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List of United States representatives from Ohio. List of current members of the U.S. House of Representatives; United States congressional delegations from Ohio; Supreme Court of Ohio. List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court; Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court; Ohio General Assembly. Ohio State Senate; Ohio House of Representatives
The governor of Ohio is the head of government of Ohio [2] and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio General Assembly, [4] the power to convene the legislature [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
Richard Michael DeWine (/ d ə ˈ w aɪ n / də-WYNE; [3] born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio.A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.
Also indicated is the party that controlled the Ohio Apportionment Board, ... Betty Montgomery (R) Jim Petro (R) 56R, 43D 5R, 2D Mike DeWine (R) 13R, 6D 1996 1997
Political control of Ohio has oscillated between the two major parties. Republicans outnumber Democrats in Ohio government. The governor, Mike DeWine, is a Republican, as are all other non-judicial statewide elected officials: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Jon A. Husted, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Ohio State Treasurer ...
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett urged Montgomery to run for the job of state auditor. She swapped offices with then Auditor Jim Petro, who was elected as attorney general. Montgomery defeated Democrat Helen Knipe Smith and became State Auditor in 2003. Montgomery was the top vote-getter in the 1998 and 2002 state elections. [6]
This was the first presidential election in which a candidate received more than 3 million votes in Ohio. Ohio is one of three states, the others being Iowa and Florida, that voted twice for Barack Obama and twice for Donald Trump. This ended Ohio's 14-election bellwether streak from 1964 to 2016.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election. For most of its statehood from the Twentieth century on, Ohio has been considered a swing state , being won by either the Democratic or Republican candidates ...