Ohio Senate


The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the seats are contested at each election. Even numbered seats and odd numbered seats are contested in separate election years. The president of the Ohio Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Rob McColley.
Currently, the Senate consists of 24 Republicans and 9 Democrats, with the Republicans controlling two more seats than the 22 required for a supermajority vote. Senators are limited to two consecutive terms. Each senator represents approximately 349,000 Ohioans, and each Senate district encompasses three corresponding Ohio House of Representatives districts.

Composition

Leadership

Other officers
Clerk: According to the Rules of the Senate, the clerk is elected by the members of the Senate and is tasked with maintaining records of all Senate bills and resolutions. The clerk is also responsible for handling all documents received from other government departments.

Members of the 136th Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm limitedFirst elected
1Rob McColleyRepublicanNapoleonDefiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Logan, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams20262017*
2RepublicanBowling GreenErie, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Wood20282019*
3Michele ReynoldsRepublicanCanal WinchesterFranklin, Madison, Pickaway20302022
4George LangRepublicanWest ChesterButler20282020
5Steve HuffmanRepublicanTipp CityButler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble20262018
6Willis Blackshear Jr.DemocraticDaytonMontgomery20322024
7Steve WilsonRepublicanMainevilleHamilton, Warren20262017*
8Louis BlessingRepublicanColerain TownshipHamilton20282019*
9Catherine IngramDemocraticCincinnatiHamilton20302022
10RepublicanSpringfieldClark, Clinton, Greene20322024
11Paula Hicks-HudsonDemocraticToledoLucas20302022
12RepublicanWaynesfieldAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan, Mercer, Shelby20322024
13Nathan ManningRepublicanNorth RidgevilleHuron, Lorain20262018
14Terry JohnsonRepublicanMcDermottAdams, Brown, Clermont, Scioto20282019*
15Hearcel CraigDemocraticColumbusFranklin20262018
16Beth ListonDemocraticDublinFranklin20322024
17Shane WilkinRepublicanJasper TownshipFayette, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Perry, Pike, Ross, Vinton20302022
18Jerry CirinoRepublicanKirtlandCuyahoga, Lake20282020
19Andrew BrennerRepublicanPowellCoshocton, Delaware, Holmes, Knox20262018
20Tim SchafferRepublicanLancasterFairfield, Licking, Perry20282019*
21DemocraticClevelandCuyahoga20302022
22Mark RomanchukRepublicanOntarioAshland, Medina, Richland20282020
23Nickie AntonioDemocraticLakewoodCuyahoga20262018
24RepublicanStrongsvilleCuyahoga20322024
25DemocraticColumbusFranklin20302022
26Bill ReinekeRepublicanEden TownshipCrawford, Marion, Morrow, Sandusky, Seneca, Union, Wyandot20282020
27Kristina RoegnerRepublicanHudsonGeauga, Portage, Summit20262018
28DemocraticHudsonSummit20322024
29RepublicanCantonStark20342025*
30Brian ChavezRepublicanMariettaAthens, Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Washington20322023*
31RepublicanDoverGuernsey, Muskingum, Stark, Tuscarawas, Wayne20302022
32Sandra O'BrienRepublicanLenox TownshipAshtabula, Geauga, Trumbull20282020
33Alessandro CutronaRepublicanCanfieldCarroll, Columbiana, Mahoning20342024*

Past composition of the Senate