COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) is stepping down from her position in leadership at the end of the month.

"Serving as the Ohio House Minority leader for the last three and a half years has been an incredible honor," Russo said in a statement.

"Over the last few years, my colleagues and I have stood strong in the face of attacks on our most basic rights and values, and despite tough odds we were successful in standing up for all Ohioans," she said. "We preserved our right to direct democracy against an attempt to raise the citizen ballot initiative threshold to 60 percent. We fought to fund public schools and speak out against the dangerous private school voucher program. We stood up for the rights of working Ohioans and so much more."

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