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Ohio House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower House
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Armond Budish (D) since January 6, 2009
Speaker Pro Tempore	Matt Szollosi (D) since January 6, 2009
Majority Leader	Tracy Maxwell Heard (D) since October, 2009
Minority Leader	William G. Batchelder (R) since January 6, 2009
Structure
Seats	99
Political groups	Democratic Party (53 seats) Republican Party (46 seats)
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place
House Chamber Ohio State Capitol Columbus, OH, US
Website
http://www.house.state.oh.gov

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.

The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year. The 128th General Assembly convened in January 2009.

Members are limited to four consecutive two-year elected terms (terms are considered consecutive if they are separated by less than two years). Time served by appointment to fill out another representative's uncompleted term does not count against the term limit. There are 99 members in the house, elected from single-member districts. Every even-numbered year, all the seats are up for re-election.

2004 Election

In the 2004 election, Democrats captured two seats (41st district and 93rd district) by defeating sitting Republicans (the latter being Nancy Hollister, a former lieutenant governor). Democrats captured the open seats in two districts (62nd and 63rd) formerly held by Republicans. Democrats held onto four open seats (7th, 26th, 52nd, and 96th). Meanwhile, Republicans defeated the Democratic incumbent in one district (64th) and held onto seven open seats (29th, 46th, 55th, 66th, 88th, 91st, and 98th).

In the remaining 82 districts, the sitting incumbent successfully held his or her seat.

On 18 November 2004, two weeks after winning re-election as a member of the Democratic party, Representative Derrick Seaver announced that he was becoming a Republican, thus leaving the party distribution in the house at 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats.

In July 2006, Dayton-area Representative Dixie Allen switched her affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican Party, making the party distribution 61 to 38. Term limits prevented her from running for the seat in 2006.

2006 Election

In the 2006 election, Democrats captured open Republican seats in the 1st, 16th, 24th, 39th, 43rd, 57th, 58th, 64th, and 91st districts. Republicans captured an open Democratic seat in the 63rd district. The net effect was a Democratic gain of eight seats, making the party distribution 53 Republicans and 46 Democrats.

2008 Election

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The 2008 General Election brought sweeping change to the makeup of the Ohio House of Representatives. For the first time in 14 years, Ohio voters gave the Democratic Party the majority in the House by flipping the makeup of the chamber to 53 Democrats and 46 Republicans.

The Democrats had a net gain of seven seats, winning formerly Republican seats in the 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 28th, 42nd, 63rd, 85th and 92nd districts and lost seats to the GOP in the 16th and 58th districts.

The Ohio House Democratic Caucus House leadership selections for the 128th General Assembly include:

• Rep. Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, Speaker of the House
• Rep. Matt Szollosi, D-Toledo, Speaker Pro Tempore
• Rep. Tracy Maxwell Heard, D-Columbus, Majority Floor Leader
• Rep. Allan Sayre, D-Dover, Assistant Majority Floor Leader
• Rep. Jay Goyal, D-Mansfield, Majority Whip
• Rep. Linda Bolon, D-East Palestine, Assistant Majority Whip

Ohio House Speaker Budish has identified the economy, job creation and education as his top priorities. The swearing in of Ohio's 128th General Assembly took place on Monday, January 5, 2009.

Composition

Members of the 128th House of Representatives

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

See also

• Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
• Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly

References

• Ohio House of Representatives official website
• Project Vote Smart - State House of Ohio
• Map of Ohio House Districts
  • Ohio District Maps 2002-2012
• 2006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State

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135th Ohio General Assembly (2023–2024) Speaker of the House Jason Stephens (R) Speaker pro tempore Scott Oelslager (R) Majority Leader Bill Seitz (R) Minority Leader Allison Russo (D)
▌Dontavius Jarrells (D) ▌Latyna Humphrey (D) ▌Ismail Mohamed (D) ▌Beryl Piccolantonio (D) ▌Richard Brown (D) ▌Adam Miller (D) ▌Allison Russo (D) ▌Beth Liston (D) ▌Munira Abdullahi (D) ▌David Dobos (R) ▌Anita Somani (D) ▌Brian Stewart (R) ▌Michael J. Skindell (D) ▌Sean Brennan (D) ▌Richard Dell'Aquila (D) ▌Bride Rose Sweeney (D) ▌Tom Patton (R) ▌Darnell Brewer (D) ▌Phil Robinson (D) ▌Terrence Upchurch (D) ▌Elliot Forhan (D) ▌Juanita Brent (D) ▌Dan Troy (D) ▌Dani Isaacsohn (D) ▌Cecil Thomas (D) ▌Sedrick Denson (D) ▌Rachel Baker (D) ▌Jodi Whitted (D) ▌Cindy Abrams (R) ▌Bill Seitz (R) ▌Bill Roemer (R) ▌Jack Daniels (R) ▌Veronica Sims (D) ▌Casey Weinstein (D) ▌Steve Demetriou (R) ▌Andrea White (R) ▌Tom Young (R) ▌Willis Blackshear Jr. (D) ▌Phil Plummer (R) ▌Rodney Creech (R) ▌Josh Williams (R) ▌Derek Merrin (R) ▌Michele Grim (D) ▌Elgin Rogers Jr. (D) ▌Jennifer Gross (R) ▌Thomas Hall (R) ▌Sara Carruthers (R) ▌Scott Oelslager (R) ▌Jim Thomas (R) ▌Reggie Stoltzfus (R) ▌Brett Hillyer (R) ▌Gayle Manning (R) ▌Joe Miller (D) ▌Dick Stein (R) ▌Scott Lipps (R) ▌Adam Mathews (R) ▌Jamie Callender (R) ▌Tex Fischer (R) ▌Lauren McNally (D) ▌Brian Lorenz (R) ▌Beth Lear (R) ▌Jean Schmidt (R) ▌Adam Bird (R) ▌Nick Santucci (R) ▌Mike Loychik (R) ▌Sharon Ray (R) ▌Melanie Miller (R) ▌Thaddeus Claggett (R) ▌Kevin Miller (R) ▌Brian Lampton (R) ▌Bill Dean (R) ▌Gail Pavliga (R) ▌Jeff LaRe (R) ▌Bernard Willis (R) ▌Haraz Ghanbari (R) ▌Marilyn John (R) ▌Scott Wiggam (R) ▌Susan Manchester (R) ▌Monica Robb Blasdel (R) ▌Jena Powell (R) ▌Jim Hoops (R) ▌Roy Klopfenstein (R) ▌Jon Cross (R) ▌Angela King (R) ▌Tim Barhorst (R) ▌Tracy Richardson (R) ▌Riordan McClain (R) ▌Gary Click (R) ▌D. J. Swearingen (R) ▌Justin Pizzulli (R) ▌Bob Peterson (R) ▌Mark Johnson (R) ▌Jason Stephens (R) ▌Jay Edwards (R) ▌Don Jones (R) ▌Ron Ferguson (R) ▌Adam Holmes (R) ▌Darrell Kick (R) ▌Sarah Fowler (R)
▌Republican (67) ▌Democratic (32) Ohio General Assembly House Senate List of past Assemblies

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