Tristan Rader

Tristan William Rader is an American politician who is the representative for the 13th district of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously a member of the Lakewood city council.

Political career In 2016, Rader was the operations director of the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus, an organization that endorsed and campaigned for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign, as well as various local progressive causes.

Rader was elected to an at-large seat of the Lakewood, Ohio, city council in 2017, He was reelected in 2021. however, he suspended his campaign on April 2. He remained on the ballot, losing to Matthew Diemer, who went on to lose the general election to Republican Max Miller.

In 2024, Democrat Michael J. Skindell, the representative of the 13th district in the Ohio House of Representatives, chose not to run for reelection. Rader ran to succeed him. He won the Democratic primary unopposed, and won the general election against Republican Robert E. Dintaman.

Committee assignments

Energy (ranking member) Commerce and Labor Government Oversight Natural Resources

Electoral history

Personal life Rader lives with his wife, Caitlin, in downtown Lakewood.