Ohio State Senate

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The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio's bicameral legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives. Both were established in the state constitution of 1851. The 127th General Assembly convened in January 2007.

Members of the Ohio Senate are limited to two consecutive four-year elected terms. Service to fill out another member's uncompleted term does not count against the term limits. There are 33 members elected from individual districts. The current party distribution is 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats. Each Senator represents approximately 330,000 constituents. Each Senate district corresponds exactly to 3 of the 99 State House districts, as shown in the rightmost column of the table below.

In the 2008 election cycle there are 5 open seats (6th, 10th, 22nd, 24th and 26th districts) due to term limits.

In 2006 there were 9 open seats (the 1st, 12th, 13th, 21st, 25th, 30th, 31st, 32nd and 33rd districts) due to term limits or members running for another office. Republicans held 4 of the 9 seats and Democrats held 5. Of those 9 seats only one seat was turned over to the Democrats from the Republicans (Jeffrey J. Armbruster, Republican, from the 13th district was term limited and the seat is now held by Sue Morano, Democrat.)

In 2004, the even-numbered seats were up for re-election. Republicans retained four open seats (in the 4th district, 8th district, 14th district, and 18th district). Meanwhile, Democrats managed to hold one open seat (30th). In the remaining 11 races, the sitting incumbent was successfully re-elected. No seats changed hands.

Contents

Make-up of Ohio Senate for the 128th General Assembly

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 21
  Democratic Party 12
 Total 33
 Majority 9

Leadership

Majority Leadership

To be announced

Members of the Ohio Senate

District Senator Party Residence First elected Term Limited
1 Steve Buehrer [1] Republican Delta 2006 2014
2 Mark Wagoner [2] Republican Ottawa Hills Appt. Jan 2008 2016
3 David Goodman [3] Republican Bexley Sep 2001 2010
4 Gary Cates [4] Republican West Chester 2004 2012
5 Tom Roberts [5] Democratic Dayton/Trotwood Jan 2002 2010
6 John Husted Republican Butler Township 2008 2012
7 Robert Schuler [6] Republican Sycamore Township 2002 2010
8 Bill Seitz [7] Republican Cincinnati Oct 2007 2016
9 Eric Kearney [8] Democratic Cincinnati Dec 2005 2014
10 Chris Widener [9] Republican Beavercreek 2008 2012
11 Teresa Fedor [10] Democratic Toledo 2002 2010
12 Keith Faber [11] Republican Celina 2006 2016
13 Sue Morano [12] Democratic Lorain 2006 2014
14 Tom Niehaus [13] Republican New Richmond 2004 2012
15 Ray Miller [14] Democratic Columbus 2002 2010
16 Jim Hughes [15] Republican Columbus 2008 2012
17 John Carey [16] Republican Wellston 2002 2010
18 Timothy Grendell [17] Republican Chesterland 2004 2012
19 Bill Harris [18] Republican Ashland Aug 2000 2010
20 Jimmy Stewart [19] Republican Albany 2008 2012
21 Shirley Smith [20] Democratic Cleveland 2006 2014
22 Bob Gibbs [21] Republican Wooster 2000 2012
23 Dale Miller [22] Democratic Cleveland Mar 2006 2014
24 Thomas Patton [23] Republican North Royalton 2008 2012
25 Lance Mason [24] Democratic Cleveland 2006 2014
26 Karen Gillmor [25] Republican Marion 2008 2012
27 Kevin Coughlin [26] Republican Cuyahoga Falls Feb 2001 2010
28 Thomas C. Sawyer [27] Democratic Green Feb 2007 2016
29 Kirk Schuring [28] Republican Canton 2002 2010
30 Jason Wilson [29] Democratic Columbiana Jan 2007 2016
31 Tim Schaffer [30] Republican Lancaster 2006 2014
32 Capri Cafaro [31] Democratic Hubbard Jan 2007 2016
33 John Boccieri [32] Democratic New Middletown 2006 2014

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