125th Ohio General Assembly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The One Hundred Twenty-fifth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2003 and 2004. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Republican Party. In the Senate, there were 22 Republicans and 11 Democrats. In the House, there were 63 Republicans and 36 Democrats. It is also the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts after the 2000 Census.

Major events[]

Vacancies[]

  • March 4, 2003: Representative Jeffrey Manning (R-57th) resigns to become Lorain County, Ohio Prosecutor.
  • August 31, 2003: Senator Leigh Herington (D-28th) resigns.
  • December 2, 2003: Representative Dean DePiero (D-15th) resigns to become Mayor of Parma, Ohio.
  • January 6, 2004: Senator James E. Carnes (R-20th) resigns.
  • January 16, 2004: Representative Greg Jolivette (R-54th) resigns to become a Commissioner in Butler County, Ohio.
  • March 5, 2004: Representative Bryan C. Williams (R-41) resigns to become Chair of Summit County, Ohio Board of Elections.

Appointments[]

  • January 6, 2003: Steve Stivers appointed to Senate District 16 due to the resignation of Priscilla D. Mead.
  • January 6, 2003: Marc Dann appointed to Senate District 32 due to the resignation of Tim Ryan.
  • April 8, 2003: Earl Martin appointed to House District 57 due to the resignation of Jeffrey Manning.
  • September 3, 2003: Kimberly Zurz appointed to Senate District 28 due to the resignation of Leigh Herington.
  • December 2, 2003: Timothy J. DeGeeter appointed to House District 15 due to the resignation of Dean DePiero.
  • January 6, 2004: Joy Padgett appointed to the 20th Senatorial District due to the resignation of James E. Carnes.
  • January 21, 2004: Courtney Combs appointed to House District 54 due to the resignation of Greg Jolivette.
  • March 5, 2004: Marilyn Slaby appointed to House District 41 due to the resignation of Bryan C. Williams.

Leadership changes[]

Senate[]

Leadership[]

Majority leadership[]

Minority leadership[]

Members of the 125th Ohio Senate[]

District Senator Party First elected
1 Lynn Wachtmann [1] Republican 1998
2 Randy Gardner [2] Republican 2000
3 David Goodman [3] Republican 2001 (Appt.)
4 Scott Nein [4] Republican 1995 (Appt.)
5 Tom Roberts Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
6 Jeff Jacobson [5] Republican 2000
7 Robert Schuler Republican 2002
8 Lou Blessing Republican 1996
9 Mark Mallory [6] Democratic 1998
10 Steve Austria [7] Republican 2000
11 Teresa Fedor [8] Democratic 2002
12 Jim Jordan [9] Republican 2000
13 Jeff Armbruster [10] Republican 1998
14 Doug White [11] Republican 1996 (Appt.)
15 Ray Miller [12] Democratic 2002
16 Steve Stivers [13] Republican 2003 (Appt.)
17 John Carey [14] Republican 2002
18 Robert A. Gardner [15] Republican 1996
19 Bill Harris [16] Republican 2000 (Appt.)
20 Joy Padgett Republican 2004 (Appt.)
21 C.J. Prentiss [17] Democratic 1998
22 Ron Amstutz [18] Republican 2000
23 Dan Brady [19] Democratic 1998
24 Robert Spada [20] Republican 1999 (Appt.)
25 Eric Fingerhut [21] Democratic 1998
26 Larry Mumper [22] Republican 1997 (Appt.)
27 Kevin Coughlin [23] Republican 2001 (Appt.)
28 Kimberly Zurz [24] Democratic 2003 (Appt.)
29 Kirk Schuring [25] Republican 2002
30 Gregory L. DiDonato [26] Democratic 1996
31 Jay Hottinger [27] Republican 1998 (Appt.)
32 Marc Dann [28] Democratic 2003 (Appt.)
33 Bob Hagan [29] Democratic 1997 (Appt.)

House of Representatives[]

Leadership[]

Majority leadership[]

Minority leadership[]

Members of the 125th Ohio House of Representatives[]

District Representative Party First Elected
1 Chuck Blasdel Republican 2000
2 Jon Peterson Republican 2000
3 Jim Carmichael Republican 2000
4 John R. Willamowski Republican 1997 (Appt.)
5 Tim Schaffer Republican 2000
6 Bob Latta Republican 2000
7 Ed Jerse Democratic 1995 (Appt.)
8 Lance Mason Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
9 Claudette Woodard Democratic 2000
10 Shirley Smith Democratic 1998
11 Annie L. Key Democratic 2000
12 Michael DeBose Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
13 Michael J. Skindell Democratic 2002
14 Dale Miller Democratic 1996
15 Timothy J. DeGeeter Democratic 2003 (Appt.)
16 Sally Conway Kilbane Republican 1998
17 Jim Trakas Republican 1998
18 Tom Patton Republican 2002
19 Larry L. Flowers Republican 2000
20 Jim McGregor Republican 2001 (Appt.)
21 Linda Reidelbach Republican 2000
22 Jim Hughes Republican 2000
23 Larry Wolpert Republican 2000
24 Geoffrey C. Smith Republican 1998
25 Dan Stewart Democratic 2002
26 Larry Price Democratic 2002
27 Joyce Beatty Democratic 1999 (Appt.)
28 Jim Raussen Republican 2002
29 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996
30 Bill Seitz Republican 2000
31 Steve Driehaus Democratic 2000
32 Catherine L. Barrett Democratic 1998
33 Tyrone Yates Democratic 2002
34 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican 2000
35 Michelle G. Schneider Republican 2000
36 Arlene Setzer Republican 2000
37 Jon Husted Republican 2000
38 John White Republican 2000
39 Dixie Allen Democratic 1998 (Appt.)
40 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2000
41 Marilyn Slaby Republican 2004 (Appt.)
42 John Widowfield Republican 2001 (Appt.)
43 Mary Taylor Republican 2002
44 Barbara Sykes Democratic 2000
45 Robert J. Otterman Democratic 2000
46 Lynn Olman Republican 1995 (Appt.)
47 Peter Ujvagi Democratic 2002
48 Edna Brown Democratic 2001 (Appt.)
49 Jeanine Perry Democratic 1998
50 Republican 2000
51 Scott Oelslager Republican 2002
52 Mary Cirelli Democratic 2000
53 Shawn Webster Republican 2000
54 Courtney Combs Republican 2004 (Appt.)
55 Gary Cates Republican 1995 (Appt.)
56 Joseph Koziura Democratic 2001 (Appt.)
57 Earl Martin Republican 2003 (Appt.)
58 Kathleen Walcher Republican 2002
59 Kenneth Carano Democratic 2000
60 Sylvester Patton Democratic 1997 (Appt.)
61 John Boccieri Democratic 2000
62 Jamie Callender Republican 1996
63 Ron Young Republican
64 Daniel Sferra Democratic 2000
65 Democratic 2002
66 Jean Schmidt Republican 2000
67 Tom Raga Republican 2000
68 Kathleen Chandler Democratic 2002
69 Chuck Calvert Republican 1998
70 Kevin DeWine Republican 2000
71 Republican 1998 (Appt.)
72 Merle G. Kearns Republican 2000
73 William J. Hartnett Democratic 1998 (Appt.)
74 Steve Buehrer Republican 1998
75 Jim Hoops Republican 1998
76 Mike Gilb Republican 2000
77 Keith Faber Republican 2000
78 Derrick Seaver Republican 2000
79 Diana Fessler Republican 2000
80 Chris Redfern Democratic 1999 (Appt.)
81 Jeff Wagner Republican 2002
82 Steve Reinhard Republican 2000
83 Tony Core Republican 1999 (Appt.)
84 Chris Widener Republican 2002
85 John M. Schlichter Republican 2002
86 David T. Daniels Republican 2002
87 Clyde Evans Republican 2002
88 Tom Niehaus Republican 2000
89 Todd Book Democratic 2002
90 Thom Collier Republican 2000 (Appt.)
91 Larry Householder Republican 1996
92 Jimmy Stewart Republican 2002
93 Nancy P. Hollister Republican 1999 (Appt.)
94 Jim Aslanides Republican 1999 (Appt.)
95 John Domenick Democratic 2002
96 Charlie Wilson Democratic 1996
97 Bob Gibbs Republican 2002
98 Tim Grendell Republican 2000
99 George Distel Democratic 1999 (Appt.)

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

See also[]

References[]

Retrieved from ""