 2025 |publisher=The New Republic}}

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Source:{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://landsman.house.gov/about |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Greg Landsman |language=en}}

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Subcommittee on Health
• Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
• Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals

• New Democrat Coalition{{Cite web |title=Leadership {{!}} New Democrat Coalition |url=https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=newdemocratcoalition.house.gov |language=en}}
• Problem Solvers Caucus
• Labor Caucus
• Congressional Ukraine Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Future Forum

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Landsman introduced the Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act in 2023, which aimed to cap insulin costs at $35 per month for individuals 26 and under with private insurance or Medicaid.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-15 |title=Congressman Greg Landsman introduces bill to cap cost of insulin for children |url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/congressman-greg-landsman-introduces-bill-to-cap-cost-of-insulin-for-children |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=WCPO 9 Cincinnati |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=WLWT Digital |date=2023-03-18 |title=US Rep. Greg Landsman holds town hall event Saturday |url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/us-rep-greg-landsman-to-hold-town-hall-saturday/43355557 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=WLWT |language=en}} In 2024, he introduced the Medicare PBM Accountability Act to increase transparency by requiring pharmacy benefit managers to disclose profits and address pricing discrepancies.{{Cite web |title=Independent pharmacies, patients and lawmakers take steps to rein in PBMs |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/04/03/pbm-ohio-independent-pharmacy |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}}

Landsman co-introduced the bipartisan Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act in 2023, alongside Reps. Emilia Sykes, Mike Carey, and Max Miller. The bill proposes allowing law enforcement agencies to use federal grants for recruitment and retention bonuses.{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Paige |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Sykes, other Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to help with law enforcement hiring, retention |url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/07/05/emilia-sykes-max-miller-greg-landsman-mike-carey-introduce-bill-to-help-law-enforcement-hiring/70341745007/ |work=The Repository}}

Landsman lives with his wife, Sarah, and their two children in Mount Washington, a neighborhood on Cincinnati's east side.{{cite web |last=Gardner |first=Steve |date=2021-09-06 |title=Greg Landsman |url=https://thefacesofcincinnati.com/greg-landsman/ |accessdate=2022-11-16 |publisher=The Faces of Cincinnati}}

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