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Current government and congressional delegation Statewide elected executive officials. Governor: Mike DeWine (); Lieutenant Governor: Jon Husted (R); Attorney General: Dave Yost (R)
The legislative branch, the Ohio General Assembly, is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is composed of 99 members elected from single-member districts of equal population. Each of the 33 senate districts is formed by combining three house districts.
The governor of Ohio is the head of government of Ohio and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio General Assembly, the power to convene the legislature and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
Name Life dates Party Candidate Served Jon Husted: Republican: 2019- Mary Taylor: Republican: 2011-2019 Lee Fisher: 1951–Present: Democrat: 2006: 2007-2011 Mark Noble
Political party strength in Ohio. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Ohio : The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
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 ...
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 The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded state constitution of that year.
Cabinet of the Governor of Ohio. The statutes of the State of Ohio have established 26 departments of government which are responsible to the Governor. [citation needed] These departments are led by the Director, or in some cases the Commissioner, who must inform and assist the governor in the operation of the state. [citation needed]