125th Ohio General Assembly

Last updated November 21, 2025

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

January 6, 2004: John Boccieri resigns from Assistant Minority Whip; Lance Mason appointed.

Senate

Leadership

Majority leadership

President of the Senate: Doug White
President pro tempore of the Senate: Jeff Jacobson
Floor Leader: Randy Gardner
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Robert Spada
Whip: Steve Austria
Assistant Majority Whip: Jay Hottinger

Minority leadership

Leader: Greg DiDonato
Assistant Leader: Mark Mallory
Whip: C.J. Prentiss
Assistant Whip: Teresa Fedor

Members of the 125th Ohio Senate

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority leadership

Speaker of the House: Larry Householder
President pro tempore of the Senate: Gary Cates
Floor Leader: Patricia Clancy
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Steve Buehrer
Majority Whip: Jim Trakas
Assistant Majority Whip: Jon Peterson

Minority leadership

Leader: Chris Redfern
Assistant Leader: Joyce Beatty
Whip: Dale Miller
Assistant Whip: John Boccieri (January 6, 2003 – January 6, 2004), Lance Mason (January 6, 2004-)

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	John Hagan	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	Sandra Harwood	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	David R. Evans	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

References

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125th Ohio General Assembly

Contents

Major events

Vacancies

Appointments

Leadership changes

Senate

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 125th Ohio Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 125th Ohio House of Representatives

See also

References