William Boyd Allison was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party,he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in the United States Senate. By the 1890s,Allison had become one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the Senate,along with Orville H. Platt of Connecticut,John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island.
Andrew C. Brock served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the state's thirty-fourth Senate district from 2003 to 2017. During his tenure,he represented Yadkin,Davie,Iredell,and Rowan counties. He also served as the Republican deputy whip in the Senate.
Theodore S. Celeste is an American businessman and former politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Peace Corps,Celeste,the brother of former Ohio governor and U.S. ambassador Dick Celeste,ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and lost to the Republican incumbent Mike DeWine. In 2006,Celeste was elected State Representative of Ohio's 24th District,and served until 2012.
Robert Brian Gibbs is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2022,Gibbs announced he was not seeking reelection.
Hoon-Yung Hopgood is a former member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 6th district from 2011 until 2018. He is a Democrat and a former member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He represented roughly half of the cities which make up the Downriver area of Metro Detroit,as well as other cities in Wayne County. He is the first Korean American to hold state office in Michigan.
David Goodman is Republican politician who serves as the director of the Ohio Development Services Agency,the state's economic development department. He served as the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce from January 2011 until March 2013. He has also served in both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.
John Carey is an American politician in the Republican Party. He became the Chancellor of the University System of Ohio in 2013. In 2011,he served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 87th District,before resigning at the end of the year. He also was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 until 2002,and the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010.
Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006,and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019.
James Kirk Schuring was an American politician of the Republican Party from the state of Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002,and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010,before returning in 2018 and serving there until his death.
Vernon Sykes is an American politician serving as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate. The district included Akron,Barberton,Green,Portage Lakes,Sawyerwood,Lakemore and portions of Cuyahoga Falls,Mogadore and Tallmadge in Summit County.
Christopher Widener was the President pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate,and represented the 10th Senate District,which includes Madison,Clark and Greene counties. Before the Senate,he served three terms non-consecutively in the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican.
Thomas F. Patton is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 17th district since 2023.
David E. Burke is a politician who served as State Senator for the 26th District of the Ohio Senate. He formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives. He served as the Chairman of the Senate Finance Medicaid subcommittee.
Gerald Stebelton is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 77th District from 2007 to 2014.
Grace L. Drake was an American politician,member of the Ohio Senate,serving the 22nd district from 1984 to 2000. Her district encompassed the eastern/southern portion of Cuyahoga County and all of Medina and Wayne Counties. In 2000 she faced term limits and was succeeded by Ron Amstutz.
Scott Oelslager is an American politician who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019. He represents the 48th district. He previously held the same seat from 2003 to 2010 and also served in the Ohio Senate from 1985 to 2002 and again from 2011 to 2018. He 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.
Elgie R. Sims Jr. is the Illinois state Senator for the 17th district. The 17th district includes the Chatham neighborhoods of Chicago along with the all or parts of Burnham,Calumet City,Lansing,Ford Heights,Lynwood,Sauk Village,Beecher,Manteno,and Grant Park.
Graig R. Meyer is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He has represented the 23rd district since 2023. He previously served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,where he was elected to the 50th district seat 4 times. In 2022,Meyer announced his candidacy for District 23 of the North Carolina Senate,that district includes all of Caswell,Orange and Person counties,and was elected to that seat in November 2022.
Scott Wiggam is the state representative for the 77th district of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district consists of Wayne County.
