125th Ohio General Assembly

Term of state legislature in Ohio, US March 2026 February 2025 January 2025 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 District Senator Party First elected 1 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1998 2 Randy Gardner Republican 2000 3 David Goodman Republican 2001 (Appt.) 4 Scott Nein Republican 1995 (Appt.) 5 Tom Roberts Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 6 Jeff Jacobson Republican 2000 7 Robert Schuler Republican 2002 8 Lou Blessing Republican 1996 9 Mark Mallory Democratic 1998 10 Steve Austria Republican 2000 11 Teresa Fedor Democratic 2002 12 Jim Jordan Republican 2000 13 Jeff Armbruster Republican 1998 14 Doug White Republican 1996 (Appt.) 15 Ray Miller Democratic 2002 16 Steve Stivers Republican 2003 (Appt.) 17 John Carey Republican 2002 18 Robert A. Gardner Republican 1996 19 Bill Harris Republican 2000 (Appt.) 20 Joy Padgett Republican 2004 (Appt.) 21 C.J. Prentiss Democratic 1998 22 Ron Amstutz Republican 2000 23 Dan Brady Democratic 1998 24 Robert Spada Republican 1999 (Appt.) 25 Eric Fingerhut Democratic 1998 26 Larry Mumper Republican 1997 (Appt.) 27 Kevin Coughlin Republican 2001 (Appt.) 28 Kimberly Zurz Democratic 2003 (Appt.) 29 Kirk Schuring Republican 2002 30 Gregory L. DiDonato Democratic 1996 31 Jay Hottinger Republican 1998 (Appt.) 32 Marc Dann Democratic 2003 (Appt.) 33 Bob Hagan 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 District Representative Party First elected 1 Chuck Blasdel Republican 2000 2 Jon Peterson Republican 2000 3 Jim Carmichael Republican 2000 4 John R. Willamowski Republican 1997 (Appt.) 5 Tim Schaffer Republican 2000 6 Bob Latta Republican 2000 7 Ed Jerse Democratic 1995 (Appt.) 8 Lance Mason Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 9 Claudette Woodard Democratic 2000 10 Shirley Smith Democratic 1998 11 Annie L. Key Democratic 2000 12 Michael DeBose Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 13 Michael J. Skindell Democratic 2002 14 Dale Miller Democratic 1996 15 Timothy J. DeGeeter Democratic 2003 (Appt.) 16 Sally Conway Kilbane Republican 1998 17 Jim Trakas Republican 1998 18 Tom Patton Republican 2002 19 Larry L. Flowers Republican 2000 20 Jim McGregor Republican 2001 (Appt.) 21 Linda Reidelbach Republican 2000 22 Jim Hughes Republican 2000 23 Larry Wolpert Republican 2000 24 Geoffrey C. Smith Republican 1998 25 Dan Stewart Democratic 2002 26 Larry Price Democratic 2002 27 Joyce Beatty Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 28 Jim Raussen Republican 2002 29 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996 30 Bill Seitz Republican 2000 31 Steve Driehaus Democratic 2000 32 Catherine L. Barrett Democratic 1998 33 Tyrone Yates Democratic 2002 34 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican 2000 35 Michelle G. Schneider Republican 2000 36 Arlene Setzer Republican 2000 37 Jon Husted Republican 2000 38 John White Republican 2000 39 Dixie Allen Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 40 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2000 41 Marilyn Slaby Republican 2004 (Appt.) 42 John Widowfield Republican 2001 (Appt.) 43 Mary Taylor Republican 2002 44 Barbara Sykes Democratic 2000 45 Robert J. Otterman Democratic 2000 46 Lynn Olman Republican 1995 (Appt.) 47 Peter Ujvagi Democratic 2002 48 Edna Brown Democratic 2001 (Appt.) 49 Jeanine Perry Democratic 1998 50 John Hagan Republican 2000 51 Scott Oelslager Republican 2002 52 Mary Cirelli Democratic 2000 53 Shawn Webster Republican 2000 54 Courtney Combs Republican 2004 (Appt.) 55 Gary Cates Republican 1995 (Appt.) 56 Joseph Koziura Democratic 2001 (Appt.) 57 Earl Martin Republican 2003 (Appt.) 58 Kathleen Walcher Republican 2002 59 Kenneth Carano Democratic 2000 60 Sylvester Patton Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 61 John Boccieri Democratic 2000 62 Jamie Callender Republican 1996 63 Ron Young Republican 64 Daniel Sferra Democratic 2000 65 Sandra Harwood Democratic 2002 66 Jean Schmidt Republican 2000 67 Tom Raga Republican 2000 68 Kathleen Chandler Democratic 2002 69 Chuck Calvert Republican 1998 70 Kevin DeWine Republican 2000 71 David R. Evans Republican 1998 (Appt.) 72 Merle G. Kearns Republican 2000 73 William J. Hartnett Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 74 Steve Buehrer Republican 1998 75 Jim Hoops Republican 1998 76 Mike Gilb Republican 2000 77 Keith Faber Republican 2000 78 Derrick Seaver Republican 2000 79 Diana Fessler Republican 2000 80 Chris Redfern Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 81 Jeff Wagner Republican 2002 82 Steve Reinhard Republican 2000 83 Tony Core Republican 1999 (Appt.) 84 Chris Widener Republican 2002 85 John M. Schlichter Republican 2002 86 David T. Daniels Republican 2002 87 Clyde Evans Republican 2002 88 Tom Niehaus Republican 2000 89 Todd Book Democratic 2002 90 Thom Collier Republican 2000 (Appt.) 91 Larry Householder Republican 1996 92 Jimmy Stewart Republican 2002 93 Nancy P. Hollister Republican 1999 (Appt.) 94 Jim Aslanides Republican 1999 (Appt.) 95 John Domenick Democratic 2002 96 Charlie Wilson Democratic 1996 97 Bob Gibbs Republican 2002 98 Tim Grendell Republican 2000 99 George Distel Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 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 State Representative Official Tabulation: November 5, 2002 Ohio Secretary of State State Senate Official Tabulation: November 5, 2002 Ohio Secretary of State Category:Ohio legislative sessions Category:2003 in Ohio Category:2004 in Ohio Ohio Ohio