| Ohio House of Representatives |
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| Type |
| Type |
Lower House |
| Leadership |
| Speaker of the House |
Armond Budish, (D)
since January 6, 2009 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore |
Matt Szollosi, (D)
since January 6, 2009 |
| Majority Leader |
Tracy Maxwell Heard, (D)
since October, 2009 |
| Minority Leader |
William J. Batchelder, (R)
since January 6, 2009 |
| Structure |
| Members |
99 |
| Political groups |
Democratic Party
(53 seats)
Republican Party
(46 seats)
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| Election |
| Last election |
November 4, 2008 |
| Meeting place |
House Chamber
Ohio State Capitol
Columbus, OH, US |
| Website |
| http://www.house.state.oh.gov |
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.
The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. The 128th General Assembly convened in January 2009.
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 in 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 becoming a Republican, 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.
2008 Election
The 2008 General Election brought sweeping change to the makeup of the Ohio House of Representatives. For the first time in 14 years, Ohio voters gave the Democratic Party the majority in the House by flipping the makeup of the chamber to 53 Democrats and 46 Republicans.
The Democrats had a net gain of seven seats, winning formerly Republican seats in the 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 28th, 42nd, 63rd, 85th and 92nd districts and lost seats to the GOP in the 16th and 58th districts.
The Ohio House Democratic Caucus House leadership selections for the 128th General Assembly include:
- Rep. Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, Speaker of the House
- Rep. Matt Szollosi, D-Toledo, Speaker Pro Tempore
- Rep. Tracy Maxwell Heard, D-Columbus, Majority Floor Leader
- Rep. Allan Sayre, D-Dover, Assistant Majority Floor Leader
- Rep. Jay Goyal, D-Mansfield, Majority Whip
- Rep. Linda Bolon, D-East Palestine, Assistant Majority Whip
Ohio House Speaker Budish has identified the economy, job creation and education as his top priorities. The swearing in of Ohio's 128th General Assembly took place on Monday, January 5, 2009.
Composition
| Affiliation |
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total |
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| Democratic |
Republican |
Vacant |
| End of previous legislature |
46 |
53 |
99 |
0 |
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| Begin |
53 |
46 |
99 |
0 |
| Latest voting share |
53.5% |
46.5% |
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Members of the 128th House of Representatives
Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat
See also
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Current members of the Ohio House of Representatives |
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District 1: Bolon (D) • District 2: Jordan (R) • District 3: Amstutz (R) • District 4: Huffman (R) • District 5: Stebleton (R) • District 6: Gardner (R) • District 7: Yuko (D) • District 8: Budish (D) • District 9: Boyd (D) • District 10: Miller (D) • District 11: Williams (D) • District 12: DeBose (D) • District 13: Skindell (D) • District 14: Foley (D) • District 15: DeGeeter (D) • District 16: Baker (R) • District 17: Mandel (R) • District 18: Patten (D) • District 19: Harris (D) • District 20: Garland (D) • District 21: Bacon (R) • District 22: Carney (D) • District 23: Grossman (R) • District 24: Celeste (D) • District 25: Stewart (D) • District 26: Heard (D) • District 27: Weddington (D) • District 28: Pillich (D) • District 29: Blessing (R) • District 30: Mecklenberg (R) • District 31: Driehaus (D) • District 32: Mallory (D) • District 33: Yates (D) • District 34: Stautberg (R) • District 35: Maag (R) • District 36: Morgon (R) • District 37: Lehner (R) • District 38: Blair (R) • District 39: Luckie (D) • District 40: Winburn (D) • District 41: Williams (D) • District 42: Moran (D) • District 43: Dyer (D) • District 44: Sykes (D) • District 45: Otterman (D) • District 46: Sears (R) • District 47: Ujvagi (D) • District 48: Brown (D) • District 49: Szollosi (D) • District 50: Snitchler (R) • District 51: Oelslager (R) • District 52: Slesnick (D) • District 53: Derickson (R) • District 54: Combs (R) • District 55: Coley (R) • District 56: Koziura (D) • District 57: Lundy (D) • District 58: Boose (R) • District 59: Gerberry (D) • District 60: Hagan (D) • District 61: Okey (D) • District 62: Fende (D) • District 63: Schneider (D) • District 64: Letson (D) • District 65: Harwood (D) • District 66: Uecker (R) • District 67: Jones (R) • District 68: Chandler (D) • District 69: Batchelder (R) • District 70: Martin (R) • District 71: Hottinger (R) • District 72: McGregor (R) • District 73: Goyal (D) • District 74: Goodwin (R) • District 75: Wachtman (R) • District 76: Hite (R) • District 77: Zehringer (R) • District 78: Adams (R) • District 79: Adams (R) • District 80: Murray (D) District 81: Wagner (R) • District 82: McClain (R) • District 83: Burke (R) • District 84: Hackett (R) • District 85: Pryor (D) District 86: Daniels (R) • District 87: Evans (R) • District 88: Bubp (R) • District 89: Book (D) District 90: Ruhl (R) • District 91: Dodd (D) District 92: Phillips (D) District 93: Garrison (D) District 94: Balderson (R) • District 95: Domenick (D) District 96: Sayre (D) District 97: Hall (R) • District 98: Dolan (R) • District 99: Newcomb (D)
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