Larry Lee Householder is an American politician who was the state representative for Ohio's 72nd district and was a two-time Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. Householder represented the same district from 1997 to 2004,including as speaker from 2001 to 2004. In 2016,he was elected to the Statehouse again and on January 7,2019,he was selected to serve again as speaker. His district included Coshocton and Perry counties,as well as about half of Licking County.
Keith Faber is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican,he has been State Auditor of Ohio in 2019. He was formerly a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001-2007),elected from the 84th district,and then a member of the Ohio State Senate (2007-2016),elected from the 12th District. He was president of the Ohio Senate from 2013 to 2016.
William J. Seitz III is the state representative for the 30th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district consists of Cheviot,Delhi Township,Green as well as portions of Cincinnati,in Hamilton County. Formerly,Seitz represented the same seat from 2001 to 2007. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016. He also has served as Majority Leader since 2017.
Kirk Schuring is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate. He served as interim Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives,following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resigned amid revelations he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002,and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also previously served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 16th congressional district in the 2008 election. In 2018,Schuring was re-elected to the Ohio Senate,where represents the 29th district.
Clayton R. Luckie II was a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 39th District since his appointment in 2006 until his decision to withdraw from the race for re-election in 2012,culminating with his replacement in January 2013.
Joshua Aaron Mandel is an American far-right politician who served as the 48th treasurer of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the Ohio State Representative for the 17th district from 2007 to 2011. He was the unsuccessful Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 U.S. Senate election.
Armond D. Budish is an American politician currently serving in his second term as Cuyahoga County Executive. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a four-term Ohio State Representative,and served as Speaker of the House from 2009 to 2011. He was the first Jewish representative to hold that office. He was re-elected to the House in 2010 and 2012,and thereafter was term-limited.
Marguerite B. Lehner is the former state senator for the 6th District of the Ohio Senate. Formerly she served in the Ohio House of Representatives and on the Kettering City Council. Her district is located entirely in Montgomery County,and includes Vandalia,Riverside,Kettering,Centerville,Miamisburg and Germantown. Lehner is a Republican.
Jay Hottinger is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for the 31st district. A longtime member of the Ohio General Assembly,Hottinger has served in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Senate since 1995. His current district includes Coshocton,New Lexington,New Philadelphia,and Newark. Hottinger serves as the President pro tempore of the Ohio Senate.
A special election to the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 8th congressional district was held to determine the successor to John Boehner,who resigned his seat on October 31,2015. Republican Governor of Ohio John Kasich set the primary election for March 15,2016,and the general election for June 7. The winner of the June special election ran for reelection in November 2016 but served the remainder of Boehner's 13th two-year term,which ended in early January 2017.
Bill Dean is an American politician serving as the state representative for the 74th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district includes Madison County as well as portions of Clark County and Greene County.
The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Ohio,concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term.
The Ohio general elections,2018,were held on November 6,2018,throughout Ohio.
Theresa Gavarone is an American attorney,politician,and businesswoman serving as a member of the Ohio Senate for the 2nd district. A Republican,Gavarone was first appointed to the Senate in 2019 after serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019.
Wesley Goodman is an American Republican politician who served as the Ohio State Representative for the 87th District from 2016 until his resignation in 2017. His former district consists of Crawford,Morrow and Wyandot counties,as well as portions of Marion and Seneca counties.
Candice Keller is an American politician and former state representative for the 53rd District of the Ohio House of Representatives,which includes part of Butler County. A Republican,Keller is known for her far-right views. In 2019,she proposed legislation to ban and criminalize abortion in Ohio.
On August 4,2019,24-year-old Connor Betts shot and killed nine people,including his transgender brother,and wounded 17 others near the entrance of the Ned Peppers Bar in the Oregon District of Dayton,Ohio. Betts was fatally shot by responding police officers 32 seconds after the first shots were fired. A total of 27 people were taken to area hospitals.
Shane Wilkin is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 91st district since 2018. A Republican,Wilkin's district includes all of Clinton,Highland and Pike counties and portions of Ross county. Prior to serving in the state House,Wilkin served three terms as a Highland County Commissioner. Professionally,he works as a realtor.
David M. DeVillers is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 2019 to 2021. Before his nomination,he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the same district.
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine won reelection to a second term in a landslide,defeating Democrat nominee Nan Whaley,the former mayor of Dayton,62.8% to 37.2%. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican Governor of Ohio since 1978 has won reelection by a double digit margin.
