Katie Paris

Ideastream

Meet The Suburban Cleveland Mom Working To Flip Ohio Blue In 2020

Amy Eddings

In 2016, white suburban women helped launch Donald Trump to presidential victory. The win jolted many Democratic suburban women into action. Katie Paris, a Shaker Heights mother of two and the former CEO of a left-leaning media company, found clusters of like-minded women all over Ohio, even in Republican strongholds. She formed Red Wine and Blue to harness their power, flip Ohio Blue in 2020 and loosen the GOP’s grip on statewide races.