126th Ohio General Assembly

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The One Hundred Twenty-sixth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2005 and 2006. 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 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats.

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Major events

Vacancies

Appointments

Leadership changes

Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
End of previous legislature2211330
Begin2211330
Latest voting share66.6%34.4%

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 126th Ohio Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyFirst elected
1 Lynn Wachtmann Republican1998
2 Randy Gardner Republican2000
3 David Goodman Republican2001 (Appt.)
4 Gary Cates Republican2004
5 Tom Roberts Democratic2002 (Appt.)
6 Jeff Jacobson Republican2000
7 Robert Schuler Republican2002
8 Patricia Clancy Republican2004
9 Eric Kearney Democratic2005 (Appt.)
10 Steve Austria Republican2000
11 Teresa Fedor Democratic2002
12 Jim Jordan Republican2000
13 Jeff Armbruster Republican1998
14 Tom Niehaus Republican2004
15 Ray Miller Democratic2002
16 Steve Stivers Republican2003 (Appt.)
17 John Carey Republican2002
18 Timothy Grendell Republican2004
19 Bill Harris Republican2000 (Appt.)
20 Joy Padgett Republican2004 (Appt.)
21 C.J. Prentiss Democratic1998
22 Ron Amstutz Republican2000
23 Dale Miller Democratic2006 (Appt.)
24 Robert Spada Republican1999 (Appt.)
25 Eric Fingerhut Democratic1998
26 Larry Mumper Republican1997 (Appt.)
27 Kevin Coughlin Republican2001 (Appt.)
28 Kimberly Zurz Democratic2003 (Appt.)
29 Kirk Schuring Republican2002
30 Charlie Wilson Democratic2004
31 Jay Hottinger Republican1998 (Appt.)
32 Marc Dann Democratic2003 (Appt.)
33 Bob Hagan Democratic1997 (Appt.)

House of Representatives

Composition

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature3960990
Begin3960990
Latest voting share39.9%60.1%

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 126th Ohio House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentativePartyFirst Elected
1 Chuck Blasdel Republican2000
2 Jon Peterson Republican2000
3 Jim Carmichael Republican2000
4 John R. Willamowski Republican1997 (Appt.)
5 Tim Schaffer Republican2000
6 Bob Latta Republican2000
7 Kenny Yuko Democratic2004
8 Lance Mason Democratic2002 (Appt.)
9 Claudette Woodard Democratic2000
10 Shirley Smith Democratic1998
11 Annie L. Key Democratic2000
12 Michael DeBose Democratic2002 (Appt.)
13 Michael J. Skindell Democratic2002
14 Michael Foley Democratic2006 (Appt.)
15 Timothy J. DeGeeter Democratic2003 (Appt.)
16 Sally Conway Kilbane Republican1998
17 Jim Trakas Republican1998
18 Tom Patton Republican2002
19 Larry L. Flowers Republican2000
20 Jim McGregor Republican2001 (Appt.)
21 Linda Reidelbach Republican2000
22 Jim Hughes Republican2000
23 Larry Wolpert Republican2000
24 Geoffrey C. Smith Republican1998
25 Dan Stewart Democratic2002
26 Mike Mitchell Democratic2004
27 Joyce Beatty Democratic1999 (Appt.)
28 Jim Raussen Republican2002
29 Lou Blessing Republican2004
30 Bill Seitz Republican2000
31 Steve Driehaus Democratic2000
32 Catherine L. Barrett Democratic1998
33 Tyrone Yates Democratic2002
34 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican2000
35 Michelle G. Schneider Republican2000
36 Arlene Setzer Republican2000
37 Jon Husted Republican2000
38 John White Republican2000
39 Clayton Luckie Democratic2006 (Appt.)
40 Fred Strahorn Democratic2000
41 Brian Williams Democratic2004
42 John Widowfield Republican2001 (Appt.)
43 Mary Taylor Republican2002
44 Barbara Sykes Democratic2000
45 Robert J. Otterman Democratic2000
46 Mark Wagoner Republican2004
47 Peter Ujvagi Democratic2002
48 Edna Brown Democratic2001 (Appt.)
49 Jeanine Perry Democratic1998
50 John Hagan Republican2000
51 Scott Oelslager Republican2002
52 William J. Healy II Democratic2004
53 Shawn Webster Republican2000
54 Courtney Combs Republican2004 (Appt.)
55 Bill Coley Republican2004
56 Joseph Koziura Democratic2001 (Appt.)
57 Earl Martin Republican2003 (Appt.)
58 Dan White Republican2006 (Appt.)
59 Kenneth Carano Democratic2000
60 Sylvester Patton Democratic1997 (Appt.)
61 John Boccieri Democratic2000
62 Lorraine Fende Democratic2004
63 Timothy J. Cassell Democratic2004
64 Randy Law Republican2004
65 Sandra Harwood Democratic2002
66 Joe Uecker Republican2004
67 Tom Raga Republican2000
68 Kathleen Chandler Democratic2002
69 Chuck Calvert Republican1998
70 Kevin DeWine Republican2000
71 David R. Evans Republican1998 (Appt.)
72 Ross McGregor Republican2005 (Appt.)
73 William J. Hartnett Democratic1998 (Appt.)
74 Steve Buehrer Republican1998
75 Jim Hoops Republican1998
76 Mike Gilb Republican2000
77 Keith Faber Republican2000
78 Derrick Seaver Republican2000
79 Diana Fessler Republican2000
80 Chris Redfern Democratic1999 (Appt.)
81 Jeff Wagner Republican2002
82 Steve Reinhard Republican2000
83 Tony Core Republican2000
84 Chris Widener Republican2002
85 John M. Schlichter Republican2002
86 David T. Daniels Republican2002
87 Clyde Evans Republican2002
88 Danny Bubp Republican2004
89 Todd Book Democratic2002
90 Thom Collier Republican2000 (Appt.)
91 Ron Hood Republican2004
92 Jimmy Stewart Republican2002
93 Jennifer Garrison Democratic2004
94 Jim Aslanides Republican2000
95 John Domenick Democratic2002
96 Allan Sayre Democratic2004
97 Bob Gibbs Republican2002
98 Matt Dolan Republican2004
99 George Distel Democratic1999 (Appt.)

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

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