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Ohio State Senate

Type
Type	Upper House
Leadership
President of the Senate	Bill Harris, (R) since January 6, 2005
President Pro Tempore	Tom Niehaus, (R) since January 6, 2009
Majority Leader	Keith Faber, (R) since January 6, 2009
Minority Leader	Capri Cafaro, (D) since January 6, 2009
Structure
Members	33
Political groups	Democratic Party (12 seats) Republican Party (21 seats)
Election
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place
Senate Chamber Ohio State Capitol Columbus, OH, US
Website
http://www.ohiosenate.gov

The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio State Legislature. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Bill Harris.

Senators serve four year terms. The terms of the Senators are staggered so that approximately half the membership is elected every two years. The Senators representing the even-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four. The Senators from the odd-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years. Senators are limited to two terms.

Each Senator represents approximately 330,000 Ohioans, and each Senate District encompasses three corresponding Ohio House Districts.

1 Composition
- 1.1 Leadership
  - 1.1.1 Majority leadership
  - 1.1.2 Minority leadership
- 1.2 Members of the 128th Senate
2 See also
3 External links

Composition

128th General Assembly (2009-2010)

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	21	12	33	0

Begin	21	12	33	0
Latest voting share	63.6%	36.4%

Leadership

Majority leadership

President of the Senate: Bill Harris
President pro tempore of the Senate: Tom Niehaus
Floor Leader: Keith Faber
Whip: Steve Buehrer

Minority leadership

Leader: Capri Cafaro
Assistant Leader: Shirley Smith
Whip: Ray Miller
Assistant Whip: Jason Wilson

Members of the 128th Senate

District	Senator	Party	Residence	First elected	Term Limited	Office	Leadership
1	Steve Buehrer [1]	Republican	Delta	2006	2014	129 First Floor	Majority Whip, Insurance Commerce and Labor Committee Chairman
2	Mark Wagoner [2]	Republican	Toledo	2008 (Appt. 08/08)	2016	134 First Floor
3	David Goodman [3]	Republican	New Albany	2001 (Appt. 09/01)	2010	39 Ground Floor	Reference Committee Chairman
4	Gary Cates [4]	Republican	West Chester	2004	2012	132 First Floor	Education Committee Chairman
5	Fred Strahorn	Democratic	Dayton	2009 (Appt. 03/09)	2018	128 First Floor	Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee Ranking Member
6	Jon Husted [5]	Republican	Kettering	2008	2016	34 Ground Floor	Government Oversight Committee Chairman
7	Shannon Jones [6]	Republican	Springboro	2009 (Appt. 08/09)	2018	221 Second Floor
8	Bill Seitz [7]	Republican	Cincinnati	2007 (Appt. 08/07)	2016	143 First Floor	Judiciary- Civil Justice Committee Chairman
9	Eric Kearney [8]	Democratic	Cincinnati	2005 (Appt. 12/05)	2014	57 Ground Floor	Judiciary- Civil Justice Committee Ranking Member
10	Chris Widener [9]	Republican	Springfield	2008	2016	41 Ground Floor	Energy and Public Utilities Committee Chairman
11	Teresa Fedor [10]	Democratic	Toledo	2002	2010	51 Ground Floor	State and Local Government and Veteran's Affairs Committee Ranking Member
12	Keith Faber [11]	Republican	Celina	2007 (Appt. 01/07)	2016	138 First Floor	Majority Leader
13	Sue Morano [12]	Democratic	Lorain	2006	2014	56 Ground Floor	Environment and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member, Health Human Services and Aging Committee Ranking Member
14	Tom Niehaus [13]	Republican	New Richmond	2004	2012	220 Second Floor	President Pro Tempore
15	Ray Miller [14]	Democratic	Columbus	2002	2010	228 Second Floor	Minority Whip, Energy and Public Utilities Committee Ranking Member
16	Jim Hughes [15]	Republican	Columbus	2008	2016	38 Ground Floor	State and Local Government and Veteran's Affairs Committee Chairman
17	John Carey [16]	Republican	Wellston	2002	2010	127 First Floor	Finance and Financial Institutions Committee Chairman
18	Timothy Grendell [17]	Republican	Chesterland	2004	2012	42 Ground Floor	Judiciary- Criminal Justice Committee Chairman
19	Bill Harris [18]	Republican	Ashland	2000 (Appt. 08/00)	2010	201 Statehouse	President of the Senate, Rules Committee Chairman, Dean of the Senate
20	Jimmy Stewart [19]	Republican	Albany	2008	2016	40 Ground Floor
21	Shirley Smith [20]	Democratic	Cleveland	2006	2014	223 Second Floor	Assistant Minority Leader, Government Oversight Committee Ranking Member
22	Bob Gibbs [21]	Republican	Lakeville	2008	2016	125 First Floor	Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee Chairman
23	Dale Miller [22]	Democratic	Cleveland	2006 (Appt. 03/06)	2014	48 Ground Floor	Finance and Financial Institutions Committee Ranking Member
24	Tom Patton [23]	Republican	Strongsville	2008 (Appt. 12/08)	2016	140 First Floor	Highways and Transportation Committee Chairman
25	Nina Turner [24]	Democratic	Cleveland	2008 (Appt. 10/08)	2018	226 Second Floor	Highways and Transportation Committee Ranking Member, Judiciary- Criminal Justice Committee Ranking Member
26	Karen Gillmor [25]	Republican	Tiffin	2008	2016	35 Ground Floor
27	Kevin Coughlin [26]	Republican	Cuyahoga Falls	2001 (Appt. 02/01)	2010	222 Second Floor	Health Human Services and Aging Committee Chairman
28	Tom Sawyer [27]	Democratic	Akron	2007 (Appt. 01/07)	2016	49 Ground Floor	Education Committee Ranking Member
29	Kirk Schuring [28]	Republican	Canton	2002	2010	137 First Floor	Agriculture Committee Chairman
30	Jason Wilson [29]	Democratic	Columbiana	2007 (Appt. 01/07)	2016	50 Ground Floor	Assistant Minority Whip, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member
31	Tim Schaffer [30]	Republican	Lancaster	2006	2014	142 First Floor	Environment and Natural Resources Committee Chairman
32	Capri Cafaro [31]	Democratic	Hubbard	2007 (Appt. 01/07)	2016	303 Statehouse	Minority Leader, Reference Committee Ranking Member, Rules Committee Ranking Member
33	Joe Schiavoni [32]	Democratic	Canfield	2009 (Appt. 01/09)	2018	52 Ground Floor	Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee Ranking Member

External links

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives · United States Senate

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Territorial legislatures	American Samoa (H, S) · District of Columbia · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) · Puerto Rico (H, S) · U.S. Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Philippine Islands (A, H, NA)

Current members of the Ohio Senate

1^st District: Buehrer (R) • 2^nd District: Wagoner (R) • 3^rd District: Goodman (R) • 4^th District: Cates (R) • 5^th District: Strahorn (D) • 6^th District: Husted (R) • 7^th District: Jones (R) • 8^th District: Seitz (R) • 9^th District: Kearney (D) • 10^th District: Widener (R) • 11^th District: Fedor (D) • 12^th District: Faber (R) • 13^th District: Morano (D) • 14^th District: Niehaus (R) • 15^th District: R. Miller (D) • 16^th District: Hughes (R) • 17^th District: Carey (R) • 18^th District: Grendell (R) • 19^th District: Harris (R) • 20^th District: Stewart (R) • 21^st District: D. Miller (D) • 22^nd District: Gibbs (R) • 23^rd District: Smith (D) • 24^th District: Patton (R) • 25^th District: Turner (D) • 26^th District: Gillmor (R) • 27^th District: Coughlin (R) • 28^th District: Sawyer (D) • 29^th District: Schuring (R) • 30^th District: Wilson (D) • 31^st District: Schaffer (R) • 32^nd District: Cafaro (D) • 33^rd District: Schiavoni (D) •

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