Ohio House of Representatives Totally Explained

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Ohio has a bicameral legislature, the Ohio General Assembly, consisting a House of Representatives and Senate (the Ohio State Senate), based on its constitution of 1851. The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3 1803, under the later superseded constitution of that year. The 127th General Assembly convened in January 2007.
Members are limited to four consecutive two-year elected terms. (Terms are considered consecutive if they're separated by less than two years.) Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term doesn't count against the term limit. There are 99 members of the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election.

2004 Election

In the 2004 election, Democrats captured two seats (41st district and 93rd district) by defeating sitting Republicans (the latter being Nancy Hollister, a former lieutenant governor). Democrats captured the open seats in two districts (62nd and 63rd) formerly held by Republicans. Democrats held onto four open seats (7th, 26th, 52nd, and 96th). Meanwhile, Republicans defeated the Democratic incumbent in one district (64th) and held onto seven open seats (29th, 46th, 55th, 66th, 88th, 91st, and 98th).
   In the remaining 82 districts, the sitting incumbent successfully held his or her seat.
   On 18 November 2004, two weeks after winning re-election as a member of the Democratic party, Representative Derrick Seaver announced that he was switching to the Republican party, thus leaving the party distribution in the house at 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats.
   In July 2006, Dayton-area Representative Dixie Allen switched her affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican Party, making the party distribution 61 to 38. Term limits prevented her from running for the seat in 2006.

2006 Election

In the 2006 election, Democrats captured open Republican seats in the 1st, 16th, 24th, 39th, 43rd, 57th, 58th, 64th, and 91st districts. Republicans captured an open Democratic seat in the 63rd district. The net effect was a Democratic gain of eight seats, making the party distribution 53 Republicans and 46 Democrats.

Make-up of Ohio House of Representatives for the 127th General Assembly

Results of the November 7, 2006 Election:

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	53
	Democratic Party	46
Total		99
Majority		7

Leadership

Majority Leadership

Office	Name	Party	District	Since
Speaker	Jon A. Husted	Republican	37th District-Kettering	2005
Speaker Pro Tempore	Kevin DeWine	Republican	70th District-Fairborn	2007
Majority Floor Leader	Larry L. Flowers	Republican	19th District-Canal Winchester	2006
Assistant Majority Floor Leader	Jim Carmichael	Republican	3rd District-Wooster	2006
Majority Whip	Michelle G. Schneider	Republican	35th District--Cincinnati	2007
Assistant Majority Whip	Shannon Jones	Republican	67th District--Dearfield Township, Warren	2007

Minority Leadership

Office	Name	Party	District
Minority Leader	Joyce Beatty	Democratic	27th District-Columbus
Assistant Minority Leader	Todd Book	Democratic	89th District-McDermott
Minority Whip	Steven L. Driehaus	Democratic	31st District-Cincinnati
Assistant Minority Whip	Fred Strahorn	Democratic	40th District-Dayton

Members of the Ohio House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Home Town, County	First Elected	Term Limited
1st District	Linda Bolon (External Link)	Democrat	East Palestine, Columbiana	2006	2014
2nd District	Jon M. Peterson (External Link)	Republican	Delaware, Delaware	1999 (App)	2008
3rd District	Jim Carmichael (External Link)	Republican	Wooster, Wayne	2000	2008
4th District	Matt Huffman (External Link)	Republican	Lima, Allen	2006	2014
5th District	Gerald Stebelton (External Link)	Republican	Lancaster, Fairfield	2006	2014
6th District	Randy Gardner (External Link)	Republican	Bowling Green,Wood	2008 (app)	2014
7th District	Kenny Yuko (External Link)	Democratic	Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga	2004	2012
8th District	Armond Budish (External Link)	Democratic	Beachwood, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
9th District	Barbara Boyd (External Link)	Democratic	Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
10th District	Eugene Miller (External Link)	Democratic	Cleveland, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
11th District	Sandra Williams (External Link)	Democratic	Cleveland, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
12th District	Michael DeBose (External Link)	Democratic	Cleveland, Cuyahoga	2002 (App)	2010
13th District	Michael J. Skindell (External Link)	Democratic	Lakewood, Cuyahoga	2002	2010
14th District	Michael Foley (External Link)	Democratic	Cleveland, Cuyahoga	2006 (App)	2014
15th District	Timothy J. DeGeeter (External Link)	Democratic	Parma, Cuyahoga	2003 (App)	2012
16th District	Jennifer Brady (External Link)	Democrat	Westlake, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
17th District	Josh Mandel (External Link)	Republican	Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga	2006	2014
18th District	Thomas F. Patton (External Link)	Republican	Strongsville, Cuyahoga	2002	2010
19th District	Larry L. Flowers (External Link)	Republican	Canal Winchester, Franklin	2000	2008
20th District	Jim McGregor (External Link)	Republican	Gahanna, Franklin	2001 (App)	2010
21st District	Kevin Bacon (External Link)	Republican	Columbus, Franklin	2006	2014
22nd District	Jim Hughes (External Link)	Republican	Columbus, Franklin	2000	2008
23rd District	Larry Wolpert (External Link)	Republican	Hilliard, Franklin	2000	2008
24th District	Ted Celeste (External Link)	Democrat	Upper Arlington, Franklin	2006	2014
25th District	Daniel Stewart (External Link)	Democratic	Columbus, Franklin	2002	2010
26th District	Tracy Heard (External Link)	Democratic	Columbus, Franklin	2006	2014
27th District	Joyce Beatty (External Link)	Democratic	Columbus, Franklin	2000 (App)	2008
28th District	Jim Raussen (External Link)	Republican	Springdale, Hamilton	2002	2010
29th District	Louis W. Blessing Jr.(External Link)	Republican	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2004	2012
30th District	Robert Mecklenborg (External Link)	Republican	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2007 (App)	2016
31st District	Steven L. Driehaus (External Link)	Democratic	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2000	2008
32nd District	Dale Mallory (External Link)	Democratic	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2006	2014
33rd District	Tyrone K. Yates (External Link)	Democratic	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2002	2010
34th District	Tom Brinkman Jr.(External Link)	Republican	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2000	2008
35th District	Michelle G. Schneider (External Link)	Republican	Cincinnati, Hamilton	2000	2008
36th District	Arlene J. Setzer (External Link)	Republican	Vandalia, Montgomery	2000	2008
37th District	Jon A. Husted (External Link)	Republican	Kettering, Montgomery	2000	2008
38th District	John J. White (External Link)	Republican	Kettering, Montgomery	2000	2008
39th District	Clayton Luckie (External Link)	Democratic	Dayton, Montgomery	2006 (App)	2014
40th District	Fred Strahorn (External Link)	Democratic	Dayton, Montgomery	2000	2008
41st District	Brian G. Williams (External Link)	Democratic	Akron, Summit	2004	2012
42nd District	John Widowfield (External Link)	Republican	Cuyahoga Falls, Summit	2001 (App)	2010
43rd District	Steve Dyer (External Link)	Democrat	Green, Summit	2006	2014
44th District	Vernon Sykes (External Link)	Democratic	Akron, Summit	2006	2014
45th District	Vacant (External Link)	Democratic
46th District	Mark Wagoner (External Link)	Republican	Toledo, Lucas	2004	2012
47th District	Peter Ujvagi (External Link)	Democratic	Toledo, Lucas	2002	2010
48th District	Edna Brown (External Link)	Democratic	Toledo, Lucas	2001 (App)	2008
49th District	Matt Szollosi (External Link)	Democratic	Toledo, Lucas	2006	2014
50th District	John P. Hagan (External Link)	Republican	Marlboro Twp., Stark	2000	2008
51st District	W. Scott Oelslager (External Link)	Republican	Canton, Stark	2002	2010
52nd District	Vacant (External Link)	Democratic
53rd District	Shawn N. Webster (External Link)	Republican	Millville, Butler	2000	2008
54th District	Courtney E. Combs (External Link)	Republican	Hamilton, Butler	2004 (App)	2012
55th District	Bill Coley (External Link)	Republican	West Chester Twp., Butler	2004	2012
56th District	Joseph F. Koziura (External Link)	Democratic	Lorain, Lorain	2000	2008
57th District	Matt Lundy (External Link)	Democrat	Elyria, Lorain	2006	2014
58th District	Tom Heydinger	Democratic	Norwalk, Huron	2008 (App)	2016
59th District	Ron Gerberry (External Link)	Democratic	Austintown, Mahoning	2007 (Appt.)	2016
60th District	Robert F. Hagan (External Link)	Democratic	Youngstown, Mahoning	2006	2014
61st District	Mark Okey (External Link)	Democratic	Carrollton, Mahoning	2006	2014
62nd District	Lorraine M. Fende (External Link)	Democratic	Willowick, Lake	2004	2012
63rd District	Carol-Ann Schindel (External Link)	Republican	Leroy, Lake	2006	2014
64th District	Tom Letson (External Link)	Democrat	Warren, Trumbull	2006	2014
65th District	Sandra Stabile Harwood (External Link)	Democratic	Niles, Trumbull	2002	2010
66th District	Joseph W. Uecker (External Link)	Republican	Loveland, Clermont	2004	2012
67th District	Shannon Jones (External Link)	Republican	Deerfield Township, Warren	2006	2014
68th District	Kathleen Chandler (External Link)	Democratic	Kent, Portage	2002	2010
69th District	William G. Batchelder (External Link)	Republican	Medina, Medina	2006	2014
70th District	Kevin DeWine (External Link)	Republican	Fairborn, Greene	2000	2008
71st District	Jay Hottinger (External Link)	Republican	Newark, Licking	2006	2014
72nd District	Ross McGregor (External Link)	Republican	Springfield, Clark	2005 (App)	2014
73rd District	Jay Goyal (External Link)	Democratic	Mansfield, Richland	2006	2014
74th District	Bruce Goodwin (External Link)	Republican	Defiance, Fulton	2006	2014
75th District	Lynn Wachtman (External Link)	Republican	Napoleon, Henry	2006	2014
76th District	Cliff Hite (External Link)	Republican	Findlay, Hancock	2006	2014
77th District	Jim Zehringer (External Link)	Republican	Ohio, Mercer	2007 (App)	2016
78th District	John Adams (External Link)	Republican	Sidney, Auglaize	2006	2014
79th District	Diana M. Fessler (External Link)	Republican	New Carlisle, Clark	2000	2008
80th District	Chris Redfern (External Link)	Democratic	Port Clinton, Ottawa	2000	2008
81st District	Jeff Wagner (External Link)	Republican	Sycamore, Seneca	2002	2010
82nd District	Stephen Reinhard (External Link)	Republican	Bucyrus, Crawford	2000	2008
83rd District	Anthony E. Core (External Link)	Republican	Rushsylvania, Logan	2000	2008
84th District	Chris Widener (External Link)	Republican	Springfield, Clark	2002	2010
85th District	John M. Schlichter (External Link)	Republican	Washington Court House, Fayette	2002	2010
86th District	David T. Daniels (External Link)	Republican	Greenfield, Highland	2002	2010
87th District	Clyde Evans (External Link)	Republican	Rio Grande, Gallia	2002	2010
88th District	Danny R. Bubp (External Link)	Republican	West Union, Adams	2004	2012
89th District	Todd Book (External Link)	Democratic	McDermott, Scioto	2002	2010
90th District	Thom Collier (External Link)	Republican	Mount Vernon, Knox	2000 (App)	2008
91st District	Dan Dodd (External Link)	Democrat	Hebron, Licking	2006	2014
92nd District	Jimmy Stewart (External Link)	Republican	Athens, Athens	2002	2010
93rd District	Jennifer Garrison (External Link)	Democratic	Marietta, Washington	2004	2012
94th District	James Aslanides (External Link)	Republican	Coshocton, Coschocton	2000	2008
95th District	John Domenick (External Link)	Democratic	Smithfield, Jefferson	2002	2010
96th District	Allan R. Sayre (External Link)	Democratic	Dover, Tuscarawas	2004	2012
97th District	Bob Gibbs (External Link)	Republican	Lakeville, Holmes	2002	2010
98th District	Matthew J. Dolan (External Link)	Republican	Novelty, Geauga	2004	2012
99th District	Deborah Newcomb (External Link)	Democratic	Conneaut, Ashtabula	2008 (Appt.)	2016

App- Member was appointed to current House Seat

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