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The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3 1803, under the later superseded constitution of that year.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 126th General Assembly convenes starting in January 2005.
Members are limited to four consecutive two-year elected terms. (Terms are considered consecutive if they are separated by less than two years.) Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term does not 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.
On Nov. 18, 2004, two weeks after winning re-election as a member of the Democratic party, Rep. 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. This represents a gain of two seats for the Democrats.
In the 2004 election, Democrats managed to capture two seats (41st district and 93rd district) by defeating sitting Republicans (the latter being Nancy Hollister, a former lieutenant governor and governor). Democrats captured the open seats in two districts (62nd and 63rd) formerly held by Republicans. Democrats managed to hold 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). Seaver's switch gave the Republicans one more seat (78th).
In the remaining 82 districts, the sitting incumbent successfully held his or her seat.
Leadership
Majority Leadership
Minority Leadership
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
| District
| Representative
| Party
| Home Town, County
| First elected
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| 1st District
| Charles R. Blasdel
| Republican
| East Liverpool, Columbiana
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| 2nd District
| Jon M. Peterson
| Republican
| Delaware, Delaware
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| 3rd District
| Jim Carmichael
| Republican
| Wooster, Wayne
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| 4th District
| John R. Willamowski
| Republican
| Lima, Allen
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| 5th District
| Tim Schaffer
| Republican
| Lancaster, Fairfield
|
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| 6th District
| Robert E. Latta
| Republican
| Bowling Green, Wood
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| 7th District
| Kenny Yuko
| Democratic
| Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga
| 2005-
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| 8th District
| Lance T. Mason
| Democratic
| Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
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| 9th District
| Claudette J. Woodard
| Democratic
| Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
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| 10th District
| Shirley A. Smith
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
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| 11th District
| Annie L. Key
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
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| 12th District
| Michael DeBose
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
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| 13th District
| Michael J. Skindell
| Democratic
| Lakewood, Cuyahoga
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| 14th District
| Dale Miller
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
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| 15th District
| Timothy J. DeGeeter
| Democratic
| Parma, Cuyahoga
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| 16th District
| Sally Conway Kilbane
| Republican
| Rocky River, Cuyahoga
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| 17th District
| James Peter Trakas
| Republican
| Independence, Cuyahoga
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| 18th District
| Thomas F. Patton
| Republican
| Strongsville, Cuyahoga
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| 19th District
| Larry L. Flowers
| Republican
| Canal Winchester, Fairfield/Franklin
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| 20th District
| Jim McGregor
| Republican
| Gahanna, Franklin
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| 21st District
| Linda Reidelbach
| Republican
| Columbus, Franklin
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| 22nd District
| Jim Hughes
| Republican
| Columbus, Franklin
|
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| 23rd District
| Larry Wolpert
| Republican
| Hilliard, Franklin
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| 24th District
| Geoffrey C. Smith
| Republican
| Columbus, Franklin
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| 25th District
| Daniel Stewart
| Democratic
| Columbus, Franklin
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| 26th District
| Mike Mitchell
| Democratic
| Columbus, Franklin
| 2005-
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| 27th District
| Joyce Beatty
| Democratic
| Columbus, Franklin
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| 28th District
| Jim Raussen
| Republican
| Springdale, Hamilton
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| 29th District
| Louis W. Blessing Jr.
| Republican
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
| 2005-
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| 30th District
| William J. Seitz
| Republican
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 31st District
| Steven L. Driehaus
| Democratic
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 32nd District
| Catherine L. Barrett
| Democratic
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 33rd District
| Tyrone K. Yates
| Democratic
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 34th District
| Tom Brinkman Jr.
| Republican
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 35th District
| Michelle G. Schneider
| Republican
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
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| 36th District
| Arlene J. Setzer
| Republican
| Vandalia, Montgomery
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| 37th District
| Jon A. Husted
| Republican
| Kettering, Montgomery
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| 38th District
| John J. White
| Republican
| Kettering, Montgomery
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| 39th District
| Dixie J. Allen
| Democratic
| Dayton, Montgomery
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| 40th District
| Fred Strahorn
| Democratic
| Dayton, Montgomery
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| 41st District
| Brian G. Williams
| Democratic
| Akron, Summit
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| 42nd District
| John Widowfield
| Republican
| Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
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| 43rd District
| Mary Taylor
| Republican
| Green, Summit
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| 44th District
| Barbara A. Sykes
| Democratic
| Akron, Summit
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| 45th District
| Robert J. Otterman
| Democratic
| Akron, Summit
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| 46th District
| Mark Wagoner
| Republican
| Toledo, Lucas
| 2005-
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| 47th District
| Peter Ujvagi
| Democratic
| Toledo, Lucas
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| 48th District
| Edna Brown
| Democratic
| Toledo, Lucas
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| 49th District
| Jeanine Perry
| Democratic
| Toledo, Lucas
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| 50th District
| John P. Hagan
| Republican
| Marlboro Twp., Stark
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| 51st District
| W. Scott Oelslager
| Republican
| Canton, Stark
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| 52nd District
| William J. Healy II
| Democratic
| Canton, Stark
| 2005-
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| 53rd District
| Shawn N. Webster
| Republican
| Millville, Butler
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| 54th District
| Courtney E. Combs
| Republican
| Hamilton, Butler
|
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| 55th District
| Bill Coley
| Republican
| West Chester Twp., Butler
| 2005-
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| 56th District
| Joseph F. Koziura
| Democratic
| Lorain, Lorain
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| 57th District
| Earl J. Martin
| Republican
| Avon Lake, Lorain
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| 58th District
| Kathleen L. Walcher
| Republican
| Norwalk, Huron
|
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| 59th District
| Kenneth A. Carano Sr.
| Democratic
| Austintown, Mahoning
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| 60th District
| Sylvester D. Patton Jr.
| Democratic
| Youngstown, Mahoning
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| 61st District
| John A. Boccieri
| Democratic
| New Middletown, Mahoning
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| 62nd District
| Lorraine M. Fende
| Democratic
| Willowick, Lake
| 2005-
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| 63rd District
| Timothy J. Cassell
| Democratic
| Madison, Lake
| 2005-
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| 64th District
| Randy Law
| Republican
| Warren, Trumbull
| 2005-
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| 65th District
| Sandra Stabile Harwood
| Democratic
| Niles, Trumbull
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| 66th District
| Joseph W. Uecker
| Republican
| Loveland, Clermont
| 2005-
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| 67th District
| Tom Raga
| Republican
| Mason, Warren
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| 68th District
| Kathleen Chandler
| Democratic
| Kent, Portage
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| 69th District
| Charles E. Calvert
| Republican
| Medina, Medina
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| 70th District
| Kevin DeWine
| Republican
| Fairborn, Greene
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| 71st District
| David R. Evans
| Republican
| Newark, Licking
|
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| 72nd District
| Merle Grace Kearns
| Republican
| Springfield, Clark
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| 73rd District
| William J. Hartnett
| Democratic
| Mansfield, Richland
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| 74th District
| Stephen P. Buehrer
| Republican
| Delta, Fulton
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| 75th District
| James M. Hoops
| Republican
| Napoleon, Henry
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| 76th District
| Michael E. Gilb
| Republican
| Findlay, Hancock
|
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| 77th District
| Keith L. Faber
| Republican
| Celina, Mercer
|
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| 78th District
| Derrick Seaver
| Republican
(Democratic
until
11/18/2004)
| Minster, Auglaize
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| 79th District
| Diana M. Fessler
| Republican
| New Carlisle, Clark
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| 80th District
| Chris Redfern
| Democratic
| Port Clinton, Ottawa
|
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| 81st District
| Jeff Wagner
| Republican
| Sycamore, Seneca
|
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| 82nd District
| Stephen Reinhard
| Republican
| Bucyrus, Crawford
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| 83rd District
| Anthony E. Core
| Republican
| Rushsylvania, Logan
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| 84th District
| Chris Widener
| Republican
| Springfield, Clark
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| 85th District
| John M. Schlichter
| Republican
| Washington Court House, Fayette
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| 86th District
| David T. Daniels
| Republican
| Greenfield, Highland
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| 87th District
| Clyde Evans
| Republican
| Rio Grande, Gallia
|
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| 88th District
| Danny R. Bubp
| Republican
| West Union, Adams
| 2005-
|
| 89th District
| Todd Book
| Democratic
| McDermott, Scioto
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| 90th District
| Thom Collier
| Republican
| Mount Vernon, Knox
|
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| 91st District
| Ron Hood
| Republican
| Canfield, Mahoning
| 2005-
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| 92nd District
| Jimmy Stewart
| Republican
| Athens, Athens
|
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| 93rd District
| Jennifer Garrison
| Democratic
| Marietta, Washington
| 2005-
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| 94th District
| James Aslanides
| Republican
| Coshocton, Coschocton
|
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| 95th District
| John Domenick
| Democratic
| Smithfield, Jefferson
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| 96th District
| Allan R. Sayre
| Democratic
| Dover, Tuscarawas
| 2005-
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| 97th District
| Bob Gibbs
| Republican
| Lakeville, Holmes
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| 98th District
| Matthew J. Dolan
| Republican
| Novelty, Geauga
| 2005-
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| 99th District
| L. George Distel
| Democratic
| Conneaut, Ashtabula
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See also:
Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
Ref: [The House's Web Page. (http://www.house.state.oh.us/)]
