Ohio's 30th senatorial district

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

Ohio's 30th State Senate district
Senator	Brian Chavez R – Marietta
Demographics	90.4%  White 4.5%  Black 1.4%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 2%  Native American 0.1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age  • Citizens of voting age	342,270 [1] 276,860 282,448

Ohio's 30th senatorial district has historically been based in the Ohio Valley. It now consists of large swaths of eastern and southeastern Ohio and includes the counties of Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, Noble, Monroe, Washington and Meigs as well as portions of Athens and Vinton counties. It encompasses Ohio House of Representatives districts 94, 95 and 96. It has a Cook PVI of R+19. Its current Ohio Senator is Republican Brian Chavez. He resides in Marietta, a city located in Washington County.

List of senators

Senator	Party	Term	Notes
John Longsworth	Republican	January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1968	Longsworth lost re-election in 1968 to Doug Applegate.
Doug Applegate	Democrat	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974	Applegate resigned in 1974 after winning election to the United States Congress.
Kinsey Milleson	Democrat	January 3, 1975 – December 31, 1980	Milleson lost re-election in 1980 to Bill Ress.
Bill Ress	Republican	January 3, 1981 – December 31, 1984	Ress lost re-election in 1984 to Rob Burch.
Rob Burch	Democrat	January 3, 1985 – December 31, 1996	Burch did not seek re-election in 1996 and instead ran for the United States Congress.
Gregory L. DiDonato	Democrat	January 6, 1997 – December 31, 2004	DiDonato was term-limited in 2004.
Charlie Wilson	Democrat	January 3, 2005 – December 31, 2006	Wilson resigned in 2006 after winning election to the United States Congress.
Jason Wilson	Democrat	January 2, 2007 – December 5, 2011	Wilson resigned in 2011 to become Director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia.
Lou Gentile	Democrat	December 14, 2011 – December 31, 2016	Gentile lost re-election in 2016 to Frank Hoagland.
Frank Hoagland	Republican	January 3, 2017 – December 1, 2023	Retired [2]
Brian Chavez	Republican	December 6, 2023 – present	Incumbent

References

1. "OH 2024 State Senate". Dave's Redistricting. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
2. "Washington County resident appointed to Ohio Senate seat". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel . December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

External links

• Ohio's 30th district senator at the 130th Ohio General Assembly official website