128th Ohio General Assembly

The One Hundred Twenty-eighth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio from January 5, 2009 until December 31, 2010. Ted Strickland was Ohio Governor for its entirety. It was composed of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. The apportionment of districts was based on the 2000 United States Census. It marked the first time in fourteen years that the Ohio Democratic Party controlled the House of Representatives, while the Ohio Republican Party maintained control of the Ohio Senate.

Party summary

Senate

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%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	46	53	99	0

Begin	53	46	99	0
Latest voting share	53.5%	46.5%

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate: Bill Harris
President pro tempore of the Senate: Tom Niehaus
Floor Leader: Keith Faber
Whip: Mark Wagoner (January 2009-January 2010); Steve Buehrer (January 2010-December 2010)

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

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Armond Budish
President pro tempore of the Senate: Matt Szollosi
Majority Floor Leader: Tracy Maxwell Heard
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Allan Sayre
Majority Whip: Jay Goyal
Assistant Majority Whip: Linda Bolon

Minority Leader: William G. Batchelder
Assistant Minority Leader: Lou Blessing
Minority Whip: John Adams
Assistant Minority Whip: Cheryl Grossman

Membership

Senate

District	Senator	Party	Residence	First elected	Term Limited
1	Steve Buehrer	Republican	Delta	2006	2014
2	Mark Wagoner	Republican	Toledo	2008 (Appt.)	2016
3	David Goodman	Republican	New Albany	2001 (Appt.)	2010
4	Gary Cates	Republican	West Chester	2004	2012
5	Fred Strahorn	Democratic	Dayton	2009 (Appt.)	2018
6	Jon Husted	Republican	Kettering	2008	2016
7	Shannon Jones	Republican	Springboro	2009 (Appt.)	2018
8	Bill Seitz	Republican	Cincinnati	2007 (Appt.)	2016
9	Eric Kearney	Democratic	Cincinnati	2005 (Appt.)	2014
10	Chris Widener	Republican	Springfield	2008	2016
11	Teresa Fedor	Democratic	Toledo	2002	2010
12	Keith Faber	Republican	Celina	2007 (Appt.)	2016
13	Sue Morano	Democratic	Lorain	2006	2014
14	Tom Niehaus	Republican	New Richmond	2004	2012
15	Ray Miller	Democratic	Columbus	2002	2010
16	Jim Hughes	Republican	Columbus	2008	2016
17	John Carey	Republican	Wellston	2002	2010
18	Timothy Grendell	Republican	Chesterland	2004	2012
19	Bill Harris	Republican	Ashland	2000 (Appt.)	2010
20	Jimmy Stewart	Republican	Athens	2008	2016
21	Shirley Smith	Democratic	Cleveland	2006	2014
22	Vacant	Republican
23	Dale Miller	Democratic	Cleveland	2006 (Appt.)	2014
24	Tom Patton	Republican	Strongsville	2008 (Appt.)	2016
25	Nina Turner	Democratic	Cleveland	2008 (Appt.)	2018
26	Karen Gillmor	Republican	Tiffin	2008	2016
27	Kevin Coughlin	Republican	Cuyahoga Falls	2001 (Appt.)	2010
28	Tom Sawyer	Democratic	Akron	2007 (Appt.)	2016
29	Kirk Schuring	Republican	Canton	2002	2010
30	Jason Wilson	Democratic	Columbiana	2007 (Appt.)	2016
31	Tim Schaffer	Republican	Lancaster	2006	2014
32	Capri Cafaro	Democratic	Hubbard	2007 (Appt.)	2016
33	Joe Schiavoni	Democratic	Canfield	2009 (Appt.)	2018

House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First Elected	Term Limited
1	Linda Bolon	Dem	East Palestine	2006	2014
2	Kris Jordan	Rep	Dublin	2008	2016
3	Ron Amstutz	Rep	Wooster	2008	2016
4	Matt Huffman	Rep	Lima	2006	2014
5	Gerald Stebleton	Rep	Lancaster	2006	2014
6	Randy Gardner	Rep	Bowling Green	2008 (Appt.)	2016
7	Kenny Yuko	Dem	Richmond Heights	2004	2012
8	Armond Budish	Dem	Beachwood	2006	2014
9	Barbara Boyd	Dem	Cleveland Heights	2006	2014
10	Robin Belcher	Dem	Cleveland	2009 (Appt.)	2018
11	Sandra Williams	Dem	Cleveland	2006	2014
12	Michael DeBose	Dem	Cleveland	2002 (Appt.)	2010
13	Michael J. Skindell	Dem	Lakewood	2002	2010
14	Michael Foley	Dem	Cleveland	2006 (Appt.)	2014
15	Timothy J. DeGeeter	Dem	Parma	2003 (Appt.)	2012
16	Nan Baker	Rep	Westlake	2008	2016
17	Josh Mandel	Rep	Lyndhurst	2006	2014
18	Matt Patten	Dem	Strongsville	2008	2016
19	Marian Harris	Dem	Columbus	2008	2016
20	Nancy Garland	Dem	New Albany	2008	2016
21	Kevin Bacon	Rep	Columbus	2006	2014
22	John Patrick Carney	Dem	Clintonville	2008	2016
23	Cheryl Grossman	Rep	Grove City	2008	2016
24	Ted Celeste	Dem	Upper Arlington	2006	2014
25	Dan Stewart	Dem	Columbus	2002	2010
26	Tracy Maxwell Heard	Dem	Columbus	2006	2014
27	W. Carlton Weddington	Dem	Columbus	2008	2016
28	Connie Pillich	Dem	Montgomery	2008	2016
29	Lou Blessing	Rep	Cincinnati	2004	2012
30	Robert Mecklenborg	Rep	Cincinnati	2007 (Appt.)	2016
31	Denise Driehaus	Dem	Cincinnati	2008	2016
32	Dale Mallory	Dem	Cincinnati	2006	2014
33	Alicia Reece	Dem	Cincinnati	2010 (Appt.)	2018
34	Peter Stautberg	Rep	Anderson Twp.	2008	2016
35	Ron Maag	Rep	Lebanon	2008	2016
36	Seth Morgan	Rep	Huber Heights	2008	2016
37	Peggy Lehner	Rep	Kettering	2008	2016
38	Terry Blair	Rep	Washington Twp.	2008	2016
39	Clayton Luckie	Dem	Dayton	2006 (Appt.)	2014
40	Roland Winburn	Dem	Harrison Twp.	2008	2016
41	Brian Williams	Dem	Akron	2004	2012
42	Mike Moran	Dem	Hudson	2008	2016
43	Steve Dyer	Dem	Green	2006	2014
44	Vernon Sykes	Dem	Akron	2006	2014
45	John Otterman	Dem	Akron	2008 (Appt.)	2016
46	Barbara Sears	Rep	Sylvania	2008 (Appt.)	2016
47	Joe Walter	Dem	Toledo	2010 (Appt.)	2018
48	Edna Brown	Dem	Toledo	2001 (Appt.)	2010
49	Matt Szollosi	Dem	Toledo	2006	2014
50	Todd Snitchler	Rep	Uniontown	2008	2016
51	Scott Oelslager	Rep	Canton	2002	2010
52	Stephen Slesnick	Dem	Canton	2008 (Appt.)	2016
53	Timothy Derickson	Rep	Hanover Twp	2008	2016
54	Courtney Combs	Rep	Hamilton	2004 (Appt.)	2012
55	Bill Coley	Rep	West Chester Twp.	2004	2012
56	Joseph Koziura	Dem	Lorain	2001 (Appt.)	2010
57	Matt Lundy	Dem	Elyria	2006	2014
58	Terry Boose	Rep	Norwalk	2008	2016
59	Ron Gerberry	Dem	Austintown	2007 (Appt.)	2016
60	Bob Hagan	Dem	Youngstown	2006	2014
61	Mark Okey	Dem	Carrollton	2006	2014
62	Lorraine Fende	Dem	Willowick	2004	2012
63	Mark Schneider	Dem	Mentor	2008	2016
64	Tom Letson	Dem	Warren	2006	2014
65	Sandra Harwood	Dem	Niles	2002	2010
66	Joe Uecker	Rep	Loveland	2004	2012
67	Peter Beck	Rep	Mason	2009 (Appt.)	2018
68	Kathleen Chandler	Dem	Kent	2002	2010
69	William G. Batchelder	Rep	Medina	2006	2014
70	Jarrod Martin	Rep	Beavercreek	2008	2016
71	Jay Hottinger	Rep	Newark	2006	2014
72	Ross McGregor	Rep	Springfield	2005 (Appt.)	2014
73	Jay Goyal	Dem	Mansfield	2006	2014
74	Bruce Goodwin	Rep	Defiance	2006	2014	Finance and Appropriations Agriculture and Development Subcommittee Ranking Member
75	Lynn Wachtmann	Rep	Napoleon	2006	2014	Health Committee Ranking Member
76	Cliff Hite	Rep	Findlay	2006	2014	Faith-based Initiatives Committee Ranking Member
77	Jim Zehringer	Rep	Fort Recovery	2007 (Appt.)	2016	Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member
78	John Adams	Rep	Sidney	2006	2014	Minority Whip
79	Richard Adams	Rep	Troy	2008	2016
80	Dennis Murray	Dem	Sandusky	2008	2016
81	Jeff Wagner	Rep	Sycamore	2002	2010
82	Jeffrey McClain	Rep	Upper Sandusky	2008	2016
83	David Burke	Rep	Marysville	2008	2016	Finance and Appropriations Human Services Subcommittee Ranking Member
84	Bob Hackett	Rep	London	2008	2016
85	Raymond Pryor	Dem	Chillicothe	2008	2016
86	David T. Daniels	Rep	Greenfield	2002	2010	State Government Committee Ranking Member
87	Clyde Evans	Rep	Rio Grande	2002	2010	Public Security and Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member
88	Danny Bubp	Rep	West Union	2004	2012	Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member
89	Todd Book	Dem	McDermott	2002	2010	Rules and Reference Committee Chairman
90	Margaret Ruhl	Rep	Mount Vernon	2008	2016
91	Dan Dodd	Dem	Hebron	2006	2014	Insurance Committee Chairman
92	Debbie Phillips	Dem	Athens	2008	2016
93	Larry Woodford	Dem	Marietta	2010 (Appt.)	2020
94	Troy Balderson	Rep	Muskingum	2008	2016
95	John Domenick	Dem	Smithfield	2002	2010
96	Joshua O'Farrell	Dem	New Philadelphia	2010 (Appt.)	2018
97	Dave Hall	Rep	Killbuck	2008	2016
98	Richard Hollington	Rep	Chagrin Falls	2010 (Appt.)	2018
99	Deborah Newcomb	Dem	Conneaut	2008 (Appt.)	2016

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

Changes in membership

Senate

There were three resignations and one death.

33rd District	John Boccieri (D)^[1]	Resigned December 31, 2008 to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.	Joe Schiavoni (D)^[2]	January 6, 2009
5th District	Tom Roberts (D)	Resigned February 28, 2009 to become a member of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.	Fred Strahorn (D)	March 31, 2009
7th District	Bob Schuler (R)	Schuler dies June 13, 2009, while in office.	Shannon Jones (R)	August 11, 2009
22nd District	Bob Gibbs (R)	Resigned December 31, 2010 to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.	Larry Obhof (R)	February 2, 2011

House of Representatives

There were seven resignations.

10th District	Eugene Miller (D)	Resigned to take a seat on Cleveland City Council.	Robin Belcher (D)	March 16, 2009
67th District	Shannon Jones (R)	Resigned to take a seat in the Ohio Senate.	Peter Beck (R)	September 20, 2009
98th District	Matt Dolan (R)	Resigned to focus on a run for Cuyahoga County Executive.	Richard Hollington (R)	February 6, 2010
33rd District	Tyrone Yates (D)	Resigned to become a judge on the Hamilton County Municipal Court.	Alicia Reece	March 3, 2010
47th District	Peter Ujvagi (D)	Resigned to become the administrator for Lucas County.	Joe Walter	March 24, 2010
96th District	Allan Sayre (D)	Resigned to become city manager for Dover, Ohio.	Joshua O'Farrell	June 2, 2010
93rd District	Jennifer Garrison (D)	Resigned to become a member of the Ohio Consumers Council.	Larry Woodford	December 7, 2010

References

Ohio House of Representatives official website
Project Vote Smart - State House of Ohio
Map of Ohio House Districts
- Ohio District Maps 2002-2012

↑ Hirschfeld Davis, Julie (2008-11-05). "Democrats expand House majority with broad gains". USA Today. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
↑ "Schiavoni appointed to replace Boccieri as senator". TNL News. 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

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