127th Ohio General Assembly
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The 127th Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2007 and 2008. The biennium corresponded with the final days the Bob Taft
Bob Taft
Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft...

 administration, and the first two years of Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

's tenure as Ohio Governor. The districts were drawn in accordance to the 2000 United States census and the 2002 redistricting
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...

 process. Both the Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate
The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

 and Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

 were retained by the Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1854. Kevin DeWine has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 2009...

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Vacancies

  • January 2, 2007: Representative Keith Faber
    Keith Faber
    Keith Lloyd Faber is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 12th District since his appointment in January 2007. He also serves as President pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform...

     (R-77th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate
    Ohio Senate
    The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

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  • January 28, 2007: Senator Kimberly Zurz (D-28th) resigns to become Director of Commerce for Governor Ted Strickland
    Ted Strickland
    Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

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  • April 29, 2007: Representative Kenneth Carano
    Kenneth Carano
    Ken Carano is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 59th District from 2001-2007.Ken also served as Austintown Township Trustee and as the General Manager of Austintown Community Television-External links:*...

     (D-59th) resigns to become a member of the cabinent of Governor Ted Strickland
    Ted Strickland
    Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

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  • October 9, 2007: Senator Patricia Clancy (R-8th) resigns.
  • October 9, 2007: Representative Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

     (R-30th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate
    Ohio Senate
    The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

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  • December 12, 2007: Representative William J. Healy II
    William J. Healy II
    William J. Healy II is the current mayor of Canton, Ohio.Mayor William J. Healy II was elected to his first term as Mayor of the City of Canton on November 6, 2007...

     (D-52nd) resigns to become mayor of Canton, Ohio
    Canton, Ohio
    Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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  • December 13, 2007: Representative Bob Latta
    Bob Latta
    Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, the second-largest in the state, includes most of Toledo's suburbs, including Fremont and Bowling Green....

     (R-6th) resigns to become a member of the United States House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

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  • December 31, 2007: Representative Robert J. Otterman
    Robert J. Otterman
    Robert J. Otterman is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 45th District from 2001–2008, when he was replaced by his son, John Otterman.-References:...

     (D-45th) resigns.
  • January 9, 2008: Senator Randy Gardner
    Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
    Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

     (R-2nd) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives
    Ohio House of Representatives
    The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

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  • January 15, 2008: Representative Mark Wagoner
    Mark Wagoner
    Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. is an American politician, who is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing all of Wood and Erie counties and portions of Ottawa and Lucas counties. Wagoner previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives...

     (R-46th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate
    Ohio Senate
    The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

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  • March 31, 2008: Representative George Distel
    George Distel
    George Distel is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 99th District from 1999-2008. He currently is the Administrator of the Ohio Turnpike Commission....

     (D-99th) resigns.
  • April 28, 2008: Representative Matt Barrett (D-58th) resigns due to involvement with a scandal involving school children and pornography.
  • May 28, 2008: Representative John Widowfield
    John Widowfield
    John Widowfield is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 42nd District from 2003 to 2008. He resigned amid allegations that he had purchased Ohio State University football tickets with money from his campaign and then sold them for profit.-External...

     (R-42nd) resigns as a result of a scandal involving tickets for the Ohio State Buckeyes
    Ohio State Buckeyes
    The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of The Ohio State University, named after the state tree, the Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports...

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  • August 15, 2008: Representative Jim Raussen
    Jim Raussen
    Jim Raussen is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 29th District from 2003 to 2008.-External links:*...

     (R-28th) resigns.
  • September 16, 2008: Senator Lance Mason
    Lance Mason
    Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

     (D-25th) resigns to take a seat on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
  • October 31, 2008: Senator Jeff Jacobson
    Jeff Jacobson (Ohio)
    Jeff Jacobson was a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th District starting 2001. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1992 until 2000....

     (R-6th) resigns.
  • November 2, 2008: Senator Robert Spada
    Robert Spada
    Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio from 1999 to 2008.- External links :* official Ohio Senate website* profile*Follow the Money - Robert F Spada...

     (R-24th) resigns.
  • December 31, 2008: Senator John Boccieri
    John Boccieri
    John Boccieri is a one-term U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He was defeated by Republican Jim Renacci on November 2, 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.-Early life and career:Boccieri...

     (D-33rd) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

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Appointments

  • January 2, 2007: Appointment of Keith Faber
    Keith Faber
    Keith Lloyd Faber is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 12th District since his appointment in January 2007. He also serves as President pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform...

     as Senator of the 12th District due to the resignation of Jim Jordan
    Jim Jordan
    James "Jim" Jordan was the actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly, and the albatross, Orville, in Disney's The Rescuers .-Biography:...

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  • January 2, 2007: Appointment of Jason Wilson as Senator of the 30th District due to the resignation of Charlie Wilson
    Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
    Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives...

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  • January 2, 2007: Appointment of Capri Cafaro
    Capri Cafaro
    Capri Silvestri Cafaro is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 32nd District since her appointment in 2007. In 2009, Cafaro became minority leader after serving as assistant minority whip for the Senate.-Career:...

     as Senator of the 32nd District due to the resignation of Marc Dann
    Marc Dann
    Marc Dann Marc Dann Marc Dann (born March 12, 1962, in Evanston, Illinois, is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from the University of Michigan and a law degree in 1987 from Case Western Reserve University, and practiced law in Youngstown,...

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  • February 20, 2007: Appointment of Thomas C. Sawyer
    Thomas C. Sawyer
    Thomas Charles Sawyer, usually known as Tom Sawyer, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 28th District since his appointment in February 2007. He served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1987 to 2003.- Career :...

     as Senator of the 28th District due to the resignation of Kimberly Zurz.
  • February 20, 2007: Appointment of Jim Zehringer
    Jim Zehringer
    Jim Zehringer is the Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, who has served in the cabinet of Ohio Governor John Kasich, since 2011. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, and as a Mercer County Commissioner from 2002 to 2007. He is a farmer by trade.Zehringer...

     as Representative of the 77th District due to the resignation of Keith Faber
    Keith Faber
    Keith Lloyd Faber is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 12th District since his appointment in January 2007. He also serves as President pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform...

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  • May 1, 2007: Appointment of Ron Gerberry as Representative of the 59th District due to the resignation of Kenneth Carano
    Kenneth Carano
    Ken Carano is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 59th District from 2001-2007.Ken also served as Austintown Township Trustee and as the General Manager of Austintown Community Television-External links:*...

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  • October 9, 2007: Appointment of Robert Mecklenborg
    Robert Mecklenborg
    Robert Mecklenborg is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 30th district since his appointment in 2007. As chairman of the state government and elections committee, he introduced a bill to require voters to produce state-issued photo identification in order to...

     as Representative of the 30th District due to the resignation of Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

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  • October 10, 2007: Appointment of Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

     as Senator of the 8th District due to the resignation of Patricia Clancy.
  • January 8, 2008: Appointment of John Otterman
    John Otterman
    John Otterman is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 45th District from 2008 to 2010. A environmental consultant and a former member of Akron, Ohio City Council from 1992 to 2007, Otterman is the son of Robert J...

     as Representative of the 45th District due to the resignation of Robert J. Otterman
    Robert J. Otterman
    Robert J. Otterman is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 45th District from 2001–2008, when he was replaced by his son, John Otterman.-References:...

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  • January 10, 2008: Appointment of Randy Gardner
    Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
    Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

     as Representative of the 6th District due to the resignation of Bob Latta
    Bob Latta
    Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, the second-largest in the state, includes most of Toledo's suburbs, including Fremont and Bowling Green....

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  • January 15, 2008: Appointment of Mark Wagoner
    Mark Wagoner
    Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. is an American politician, who is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing all of Wood and Erie counties and portions of Ottawa and Lucas counties. Wagoner previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives...

     as Senator of the 2nd District due to the resignation of Randy Gardner
    Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
    Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

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  • January 15, 2008: Appointment of Barbara Sears as Representative of the 46th District due to the resignation of Mark Wagoner
    Mark Wagoner
    Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. is an American politician, who is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing all of Wood and Erie counties and portions of Ottawa and Lucas counties. Wagoner previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives...

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  • March 11, 2008: Appointment of Stephen Slesnick
    Stephen Slesnick
    Stephen Slesnick is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 52nd District since 2008.-Career:A lifelong resident of Canton, after graduating from Ohio State University Slesnick became Slesnick Iron & Metal Company's vice president.-Ohio House of...

     as Representative of the 52nd District due to the resignation of William J. Healy II
    William J. Healy II
    William J. Healy II is the current mayor of Canton, Ohio.Mayor William J. Healy II was elected to his first term as Mayor of the City of Canton on November 6, 2007...

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  • May 21, 2008: Appointment of Deborah Newcomb
    Deborah Newcomb
    Deborah Newcomb is a Democratic politician who most recently served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. A representative for one and one half terms, Newcomb lost reelection in 2010 to Casey Kozlowski by 42 votes.-External links:...

     as Representative of the 99th District due to the resignation of George Distel
    George Distel
    George Distel is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 99th District from 1999-2008. He currently is the Administrator of the Ohio Turnpike Commission....

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  • May 21, 2008: Appointment of Tom Heydinger
    Tom Heydinger
    Tom Heydinger is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, represented the 58th District briefly in 2008.-Life and career:...

     as Representative of the 58th District due to the resignation of Matt Barrett.
  • June 10, 2008: Appointment of Richard Nero
    Richard Nero
    Richard Nero is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 42nd District briefly in 2008.-Life and career:...

     as Representative of the 42nd District due to the resignation of John Widowfield
    John Widowfield
    John Widowfield is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 42nd District from 2003 to 2008. He resigned amid allegations that he had purchased Ohio State University football tickets with money from his campaign and then sold them for profit.-External...

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  • September 17, 2008: Appointment of Nina Turner
    Nina Turner
    Nina Turner is an Ohio State Senator representing the 25th District. The district encompasses the eastern side of Cuyahoga County.-External links:* official site...

     as Senator of the 25th District due to the resignation of Lance Mason
    Lance Mason
    Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

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  • November 18, 2008: Appointment of Peggy Lehner
    Peggy Lehner
    Peggy Lehner is a member of the Ohio Senate, who was appointed to represent the Sixth District in 2011. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009-2011. She is the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.-External links:* official site...

     as Senator of the 6th District to serve as a placeholder.
  • November 18, 2008: Appointment of Tom Patton
    Tom Patton
    Tom Patton is a member and current majority leader of the Ohio Senate, representing the Twenty Fourth District since 2008. He formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008...

     as Senator of the 24th District due to the resignation of Robert Spada
    Robert Spada
    Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio from 1999 to 2008.- External links :* official Ohio Senate website* profile*Follow the Money - Robert F Spada...

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  • December 5, 2008: Appointment of Andrew Ciarfardini
    Andrew Ciarfardini
    Andrew Ciarfardini is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 28th District for a brief month in 2008.-External links:*...

     as Representative of the 28th District as a placeholder.

Senate

Affiliation Party Total
Republican
Ohio Republican Party
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1854. Kevin DeWine has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 2009...

Democratic
Ohio Democratic Party
The Ohio Democratic Party is the Ohio affiliate to the United States Democratic Party. Former Ohio House Minority Leader Chris Redfern is the Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Redfern was elected to office in December 2005...

Vacant
End of previous legislature 22 11 33 0
Begin 21 12 33 0
Latest voting share 63.6% 36.4%

Majority leadership

  • President of the Senate: Bill Harris
    Bill Harris (Ohio politician)
    Bill Harris is a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010.-Life and career:...

  • President pro tempore of the Senate: Jeff Jacobson
    Jeff Jacobson (Ohio)
    Jeff Jacobson was a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th District starting 2001. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1992 until 2000....

     (January 2007-November 2008)
  • Floor Leader: Randy Gardner
    Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
    Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

     (January 2007-January 2008) Tom Niehaus
    Tom Niehaus
    Tom Niehaus is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 14th District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Niehaus succeeded Ohio Senate President Doug White, who was prevented by Ohio's term limits law from running for...

     (January 2008-December 2008)
  • Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Robert Spada
    Robert Spada
    Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio from 1999 to 2008.- External links :* official Ohio Senate website* profile*Follow the Money - Robert F Spada...

     (January 2007-December 2008)
  • Whip: Steve Austria
    Steve Austria
    Stephen Clement "Steve" Austria is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Springfield to the southern suburbs of Columbus....


Minority leadership

  • Leader: Teresa Fedor
    Teresa Fedor
    Teresa Fedor is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 47th District since 2011. She represented the same district from 2001 to 2002, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010.-Life and career:...

     (January 2007-January 2008), Ray Miller
    Ray Miller (Ohio legislator)
    Ray Miller is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly.-Life and career:A graduate of the Ohio State University and a former staffer in the Carter Administration, Miller was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1982, succeeding Leslie Brown. He won...

     (January 2008-December 2008)
  • Assistant Leader: Tom Roberts
    Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)
    Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly. When Ed Orlett resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1986, House Democrats appointed Roberts to serve the remainder of his term...

     (January 2007-January 2008), Shirley Smith
    Shirley Smith (politician)
    Shirley Smith is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 21st District since 2007. Smith also serves as assistant minority leader in the Senate...

     (January 2008-)
  • Whip: Ray Miller
    Ray Miller (Ohio legislator)
    Ray Miller is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly.-Life and career:A graduate of the Ohio State University and a former staffer in the Carter Administration, Miller was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1982, succeeding Leslie Brown. He won...

     (January 2007-January 2008), Lance Mason
    Lance Mason
    Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

     (January 2008-October 2008)
  • Assistant Whip: Lance Mason
    Lance Mason
    Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

     (January 2007-January 2008), Capri Cafaro
    Capri Cafaro
    Capri Silvestri Cafaro is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 32nd District since her appointment in 2007. In 2009, Cafaro became minority leader after serving as assistant minority whip for the Senate.-Career:...

     (January 2008-December 2008)

Members of the 127th Senate

District Senator Party Residence First elected Term Limited
1 Steve Buehrer
Steve Buehrer
Stephen P. Buehrer is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 1st District, and was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress in the special election for Ohio's 5th congressional district to replace the late Paul Gillmor...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_01.html
Republican Delta
Delta, Ohio
Delta is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,930 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Delta is located at ....

2006 2014
2 Mark Wagoner
Mark Wagoner
Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. is an American politician, who is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing all of Wood and Erie counties and portions of Ottawa and Lucas counties. Wagoner previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_02.html
Republican Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
3 David Goodman
David Goodman (politician)
David Goodman is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He is the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_03.html
Republican New Albany
New Albany, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,711 people, 1,263 households, and 1,030 families residing in the village. The population density was 415.7 people per square mile . There were 1,424 housing units at an average density of 159.5 per square mile...

2001 (Appt.) 2010
4 Gary Cates
Gary Cates
Gary Cates is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 to 2004, and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_04.html
Republican West Chester
West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio
West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...

2004 2012
5 Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)
Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly. When Ed Orlett resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1986, House Democrats appointed Roberts to serve the remainder of his term...

Democratic Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

2002 (Appt.) 2010
6 Peggy Lehner
Peggy Lehner
Peggy Lehner is a member of the Ohio Senate, who was appointed to represent the Sixth District in 2011. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009-2011. She is the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.-External links:* official site...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_06.html
Republican Kettering
Kettering, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,502 people, 25,657 households, and 15,727 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,077.4 people per square mile . There were 26,936 housing units at an average density of 1,441.6 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
7 Robert Schuler
Bob Schuler
Robert Schuler was a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. Schuler first entered politics in the late 1970s as a member of the Deer Park City Council and also spent four years as a Sycamore Township trustee from 1988 to 1992. Initially running for the Ohio House...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_07.html
Republican Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2002 2010
8 Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_08.html
Republican Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
9 Eric Kearney
Eric Kearney
Eric Kearney is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate. Kearney was appointed Senator of the 9th District in December 2005.-Career:In 1981, Kearney graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. He later received his Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati Law School, and his Bachelor...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_09.html
Democratic Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2005 (Appt.) 2014
10 Steve Austria
Steve Austria
Stephen Clement "Steve" Austria is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Springfield to the southern suburbs of Columbus....

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_10.html
Republican Beavercreek
Beavercreek, Ohio
Beavercreek is the largest city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and is the second largest suburb of Dayton behind Kettering. The population was 45,193 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2000 2008
11 Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 47th District since 2011. She represented the same district from 2001 to 2002, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_11.html
Democratic Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

2002 2010
12 Keith Faber
Keith Faber
Keith Lloyd Faber is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 12th District since his appointment in January 2007. He also serves as President pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_12.html
Republican Celina
Celina, Ohio
Celina is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,303 at the 2000 census. Celina is situated on the western shores of Grand Lake St. Marys.-History:...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
13 Sue Morano
Sue Morano
Sue Morano is a Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the Ohio Senate.-Life and career:Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morano is a registered nurse who maintains shifts in the emergency room of the local county hospital even currently...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_13.html
Democratic Lorain
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....

2006 2014
14 Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 14th District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Niehaus succeeded Ohio Senate President Doug White, who was prevented by Ohio's term limits law from running for...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_14.html
Republican New Richmond
New Richmond, Ohio
New Richmond is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, founded 1814, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Richmond is located at ....

2004 2012
15 Ray Miller
Ray Miller (Ohio legislator)
Ray Miller is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly.-Life and career:A graduate of the Ohio State University and a former staffer in the Carter Administration, Miller was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1982, succeeding Leslie Brown. He won...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_15.html
Democratic Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

2002 2010
16 Steve Stivers
Steve Stivers
Steve Stivers is the U.S. Representative for He is a member of the Republican Party. Stivers previously served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 16th district...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_16.html
Republican Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

2003 (Appt.) 2012
17 John Carey http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_17.html Republican Wellston
Wellston, Ohio
Wellston is a city in Jackson County, Ohio, United States, in the southeastern part of the state. Founded in 1873 as an iron and coal producing center, the city was named after founder Harvey Wells, a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention. The city was incorporated in 1876. The population...

2002 2010
18 Timothy Grendell
Tim Grendell
Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 18th district since 2005. He is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_18.html
Republican Chesterland
Chesterland, Ohio
Chesterland is a census-designated place in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,646 at the 2000 census. "Chesterland" is also the name by which most of unincorporated Chester Township is known...

2004 2012
19 Bill Harris
Bill Harris (Ohio politician)
Bill Harris is a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_19.html
Republican Ashland
Ashland, Ohio
Ashland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Ashland County. The population was 21,249 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Ashland Micropolitan Statistical Area...

2000 (Appt.) 2010
20 Joy Padgett
Joy Padgett
Joy Padgett is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006, dogged by personal scandals, she ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and for Congress in...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_20.html
Republican Coshocton
Coshocton, Ohio
Coshocton is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population of the city was 11,682 at the 2000 census. The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet in Coshocton to form the Muskingum River....

2004 2012
21 Shirley Smith
Shirley Smith (politician)
Shirley Smith is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 21st District since 2007. Smith also serves as assistant minority leader in the Senate...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_21.html
Democratic Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2006 2014
22 Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 2009. Prior to his current time in the House, he served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 22nd District from 2001 to 2008, and an early stint in the same House seat from 1981 to 2000...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_22.html
Republican Wooster
Wooster, Ohio
Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...

2000 2008
23 Dale Miller
Dale Miller
Dale Miller is a former Democratic member of the Cuyahoga County Council, serving since January 1, 2011. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2006 to 2010, and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 to 2006...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_23.html
Democratic Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2006 (Appt.) 2014
24 Tom Patton
Tom Patton
Tom Patton is a member and current majority leader of the Ohio Senate, representing the Twenty Fourth District since 2008. He formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_24.html
Republican Strongsville
Strongsville, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 43,858 people, 16,209 households, and 12,383 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,779.6 people per square mile . There were 16,863 housing units at an average density of 684.2 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
25 Nina Turner
Nina Turner
Nina Turner is an Ohio State Senator representing the 25th District. The district encompasses the eastern side of Cuyahoga County.-External links:* official site...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_25.html
Democratic Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2008 (Appt.) 2018
26 Larry Mumper
Larry Mumper
Larry A. Mumper is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 26th District from 1997 to 2008.-External links:* profile*Follow the Money - Larry Mumper** campaign contributions...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_26.html
Republican Loudonville
Loudonville, Ohio
Loudonville is a village in Ashland and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,906 at the 2000 census. Loudonville is nicknamed the "Canoe Capital of Ohio" for the many canoe liveries along the Mohican River...

1997 (Appt.) 2008
27 Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin
Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_27.html
Republican Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,374 people, 21,655 households, and 13,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,932.9 people per square mile . There were 22,727 housing units at an average density of 889.7 per square mile...

2001 (Appt.) 2010
28 Tom Sawyer
Thomas C. Sawyer
Thomas Charles Sawyer, usually known as Tom Sawyer, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 28th District since his appointment in February 2007. He served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1987 to 2003.- Career :...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_28.html
Democratic Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
29 Kirk Schuring
Kirk Schuring
Kirk Schuring is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002, and of the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. Schuring was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 16th congressional district in 2008...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_29.html
Republican Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2002 2010
30 Jason Wilson http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_30.html Democratic Columbiana
Columbiana, Ohio
Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 6,384 at the 2010 census.The Columbiana County portion of Columbiana is part of the East Liverpool–Salem Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Mahoning County portion is part of the...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
31 Tim Schaffer
Tim Schaffer
Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 31st District since 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.-Career:Schaffer holds a B.A...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_31.html
Republican Lancaster
Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,780. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately southeast of Columbus, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County...

2006 2014
32 Capri Cafaro
Capri Cafaro
Capri Silvestri Cafaro is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 32nd District since her appointment in 2007. In 2009, Cafaro became minority leader after serving as assistant minority whip for the Senate.-Career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_32.html
Democratic Hubbard
Hubbard, Ohio
Hubbard is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from part of Hubbard Township, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 8,284 at the 2000 census...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
33 John Boccieri
John Boccieri
John Boccieri is a one-term U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He was defeated by Republican Jim Renacci on November 2, 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.-Early life and career:Boccieri...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_33.html
Democratic New Middletown
New Middletown, Ohio
New Middletown is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2000 census. New Middletown is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County...

2007 2014

Composition

Affiliation Party Total
Democratic
Ohio Democratic Party
The Ohio Democratic Party is the Ohio affiliate to the United States Democratic Party. Former Ohio House Minority Leader Chris Redfern is the Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Redfern was elected to office in December 2005...

Republican
Ohio Republican Party
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1854. Kevin DeWine has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 2009...

Vacant
End of previous legislature 38 60 99 0
Begin 46 53 99 0
Latest voting share 46.5% 53.5%

Majority leadership

  • Speaker of the House: Jon Husted
    Jon Husted
    Jon A. Husted is an American politician of the Republican Party who currently serves as Ohio Secretary of State. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th district . He also previously served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and Speaker...

  • President pro tempore of the Senate: Kevin DeWine
    Kevin DeWine
    Kevin DeWine is Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, serving since January 2009. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives....

  • Floor Leader: Larry L. Flowers
    Larry L. Flowers
    Larry L. Flowers is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 19th District from 2001-2008. He currently is serving as the fire marshal for the state of Ohio.-External links:* official OH House website* profile...

  • Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Jim Carmichael
    Jim Carmichael
    James F. Carmichael, also known as Jim Carmichael, is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District from 2000–2008. He currently is a commissioner for Wayne County.-External links:*...

  • Majority Whip: Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz
    Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

     (January 2007-August 2007)
  • Assistant Majority Whip: Michelle G. Schneider
    Michelle G. Schneider
    Michelle G. Schneider is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 35th District from 2001–2008, and at a time serving as Majority Whip...


Minority leadership

  • Leader: Joyce Beatty
    Joyce Beatty
    Joyce Beatty in Dayton, Ohio, is Senior Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University. She is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 27th House District from 1999 to 2008. She served as Minority Leader.-Life and career:Beatty has...

  • Assistant Leader: Todd Book
    Todd Book
    Todd Book is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who was first elected in 2002. He served the 89th House District, which includes all of Scioto County, the western half of Lawrence County and the eastern half of Adams County in Southern Ohio.Book was born and raised in...

  • Whip: Steve Driehaus
    Steve Driehaus
    Steven L. "Steve" Driehaus is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

  • Assistant Whip: Fred Strahorn

Members of the 127th House of Representatives

District Representative Party Residence First Elected Term Limited
1 Linda Bolon
Linda Bolon
Linda S. Bolon is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 1st District from 2007 to 2010. A lifelong resident of Columbiana County, Bolon graduated from Columbus University...

Dem East Palestine
East Palestine, Ohio
East Palestine is a city in Unity Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, near the border with Pennsylvania. The population was 4,917 at the 2000 census....

2006 2014
2 Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District from 2000 to 2008. Peterson has served as Delaware County Auditor, and currently serves as the Delaware County Treasurer.-External links:*...

Rep Delaware
Delaware, Ohio
The City of Delaware is a city in and the county seat of Delaware County in the United States state of Ohio. Delaware was founded in 1808 and was incorporated in 1816. It is located near the center of Ohio, is about north of Columbus, and is part of the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area...

2000 2008
3 Jim Carmichael
Jim Carmichael
James F. Carmichael, also known as Jim Carmichael, is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District from 2000–2008. He currently is a commissioner for Wayne County.-External links:*...

Rep Wooster
Wooster, Ohio
Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...

2000 2008
4 Matt Huffman
Matt Huffman
Matt Huffman is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 4th District since 2007. Prior to his service in the House, he served as president of Lima City Council for seven years and as an attorney with the Lima law firm Huffman, Kelley, Becker & Brock...

Rep Lima
Lima, Ohio
Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo....

2006 2014
5 Gerald Stebleton
Gerald Stebleton
Gerald Stebelton is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 5th District since 2007. Currently, he is chairman of the House Education Committee.-Career:...

Rep Lancaster
Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,780. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately southeast of Columbus, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County...

2006 2014
6 Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

Rep Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
7 Kenny Yuko
Kenny Yuko
Kenny Yuko is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 7th District since his appointment in 2004. Prior to his time in the legislature, Yuko was a political and union activist for more than two decades.-Career:...

Dem Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights, Ohio
-External links:*...

2004 2012
8 Armond Budish
Armond Budish
Armond D. Budish is the Democratic representative for the 8th district of the Ohio House of Representatives. First elected into service during the 127th General Assembly of 2007, he was re-elected in the 128th, where he served as Speaker of the House...

Dem Beachwood
Beachwood, Ohio
-External links:* *...

2006 2014
9 Barbara Boyd
Barbara Boyd
Barbara Boyd is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 9th District since 2007. Formerly, she represented the same district from 1993-2001.-Career:...

Dem Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The city's population was 46,121 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cleveland Heights is located at ....

2006 2014
10 Eugene Miller
Eugene Miller (Ohio politician)
Eugene R. Miller is a member of Cleveland City Council and a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 10th District from 2007 to 2009. He has represented Cleveland's Ward 10 since May 2009, when he was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Councilman Roosevelt...

Dem Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2006 2014
11 Sandra Williams
Sandra Williams
Sandra Williams is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 11th District since 2007.-Career:A native of Cleveland, Williams attended Cleveland State University and Tiffin University. Williams worked in the field of criminal justice for more than a decade...

Dem Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2006 2014
12 Michael DeBose
Michael DeBose
Michael DeBose is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was first elected to that position on 13 February 2002....

Dem Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2002 (Appt.) 2010
13 Michael J. Skindell
Michael J. Skindell
Michael J. Skindell is an American politician and member of the Democratic party in Ohio. He is a practicing attorney in Cleveland, and represents the Twenty Third District of the Ohio Senate...

Dem Lakewood
Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 52,131 at the 2010 making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma .Lakewood, one of Cleveland's...

2002 2010
14 Michael Foley
Michael Foley (Ohio politician)
Michael Foley is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 14th District since 2006.-Career:Prior to his time in the House, Foley had worked as director of the Cleveland Tenants Organization, as well as a court administrator, bailiff and community organizer.-Ohio House of...

Dem Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

2006 (Appt.) 2014
15 Timothy J. DeGeeter
Timothy J. DeGeeter
Timothy J. DeGeeter is an Ohio lawyer and politician who serves as the State Representative for the 15th House District, which includes Brooklyn, Middleburg Heights, Parma and Linndale.-Career:...

Dem Parma
Parma, Ohio
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio...

2003 (Appt.) 2012
16 Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Brady is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 16th District from 2007-2009.-External links:* official campaign website** profile*Follow the Money - Jennifer Brady** campaign contributions...

Dem Westlake
Westlake, Ohio
Westlake is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,729 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and is located 12 miles from Cleveland's downtown.-Geography:Westlake is located at...

2006 2014
17 Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel (politician)
Josh Mandel is the current Ohio State Treasurer. Mandel previously served as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He has set up a U.S...

Rep Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,279 people, 6,642 households, and 4,397 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,480.1 people per square mile . There were 6,855 housing units at an average density of 1,561.4 per square mile...

2006 2014
18 Tom Patton
Tom Patton
Tom Patton is a member and current majority leader of the Ohio Senate, representing the Twenty Fourth District since 2008. He formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008...

Rep Strongsville
Strongsville, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 43,858 people, 16,209 households, and 12,383 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,779.6 people per square mile . There were 16,863 housing units at an average density of 684.2 per square mile...

2002 2010
19 Larry L. Flowers
Larry L. Flowers
Larry L. Flowers is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 19th District from 2001-2008. He currently is serving as the fire marshal for the state of Ohio.-External links:* official OH House website* profile...

Republican Canal Winchester
Canal Winchester, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,478 people, 1,664 households, and 1,264 families residing in the village. The 2004 census estimates that there are now 5,381 people residing in the village, and Canal Winchester may become a city within the next year or two. The population density was 702.9...

2000 2008
20 Jim McGregor
Jim McGregor
Jim McGregor is a Republican politician who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 20th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Republican Gahanna
Gahanna, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 32,636 people, 11,990 households, and 8,932 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,632.8 people per square mile . There were 12,390 housing units at an average density of 999.5 per square mile...

2001 (Appt.) 2010
21 Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon (Ohio politician)
Kevin Bacon is a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the Third District since 2011. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010...

Rep Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

2006 2014
22 Jim Hughes Rep Clintonville 2000 2008
23 Larry Wolpert
Larry Wolpert
Larry Wolpert is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 23rd District from 2001 to 2008. He is the executive director on the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review.-Life and career:...

Rep Hilliard
Hilliard, Ohio
Hilliard is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,435 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hilliard is located at . It is bordered on the east by Upper Arlington, on the north by Dublin, on the south by Galloway and Columbus, and to the west lies open farmland...

2000 2008
24 Ted Celeste
Ted Celeste
Theodore S. "Ted" Celeste is an American politician and a member of the Democratic party in Ohio. Celeste, the brother of former Ohio governor and U.S. ambassador Richard F. Celeste, ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and lost to the Republican incumbent, U.S. Sen. R. Michael DeWine...

Democrat Upper Arlington
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Upper Arlington is a suburban city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. The population was 33,686 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

2006 2014
25 Dan Stewart
Dan Stewart
Dan Stewart is a Democrat who served in the Ohio House of Representatives.-Life and career:Stewart was born and raised on Columbus's west side...

Dem Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

2002 2010
26 Tracy Maxwell Heard
Tracy Maxwell Heard
Tracy Maxwell Heard is the representative for the 26th district of the Ohio House of Representatives and the minority whip. She is a graduate of the University of Akron.-Life and career:...

Dem Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

2006 2014
27 Joyce Beatty
Joyce Beatty
Joyce Beatty in Dayton, Ohio, is Senior Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University. She is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 27th House District from 1999 to 2008. She served as Minority Leader.-Life and career:Beatty has...

Democratic Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

1999 (Appt.) >- 28 Andrew Ciarfardini
Andrew Ciarfardini
Andrew Ciarfardini is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 28th District for a brief month in 2008.-External links:*...

Republican Springdale
Springdale, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,563 people, 4,421 households, and 2,816 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,131.0 people per square mile . There were 4,607 housing units at an average density of 929.4 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2018
29 Lou Blessing
Lou Blessing
Louis W. Blessing Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party. He is Speaker pro tempore of the Ohio House of Representatives.-Career:...

Rep Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2004 2012
30 Robert Mecklenborg
Robert Mecklenborg
Robert Mecklenborg is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 30th district since his appointment in 2007. As chairman of the state government and elections committee, he introduced a bill to require voters to produce state-issued photo identification in order to...

Rep Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
31 Steve Driehaus
Steve Driehaus
Steven L. "Steve" Driehaus is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Dem Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2000 2008
32 Dale Mallory
Dale Mallory
Dale Mallory is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 32nd District since 2007.-Career:Mallory formerly served as a Cincinnati West End Community Council President, but later he became embroiled in a local dispute over a development for the homeless that led to...

Dem Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2006 2014
33 Tyrone Yates
Tyrone Yates
Tyrone Keith Yates is a Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge. He was elected on November 8, 2011. He was unopposed to fill the unexpired term of Judge Nadine Lovelace Allen who was elected to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. His new term runs until January 1, 2014. He was appointed...

Dem Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2002 2010
34 Tom Brinkman Jr. Rep Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2000 2008
35 Michelle G. Schneider
Michelle G. Schneider
Michelle G. Schneider is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 35th District from 2001–2008, and at a time serving as Majority Whip...

Rep Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

2000 2008
36 Arlene Setzer
Arlene Setzer
Arlene Setzer is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 36th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Rep Vandalia
Vandalia, Ohio
Vandalia is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Dayton. Its population was 15,246 during the 2010 census. The James M. Cox Dayton International Airport is located in the city...

2000 2008
37 Jon Husted
Jon Husted
Jon A. Husted is an American politician of the Republican Party who currently serves as Ohio Secretary of State. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th district . He also previously served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and Speaker...

Rep Kettering
Kettering, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,502 people, 25,657 households, and 15,727 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,077.4 people per square mile . There were 26,936 housing units at an average density of 1,441.6 per square mile...

2000 >- 38 John White
John White (Ohio politician)
John White is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 38th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:White is a graduate of Wright State University in marketing, and has had a career as a human resources consultant...

Rep Kettering
Kettering, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,502 people, 25,657 households, and 15,727 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,077.4 people per square mile . There were 26,936 housing units at an average density of 1,441.6 per square mile...

2000 2008
39 Clayton Luckie
Clayton Luckie
Clayton R. Luckie II is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 39th District since his appointment in 2006.-Background:Luckie graduated from Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton...

Dem Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

2006 (Appt.) >- 40 Fred Strahorn Dem Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

2000 2008
41 Brian Williams
Brian Williams (Ohio politician)
Brian Williams is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives.-Life and career:A former educator and school superintendent, Williams moved to politics after a long career in the Akron City School System....

Dem Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

2004 2012
42 Richard Nero
Richard Nero
Richard Nero is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 42nd District briefly in 2008.-Life and career:...

Rep Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,374 people, 21,655 households, and 13,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,932.9 people per square mile . There were 22,727 housing units at an average density of 889.7 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
43 Steve Dyer
Steve Dyer
Steve Dyer is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 43rd District from 2007 to 2010.-Life and career:...

Dem Green
Green, Ohio
Green is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,699 at the 2010 census. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron and Canton, although it is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

2006 2014
44 Vernon Sykes
Vernon Sykes
Vernon Sykes is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 44th District since 2007. He also served in the House from 1983 through 2000. He is the ranking member of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee.-Career:...

Dem Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

2006 2014
45 John Otterman
John Otterman
John Otterman is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 45th District from 2008 to 2010. A environmental consultant and a former member of Akron, Ohio City Council from 1992 to 2007, Otterman is the son of Robert J...

Dem Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
46 Barbara Sears Rep Sylvania
Sylvania, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,670 people, 7,151 households, and 5,070 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,223.2 people per square mile . There were 7,392 housing units at an average density of 1,276.2 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
47 Peter Ujvagi
Peter Ujvagi
Peter Sandor Ujvagi is a former Hungarian-born American Democratic state representative of Ohio state in the 47th District, who represents Toledo and Lucas County.-Life and career:...

Dem Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

2002 2010
48 Edna Brown
Edna Brown
Edna Brown of Toledo, Ohio, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 11th District since 2011. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2002-2010...

Dem Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

2001 (Appt.) 2010
49 Matt Szollosi Dem Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

2006 2014
50 John Hagan
John Hagan (Ohio politician)
John Hagan is an Ohio Republican Party politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly. The owner of a heating and plumbing business and a former Malboro Township Trustee, Hagan ran against newly appointed Representative Mike Stevens in 2000, and won a seat in the Ohio House of...

Rep Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2000 2008
51 Scott Oelslager
Scott Oelslager
Scott Oelslager is a Republican politician from Ohio. He was first appointed to the Ohio Senate in 1985, and was re-elected in 1987 with 52% of the vote. He was re-elected for three further terms. In 2002 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the 51st district, and was re-elected...

Rep Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2002 2010
52 Stephen Slesnick
Stephen Slesnick
Stephen Slesnick is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 52nd District since 2008.-Career:A lifelong resident of Canton, after graduating from Ohio State University Slesnick became Slesnick Iron & Metal Company's vice president.-Ohio House of...

Dem Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
53 Shawn Webster
Shawn Webster
Shawn Webster is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 53rd District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Rep Millville
Millville, Ohio
Millville is a village in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 817 at the 2000 census. It was established in 1815 by Joseph Van Horn, who opened a grist mill there in 1805...

2000 2008
54 Courtney Combs
Courtney Combs
Courtney Combs is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 54th District since 2004. He is the Chairman of the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.-Career:...

Rep Hamilton
Hamilton, Ohio
Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. The population was 62,447 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Butler County. The city is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area....

2004 (Appt.) 2012
55 Bill Coley
Bill Coley
Bill Coley is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 4th District since 2011. Formerly, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.-Career:...

Rep West Chester Twp.
West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio
West Chester Township, formerly known as Union Township, is a township located in the southeast corner of Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, one of thirteen townships in the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Monroe, about 18 miles north of Cincinnati, and...

2004 2012
56 Joseph Koziura
Joseph Koziura
Joseph Koziura is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 and again from 2001 until 2010.-Life and career:...

Dem Lorain
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....

2001 (Appt.) 2010
57 Matt Lundy Dem Elyria
Elyria, Ohio
-Community:Elyria has an extensive, although financially burdened, community food pantry and "Hot Meals" program administered through the Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches Elyria is served by Elyria Memorial Hospital.-Recreation and parks:...

2006 2014
58 Tom Heydinger
Tom Heydinger
Tom Heydinger is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, represented the 58th District briefly in 2008.-Life and career:...

Dem Norwalk
Norwalk, Ohio
At the 2000 census, there were 16,238 people, 6,377 households and 4,234 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,950.3 per square mile . There were 6,687 housing units at an average density of 803.1 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016
59 Ron Gerberry Dem Austintown
Austintown, Ohio
Austintown is a census-designated place in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,627 at the 2000 census...

2007 (Appt.) 2016
60 Bob Hagan
Bob Hagan
Robert F. Hagan is an American politician affiliated with the Democratic party who has held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for the Sixtieth District since 2007...

Dem Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

2006 2014
61 Mark Okey
Mark Okey
Mark Okey is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 61st District since 2007.-Career:Okey graduated from Glenwood High School, then from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in history...

Dem Carrollton
Carrollton, Ohio
Carrollton is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,190 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County.Carrollton is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

2006 2014
62 Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende
Lorraine Fende is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 62nd district.Fende served as a councilwoman and mayor in Willowick, Ohio. She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 when she won the seat of Republican Jamie Callender who was restricted by a...

Dem Willowick
Willowick, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,361 people, 6,101 households, and 4,112 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,709.2 people per square mile . There were 6,272 housing units at an average density of 2,493.4 per square mile...

2004 2012
63 Carol-Ann Schindel
Carol-Ann Schindel
Carol-Ann Schindel is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 63rd District from 2007 to 2008.-External links:**...

Rep Mentor
Mentor, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 50,278 people, 18,797 households, and 14,229 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,878.2 people per square mile . There were 19,301 housing units at an average density of 721.0 per square mile...

2006 2014
64 Tom Letson
Tom Letson
Tom Letson is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 64th district since his election in 2006.-Life and career:...

Dem Warren
Warren, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...

2006 2014
65 Sandra Harwood
Sandra Harwood
Sandra Harwood is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 65th District from 2003 to 2010.-Life and career:...

Dem Niles
Niles, Ohio
Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 20,932 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....

2002 2010
66 Joe Uecker
Joe Uecker
Joe Uecker is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who has represented the 66th District since 2005. He is the Chairman of the House Commerce and Labor Committee.-Career:...

Rep Loveland
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...

2004 2012
67 Shannon Jones
Shannon Jones
Shannon Jones is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 7th District since 2009. She serves as majority whip. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.-Early life and career:...

Rep Springboro
Springboro, Ohio
Springboro is an affluent suburb of Cincinnati and Dayton located in Warren and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is in Warren County's Clearcreek and Franklin Townships and Montgomery County's Miami Township...

2006 2014
68 Kathleen Chandler
Kathleen Chandler
Kathleen Chandler is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 68th District from 2003-2010.-External links:*...

Dem Kent
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...

2002 2010
69 William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder, III is an American lawyer, judge, and politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He is a Republican.He is the husband of Judge Alice Batchelder, currently a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Early life and education:Batchelder was born...

Rep Medina
Medina, Ohio
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males...

2006 2014
70 Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine is Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, serving since January 2009. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives....

Rep Beavercreek
Beavercreek, Ohio
Beavercreek is the largest city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and is the second largest suburb of Dayton behind Kettering. The population was 45,193 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

2000 2008
71 Jay Hottinger Rep Newark
Newark, Ohio
In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio...

2006 2014
72 Ross McGregor
Ross McGregor
Ross McGregor is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 72nd District since 2005. He is the Chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee.-Career:...

Rep Springfield
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

2005 (Appt.) 2014
73 Jay Goyal
Jay Goyal
Jay Goyal is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Democrat representing the 73rd District, which includes the city of Mansfield and other parts of Richland County. Prior to 2011, Goyal served as the Majority Whip.-Life and career:...

Dem Mansfield
Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

2006 2014
74 Bruce Goodwin
Bruce Goodwin
Bruce Goodwin is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 74th District since 2007.-Career:Goodwin graduated from Ayersville High School in 1967, attended Defiance College and obtained a master’s degree from St. Francis College. He also did some study at the...

Rep Defiance
Defiance, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,465 people, 6,572 households, and 4,422 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,562.4 people per square mile . There were 7,061 housing units at an average density of 670.0 per square mile...

2006 >- 75 Lynn Wachtmann
Lynn Wachtmann
Lynn Wachtmann is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who has represented the 75th District since 2007. Prior to his term in the House, Wachtmann was a two-term state Senator, representing the 1st District of the Ohio Senate from 1999 to 2006, and the 83rd District of the Ohio...

Rep Napoleon
Napoleon, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,318 people, 3,813 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,668.1 people per square mile . There were 4,066 housing units at an average density of 727.9 per square mile...

2006 2014
76 Cliff Hite
Cliff Hite
Cliff Hite was an American high school teacher and coach who represents the First District in the Ohio Senate. He also serves as the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.-Career:...

Rep Findlay
Findlay, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 38,967 people, 15,905 households, and 10,004 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,266.3 people per square mile . There were 17,152 housing units at an average density of 997.6 per square mile...

2006 2014
77 Jim Zehringer
Jim Zehringer
Jim Zehringer is the Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, who has served in the cabinet of Ohio Governor John Kasich, since 2011. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, and as a Mercer County Commissioner from 2002 to 2007. He is a farmer by trade.Zehringer...

Rep Fort Recovery
Fort Recovery, Ohio
Fort Recovery is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,273 at the 2000 census. The village is near the location of Fort Recovery, first established in 1793 under orders from General Anthony Wayne....

2007 (Appt.) 2016
78 John Adams
John Adams (Ohio politician)
John Adams has been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 78th District since 2007. He serves as the majority whip.-Career:...

Rep Sidney
Sidney, Ohio
Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,211 at the 2000 census. It is named after English poet Sir Phillip Sidney and is the county seat of Shelby County.Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award...

2006 2014
79 Diana Fessler
Diana Fessler
Diana Fessler is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 79th District from 2001 to 2008.-External links:**...

Rep New Carlisle
New Carlisle, Ohio
New Carlisle is a city in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,735 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:New Carlisle is located at ....

2000 2008
80 Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern is the current chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. He won election to the chairmanship of the Ohio Democratic Party in December, 2005 and reelection in 2008...

Dem Port Clinton
Port Clinton, Ohio
Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capital of the World."...

1999 (Appt.) 2008
81 Jeff Wagner
Jeff Wagner (Ohio politician)
Jeff Wagner is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011. In 2011, he expressed interest in an Ohio Senate seat vacated by Karen Gillmor, but never pursued appointment.-References:...

Rep Sycamore
Sycamore, Ohio
Sycamore is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 914 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sycamore is located at ....

2002 2010
82 Steve Reinhard
Steve Reinhard
Steve Reinhard is Ohio's former 82nd District Representative. He represented the Bucyrus, Ohio and Crawford County, Ohio area.With Senator Karen Gillmor resigning from her seat, Reinhard has been named as a possible successor.-See also:...

Rep Bucyrus
Bucyrus, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile . There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0 per square mile...

2000 2008
83 Tony Core
Tony Core
Anthony Core, commonly called Tony Core, is an American politician from Ohio and a former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly. A graduate of The Ohio State University, he is a lawyer from rural Rushsylvania in Logan County....

Rep Marysville
Marysville, Ohio
Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

2000 2008
84 Chris Widener
Chris Widener
Chris Widener is a member of the Ohio Senate. Widener represents the 10th Senate District, which includes Madison, Clark and Greene counties. Before the Senate, he served three terms in the Ohio House of Representatives...

Rep Springfield
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

2002 2010
85 John M. Schlichter
John M. Schlichter
John M. Schlichter is an American politician of the Republican party who held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. He is from Washington Court House, Ohio....

Rep Washington Court House
Washington Court House, Ohio
Washington Court House is a city in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. It is the county seat of Fayette County and is located approximately halfway between Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The population was 14,192 in 2010 at the 2010 census...

2002 2010
86 David T. Daniels
David T. Daniels
David Daniels is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the Seventeenth District since 2011. Formerly, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 86th District from 2003 to 2010. He is serving as Chairman of the Senate Energy and Public Utilities...

Rep Greenfield
Greenfield, Ohio
Greenfield is a village in Highland, Fayette, and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, along Paint Creek. The population was 4,906 at the 2000 census...

2002 2010
87 Clyde Evans
Clyde Evans
Clyde Evans is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 87th District from 2003 to 2010. Term limited in 2010, he ran for the Ohio Senate, but lost the primary election to David T. Daniels.-External links:...

Rep Rio Grande
Rio Grande, Ohio
Rio Grande is a village in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The population was 915 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area....

2002 2010
88 Danny Bubp
Danny Bubp
Danny R. Bubp is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 88th District since 2005. He currently serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Life and career:...

Rep West Union
West Union, Ohio
West Union is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Adams County....

2004 2012
89 Todd Book
Todd Book
Todd Book is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who was first elected in 2002. He served the 89th House District, which includes all of Scioto County, the western half of Lawrence County and the eastern half of Adams County in Southern Ohio.Book was born and raised in...

Dem McDermott
McDermott, Ohio
McDermott is a census-designated place in western Rush Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45652.-History:...

2002 2010
90 Thom Collier
Thom Collier
Thom Collier is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 90th District from 2000 to 2008. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for the 19th Senate District in 2010.-External links:*...

Rep Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Mount Vernon is a city in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,990 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Knox County. The city is named after Mount Vernon, the plantation owned by George Washington.-History:...

2000 (Appt.) 2008
91 Dan Dodd
Dan Dodd
Dan Dodd is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 91st District from 2007 to 2010. A lawyer by trade, Dodd practiced with Robert J. Dodd, Jr. Co. LPA in New Lexington, Ohio...

Dem Hebron
Hebron, Ohio
Hebron is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hebron is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

2006 2014
92 Jimmy Stewart Rep Athens
Athens, Ohio
Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

2002 2010
93 Jennifer Garrison
Jennifer Garrison
Jennifer Garrison is an American politician of the Democratic party from Marietta, Ohio. She served terms representing the 93rd District in the Ohio House of Representatives, which includes Guernsey, Monroe, Noble counties, most of Washington County, and part of Muskingum County, all in southeast...

Dem Marietta
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...

2004 2012
94 Jim Aslanides
Jim Aslanides
Jim Aslanides is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 94th District from 1999 to 2008.-External links:*...

Rep Coshocton
Coshocton, Ohio
Coshocton is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population of the city was 11,682 at the 2000 census. The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet in Coshocton to form the Muskingum River....

1999 (Appt.) 2008
95 John Domenick
John Domenick
John Domenick is a Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives. A weatherman with the local CBS station, WTRF for over twenty five years, Domenick opted to seek the Democratic nomination for state representative in 2002 against incumbent Eileen Krupinski. With...

Dem Smithfield
Smithfield, Ohio
Smithfield is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 867 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area....

2002 2010
96 Allan Sayre
Allan Sayre
Allan Sayre is a former member from the 96th district of the Ohio House of Representatives, which covers Dover. He was also the Assistant Majority Whip.-External links:*...

Dem Dover
Dover, Ohio
Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the 2000 census.-History and features:Dover was originally part of a grant to Col. James Morrison of Kentucky, who had received it from the federal government for Revolutionary War services...

2004 2012
97 Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:Gibbs was born on June 14, 1954 in Peru, Indiana. His family moved to Cleveland in the 1960s, and Gibbs graduated from Bay Village Senior High School...

Rep Lakeville
Lakeville, Ohio
Lakeville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44638. It lies along State Route 226 west of Odell Lake and south of Bonnett and Round Lakes....

2003 2010
98 Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan
Matthew J. Dolan is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 2005 to 2010. He resigned in January 2010 to focus on a run for Cuyahoga County Executive...

Rep Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide. The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2010 census,...

2004 2012
99 Deborah Newcomb
Deborah Newcomb
Deborah Newcomb is a Democratic politician who most recently served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. A representative for one and one half terms, Newcomb lost reelection in 2010 to Casey Kozlowski by 42 votes.-External links:...

Dem Conneaut
Conneaut, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,485 people, 5,038 households, and 3,410 families residing in the city. The population density was 473.4 people per square mile . There were 5,710 housing units at an average density of 216.5 per square mile...

2008 (Appt.) 2016


Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

See also

  • Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
    Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
    The 126th Ohio General Assembly comprised the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly. Every two years, all of the house seats come up for election. The 126th General Assembly was in session in 2005 and 2006...

  • Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
    Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
    The 125th General Assembly comprised the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. The house of representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly. Every two years, all of the house seats come up for election. The 125th General Assembly was in session in 2003 and 2004...

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