Tiberi Will Face Congressional Challenge

10 TV: After serving five years as a Franklin County Commissioner, Paula Brooks announced Wednesday that she will run for Congress. Brooks, a Democrat, will challenge Republican Pat Tiberi in the 12th District…

Brooks said she would focus her campaign on energy independence that will help bring new jobs to the area. She said her service as a county commissioner has shown her ability to create jobs. "Opening that new Huntington Ballpark was a regional benefit," she said. "We built tourism in the central Ohio region from $5 billion in 2005 to $7 billion today."

Brooks, a lawyer, has also served in state government. She was formally an investigator in Ohio's Attorney General's Office, and served as director of the Department of Administrative Service.