{"id":2448,"date":"2025-03-24T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2448"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:39:06","slug":"7-16-csu-alum-state-representative-terrence-upchurch","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/7-16-csu-alum-state-representative-terrence-upchurch\/","title":{"rendered":"7.16 CSU Alum &amp; State Representative Terrence Upchurch"},"content":{"raw":"<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2449\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">Terrence Upchurch <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">represents<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"> Ohio\u2019s 20th House District, which includes portions of Cleveland and surrounding communities. A CSU graduate, he earned his bachelor's degree in political science and is currently pursuing his law degree at CSU. Upchurch began his public service career working as a special assistant to Cleveland City Council and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2018. As a legislator, he focuses on economic development, criminal justice reform, and improving educational opportunities. <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">Reference <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW16850091 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiohouse.gov\/members\/terrence-upchurch\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/www.ohiohouse.gov\/members\/terrence-upchurch\/biography<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW16850091 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-65x91.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-225x315.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence-350x490.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/03\/Upchurch-Terrence.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">Terrence Upchurch <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">represents<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"> Ohio\u2019s 20th House District, which includes portions of Cleveland and surrounding communities. A CSU graduate, he earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree in political science and is currently pursuing his law degree at CSU. Upchurch began his public service career working as a special assistant to Cleveland City Council and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2018. As a legislator, he focuses on economic development, criminal justice reform, and improving educational opportunities. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\">Reference <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW16850091 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiohouse.gov\/members\/terrence-upchurch\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/www.ohiohouse.gov\/members\/terrence-upchurch\/biography<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16850091 BCX0\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW16850091 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2448","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2448\/revisions\/2450"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/46"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2448\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}