Ohio's 20th senatorial district

For United States senators, see List of United States senators from Ohio.

Ohio's 20th State Senate district
Senator	Tim Schaffer R – Lancaster
Demographics	84.7%  White 7.3%  Black 2.3%  Hispanic 2.9%  Asian 2.4%  Native American 0.1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age  • Citizens of voting age	359,774 [1] 274,750 266,831

Ohio's 20th senatorial district is based in east-central Ohio. It used to stretch into southeastern Ohio. It is made up of the counties of Fairfield, Hocking, Morgan, Muskingum and Guernsey as well as portions of Pickaway and Athens counties. It encompasses Ohio House of Representatives districts 77, 78 and 97. It has a Cook PVI of R+16. Its Ohio Senator is Republican Tim Schaffer. He resides in Lancaster, a city located in Fairfield County.

List of senators

Senator	Party	Term	Notes
Tom V. Moorehead	Republican	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968	Moorehead lost re-election in 1968 to Robert Secrest. [2]
Robert Secrest	Democrat	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1976	Secrest did not seek re-election in 1976. [3]
Sam Speck	Republican	January 3, 1977 – December 2, 1983	Speck resigned to take a position with FEMA in 1983. [4]
Bob Ney	Republican	January 10, 1984 – January 3, 1995	Ney resigned in 1995 after winning election to the United States Congress.
James E. Carnes	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 6, 2004	Carnes resigned to take a job at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. [5]
Joy Padgett	Republican	January 6, 2004 – December 31, 2008	Padgett did not seek re-election in 2008. [6]
Jimmy Stewart	Republican	January 5, 2009 – June 30, 2011	Stewart resigned prior to the expiration of his term in 2012.
Troy Balderson	Republican	July 14, 2011 – January 2, 2019	Balderson resigned prior to the expiration of his term after winning a seat in the United States Congress.
Brian Hill	Republican	January 6, 2019 - April 2, 2019	Hill resigned to take a position in the private sector.
Tim Schaffer	Republican	May 3, 2019 – present	Incumbent

References

1. "OH 2024 State Senate". Dave's Redistricting. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
2. Ohio Election Statistics 1965-1970.
3. Toledo Blade 05/07/1994
4. Toledo Blade 12/04/2006
5. Gaadsden Times 12/28/2003
6. The Post 09/07/2007

External links

• Ohio's 20th district senator at the 130th Ohio General Assembly official website