125th Ohio General Assembly

The One Hundred Twenty-fifth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2003 and 2004. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Republican Party. In the Senate, there were 22 Republicans and 11 Democrats. In the House, there were 63 Republicans and 36 Democrats. It is also the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts after the 2000 Census.

Major events

=Vacancies=

March 4, 2003: Representative Jeffrey Manning (R-57th) resigns to become Lorain County, Ohio Prosecutor.
August 31, 2003: Senator Leigh Herington (D-28th) resigns.
December 2, 2003: Representative Dean DePiero (D-15th) resigns to become Mayor of Parma, Ohio.
January 6, 2004: Senator James E. Carnes (R-20th) resigns.
January 16, 2004: Representative Greg Jolivette (R-54th) resigns to become a Commissioner in Butler County, Ohio.
March 5, 2004: Representative Bryan C. Williams (R-41) resigns to become Chair of Summit County, Ohio Board of Elections.

=Appointments=

January 6, 2003: Steve Stivers appointed to Senate District 16 due to the resignation of Priscilla D. Mead.
January 6, 2003: Marc Dann appointed to Senate District 32 due to the resignation of Tim Ryan.
April 8, 2003: Earl Martin appointed to House District 57 due to the resignation of Jeffrey Manning.
September 3, 2003: Kimberly Zurz appointed to Senate District 28 due to the resignation of Leigh Herington.
December 2, 2003: Timothy J. DeGeeter appointed to House District 15 due to the resignation of Dean DePiero.
January 6, 2004: Joy Padgett appointed to the 20th Senatorial District due to the resignation of James E. Carnes.
January 21, 2004: Courtney Combs appointed to House District 54 due to the resignation of Greg Jolivette.
March 5, 2004: Marilyn Slaby appointed to House District 41 due to the resignation of Bryan C. Williams.

=Leadership changes=

January 6, 2004: John Boccieri resigns from Assistant Minority Whip; Lance Mason appointed.

Senate

=Leadership=

==Majority leadership==

President of the Senate: Doug White
President pro tempore of the Senate: Jeff Jacobson
Floor Leader: Randy Gardner
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Robert Spada
Whip: Steve Austria
Assistant Majority Whip: Jay Hottinger

==Minority leadership==

Leader: Greg DiDonato
Assistant Leader: Mark Mallory
Whip: C.J. Prentiss
Assistant Whip: Teresa Fedor

=Members of the 125th Ohio Senate=

class="wikitable sortable"

! District

! Senator

! Party

! First elected

| Lynn Wachtmann

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Randy Gardner

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| David Goodman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Scott Nein

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Tom Roberts

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Jeff Jacobson

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Robert Schuler

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Lou Blessing

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Mark Mallory

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Steve Austria

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Teresa Fedor

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Jim Jordan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jeff Armbruster

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Doug White

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996 (Appt.)

| Ray Miller

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Steve Stivers

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2003 (Appt.)

| John Carey

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Robert A. Gardner

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Bill Harris

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000 (Appt.)

| Joy Padgett

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2004 (Appt.)

| C.J. Prentiss

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Ron Amstutz

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Dan Brady

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Robert Spada

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Eric Fingerhut

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Larry Mumper

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Kevin Coughlin

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Kimberly Zurz

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2003 (Appt.)

| Kirk Schuring

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Gregory L. DiDonato

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Jay Hottinger

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Marc Dann

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2003 (Appt.)

| Bob Hagan

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1997 (Appt.)

House of Representatives

=Leadership=

==Majority leadership==

Speaker of the House: Larry Householder
President pro tempore of the Senate: Gary Cates
Floor Leader: Patricia Clancy
Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Steve Buehrer
Majority Whip: Jim Trakas
Assistant Majority Whip: Jon Peterson

==Minority leadership==

Leader: Chris Redfern
Assistant Leader: Joyce Beatty
Whip: Dale Miller
Assistant Whip: John Boccieri (January 6, 2003 – January 6, 2004), Lance Mason (January 6, 2004-)

=Members of the 125th Ohio House of Representatives=

class="wikitable sortable"

! District

! Representative

! Party

! First Elected

| Chuck Blasdel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jon Peterson

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim Carmichael

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| John R. Willamowski

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Tim Schaffer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Bob Latta

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Ed Jerse

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Lance Mason

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Claudette Woodard

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Shirley Smith

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Annie L. Key

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Michael DeBose

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Michael J. Skindell

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Dale Miller

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Timothy J. DeGeeter

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2003 (Appt.)

| Sally Conway Kilbane

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Jim Trakas

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Tom Patton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Larry L. Flowers

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim McGregor

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Linda Reidelbach

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim Hughes

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Larry Wolpert

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Geoffrey C. Smith

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Dan Stewart

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Larry Price

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Joyce Beatty

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Jim Raussen

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Patricia Clancy

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Bill Seitz

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Steve Driehaus

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Catherine L. Barrett

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Tyrone Yates

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Tom Brinkman Jr.

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Michelle G. Schneider

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Arlene Setzer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jon Husted

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| John White

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Dixie Allen

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Fred Strahorn

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Marilyn Slaby

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2004 (Appt.)

| John Widowfield

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Mary Taylor

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Barbara Sykes

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Robert J. Otterman

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Lynn Olman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Peter Ujvagi

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Edna Brown

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Jeanine Perry

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| John Hagan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Scott Oelslager

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Mary Cirelli

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Shawn Webster

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Courtney Combs

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2004 (Appt.)

| Gary Cates

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Joseph Koziura

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Earl Martin

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2003 (Appt.)

| Kathleen Walcher

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Kenneth Carano

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Sylvester Patton

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1997 (Appt.)

| John Boccieri

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Jamie Callender

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Ron Young

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Daniel Sferra

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Sandra Harwood

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Jean Schmidt

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Tom Raga

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Kathleen Chandler

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Chuck Calvert

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Kevin DeWine

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| David R. Evans

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Merle G. Kearns

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| William J. Hartnett

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Steve Buehrer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Jim Hoops

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Mike Gilb

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Keith Faber

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Derrick Seaver

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Diana Fessler

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Chris Redfern

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Jeff Wagner

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Steve Reinhard

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Tony Core

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Chris Widener

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| John M. Schlichter

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| David T. Daniels

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Clyde Evans

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Tom Niehaus

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Todd Book

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Thom Collier

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000 (Appt.)

| Larry Householder

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Jimmy Stewart

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Nancy P. Hollister

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Jim Aslanides

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| John Domenick

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002

| Charlie Wilson

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Bob Gibbs

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2002

| Tim Grendell

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| George Distel

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

References

[http://www.house.state.oh.us/ Ohio House of Representatives] official website
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929191251/https://www.votesmart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=OH&criteria=lower Project Vote Smart - State House of Ohio]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101116232630/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/maps/OEhouseDist.pdf Map of Ohio House Districts]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110110021750/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/publications/election/DistMaps.pdf Ohio District Maps 2002-2012]
[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2002Results/ohrep.aspx State Representative Official Tabulation: November 5, 2002] Ohio Secretary of State
[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2002Results/ohsen.aspx State Senate Official Tabulation: November 5, 2002] Ohio Secretary of State