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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 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.
In the 2006 election cycle there were a total of 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 (Jeffery J. Armbruster, Republican, from the 13th district was term limited and the seat is now held by Sue Morano, Democrat.)
[edit] Make-up of Ohio Senate for the 127th General Assembly
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Majority Leadership
[edit] Minority Leadership
[edit] Members of the Ohio Senate
| District
| Senator
| Party
| Home Town, County
| First elected
| Term Limited
| House Dist
|
| 1st District
| Steve Buehrer [1]
| Republican
| Delta, Fulton
| 2006
| 2014
| 74, 75, 76
|
| 2nd District
| Randall Gardner [2]
| Republican
| Bowling Green, Wood
| 2000
| 2008
| 6, 46, 80
|
| 3rd District
| David Goodman [3]
| Republican
| Bexley, Franklin
| Sep 2001
| 2010
| 19, 20, 21
|
| 4th District
| Gary Cates [4]
| Republican
| West Chester, Butler
| 2004
| 2012
| 53, 54, 55
|
| 5th District
| Tom Roberts [5]
| Democratic
| Dayton/Trotwood, Montgomery
| Jan 2002
| 2010
| 9, 40, 79
|
| 6th District
| Jeff Jacobson [6]
| Republican
| Butler Township, Montgomery
| 2000
| 2008
| 36, 37, 38
|
| 7th District
| Robert Schuler [7]
| Republican
| Sycamore Township, Hamilton
| 2002
| 2010
| 34, 35, 67
|
| 8th District
| Bill Seitz [8]
| Republican
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
| Oct 2007
| 2016
| 28, 29, 30
|
| 9th District
| Eric Kearney [9]
| Democratic
| Cincinnati, Hamilton
| Dec 2005
| 2014
| 31, 32, 33
|
| 10th District
| Steve Austria [10]
| Republican
| Beavercreek, Greene
| 2000
| 2008
| 70, 72, 84
|
| 11th District
| Teresa Fedor [11]
| Democratic
| Toledo, Lucas
| 2002
| 2010
| 47, 48, 49
|
| 12th District
| Keith Faber [12]
| Republican
| Celina, Mercer
| 2006
| 2016
| 4, 77, 78
|
| 13th District
| Sue Morano [13]
| Democrat
| Lorain, Lorain County
| 2006
| 2014
| 56, 57, 58
|
| 14th District
| Tom Niehaus [14]
| Republican
| New Richmond, Clermont
| 2004
| 2012
| 66, 88, 89
|
| 15th District
| Ray Miller [15]
| Democratic
| Columbus, Franklin
| 2002
| 2010
| 25, 26, 27
|
| 16th District
| Steve Stivers [16]
| Republican
| Columbus, Franklin
| Jan 2003
| 2012
| 22, 23, 24
|
| 17th District
| John Carey [17]
| Republican
| Wellston, Jackson
| 2002
| 2010
| 85, 86, 87
|
| 18th District
| Timothy Grendell [18]
| Republican
| Chesterland, Geauga
| 2004
| 2012
| 62, 63, 98
|
| 19th District
| Bill Harris [19]
| Republican
| Ashland, Ashland
| Aug 2000
| 2010
| 2, 73, 90
|
| 20th District
| Joy Padgett [20]
| Republican
| Coshocton, Coshocton
| Jan 2004
| 2012
| 92, 93, 94
|
| 21st District
| Shirley Smith [21]
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
| 2006
| 2014
| 9, 10, 11
|
| 22nd District
| Ron Amstutz [22]
| Republican
| Wooster, Wayne
| 2000
| 2008
| 3, 69, 97
|
| 23rd District
| Dale Miller [23]
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
| Mar 2006
| 2014
| 13, 14, 15
|
| 24th District
| Robert Spada [24]
| Republican
| North Royalton, Cuyahoga
| Feb 1999
| 2008
| 16, 17, 18
|
| 25th District
| Lance Mason [25]
| Democratic
| Cleveland, Cuyahoga
| 2006
| 2014
| 7, 8, 12
|
| 26th District
| Larry Mumper [26]
| Republican
| Marion, Marion
| Dec 1997
| 2008
| 81, 82, 83
|
| 27th District
| Kevin Coughlin [27]
| Republican
| Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
| Feb 2001
| 2010
| 41, 42, 45
|
| 28th District
| Thomas C. Sawyer [28]
| Democratic
| Green, Summit
| Feb 2007
| 2016
| 43, 44, 68
|
| 29th District
| Kirk Schuring [29]
| Republican
| Canton, Stark
| 2002
| 2010
| 50, 51, 52
|
| 30th District
| Jason Wilson [30]
| Democratic
| Columbiana, Belmont
| Jan 2007
| 2016
| 1, 95, 96
|
| 31st District
| Tim Schaffer [31]
| Republican
| Lancaster, Fairfield
| 2006
| 2014
| 5, 71, 91
|
| 32nd District
| Capri Cafaro [32]
| Democratic
| HubbardTrumbull
| Jan 2007
| 2016
| 64, 65, 99
|
| 33rd District
| John Boccieri [33]
| Democratic
| New Middletown, Mahoning
| 2006
| 2014
| 59, 60, 61
|
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