Laketa Cole

Laketa Cole is an American politician who served as a member of the Cincinnati City Council in Cincinnati, Ohio. She first ran for council in 2001 as an independent.
Early life and education
Cole is a native of Cincinnati, where she attended Cincinnati Public Schools. She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Wittenberg University in 1995.
Career
In 2000, she was campaign manager for John A. Smith, a candidate for the 36th district in the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1999, she served as former Councilmember Paul Booth's campaign manager, and was deputy campaign manager for former mayor and councilman Dwight Tillery in 1997. She has served as a precinct executive, and spent two years as the vice president of the Hamilton County Young Democrats.
In 2001, Cole was an unsuccessful candidate for Cincinnati City Council. In April 2003, she was appointed to council to fill an unexpired seat. Upon her appointment, Cole became the first African American woman selected to serve on the city council. In 2005, she was re-elected to council with a third-place finish out of 31 candidates. In 2007, she ran as a Democrat, seeking a fourth and final term on council before she was term limited. Cole left city council in 2010 to work for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), appointed by then-Governor Ted Strickland.
Cole expressed a desire to run for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 33rd district before accepted the job with PUCO.

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