Gayle Manning

American politician (born 1950)

Gayle Manning


Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 52nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 55th district
In office January 7, 2019 – December 31, 2022
Preceded by	Nathan Manning
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 13th district
In office January 3, 2011 – December 31, 2018
Preceded by	Sue Morano
Succeeded by	Nathan Manning

Personal details
Born	(1950-03-02) March 2, 1950 (age 74)
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jeffrey Manning
Children	Nathan Manning
Residence	North Ridgeville, Ohio
Alma mater	Kent State University University of Akron
Profession	Teacher

Gayle Manning (born March 2, 1950) is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving since 2019. Formerly, she was a member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 13th district from 2011 to 2018. Manning also taught elementary school students in North Olmsted City Schools for 37 years, winning numerous awards and citations for her accomplishments in education. She was named Educator of the Year by the North Olmsted Council of PTA and received the Teacher in American Enterprise Award from the Ohio Council on Economic Education.

Key Legislation

Senator Manning co-sponsored legislation in 2013 that the Lorain Morning Journal hailed as “life-saving.” The legislation allows law enforcement officers quicker access to cell phone records of people who are believed to be kidnapped or missing and in danger.^[1]

Controversies

Then Senator Manning drew criticism after a report published by the League of Women Voters of Ohio on May 6, 2019 released a 2011 email from the Senator to Ray DiRossi, a Republican operative contracted for $105,000 to draw new district lines for state elections after the 2010 census. After mentioning that “[She] knows they are looking for Republicans in Lorain County” Senator Manning listed several individual streets within the city of Lorain where she had previously “gained a good response from the people.”

Another email from the same report detailed a meeting between DiRossi and Senator Manning in “the bunker”, the name DiRossi and his staff described a Double Tree hotel room just outside the statehouse. The report concluded that this taxpayer-funded hotel room was used “to ensure no one could gain access to the redistricting plans”. According to the League of Women Voters, for meetings like Senator Manning's “every effort was made to conduct deliberations in private”.^[2]

References

^ Richard Payerchin, ["A potential life saver: Cell phone rule could help authorities find missing people" http://morningjournal.com/articles/2013/04/18/news/doc516f686a333ea266023060.txt?viewmode=fullstory], The Loraine Morning Journal, April 18, 2013 (Retrieved July 9, 2013)
^ Exner, Rich; clevel; May 06, com | Posted; May 07, 2019 at 01:12 PM | Updated; AM, 2019 at 11:25 (6 May 2019). "The story of secret deals & careful calculations that went into GOP's effort to gerrymander Ohio's (now ruled illegal) congressional district map". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)