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The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads As of 2007, the Republicans control both houses of the Ohio General Assembly and all seats on the Ohio Supreme Court, although officially judicial seats are nonpartisan. The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the US state of Ohio. The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest Court in the US state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution Robert T. Bennett has been chairman of the Ohio GOP since 1988. Robert T Bennett (born 1939 is the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, having served in that post since 1988

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History

From the Civil War era, Ohio politics was dominated by the Republican party, with Ohio Republicans playing key roles in the national party. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South In the 60 years from 1860 to 1920, Ohioans headed the Republican presidential ticket nine times, losing only once (in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt split the party). Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Ohio Republicans such as Salmon P. Chase staffed many important national offices. Salmon Portland Chase ( January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era Starting in the 1880s, Ohio's Marcus A. Hanna was a significant power in the back rooms of the national Republican party. Marcus Alonzo Hanna ( September 24, 1837 &ndash February 15, 1904) best known as Mark Hanna, was an American Industrialist In the 1890s, Hanna led the conservative wing of the party against Theodore Roosevelt's progressive movement.

The national political upheaval that ushered in the New Deal era in the 1930s benefited the Ohio Democratic Party and party politics in Ohio became very competitive, with Republicans and Democrats trading victories at all levels. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D The Ohio Democratic Party is the Ohio affiliate to the national Democratic Party. However, on a national level, Ohio Democrats did not play a key role, while Ohio Republicans still cut national figures. The prime example of such a figure was Robert Taft, known as "Mr. Robert Alphonso Taft ( September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953) of the Taft political family of Ohio, was a Republican Republican," the leader of the conservative wing of the Republican party during a time when liberals controlled both major parties.

From the 1930s to the 1970s, Republicans still won the larger share of elective offices in Ohio. However, another national liberalizing trend in the 1960s gave the Ohio Democrats another boost. In addition, a series of rulings by the United States Supreme Court required state legislatures to end the practice of giving disproportionate electoral power to rural areas. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The equalization of legislative districts shifted the advantage to the Ohio Democrats, who were strong in Ohio's many large urban centers. By the mid-1980s, Ohio government at all levels was dominated by Democrats.

However, just as Democrats were reaching their peak, the Ohio Republican party was staging a comeback, and by 1990, the Republicans had won a majority on the Ohio Apportionment Board, which draws district lines for federal and state legislative seats. The Ohio Apportionment Board, which convenes every ten years following the Census, draws the single-member legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly The 1992 adoption of term limits by referendum further strengthened the party's hand and 1992 marked the last victory by a Democrat (John Glenn) in a statewide race until 2006. John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

By 2004, Republicans hold all six statewide executive offices (governor/lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer), a two-thirds majority in the state senate and house, a 5-2 majority on the Supreme Court, both seats in the U. The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio 's Bicameral Legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest Court in the US state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution S. Senate, and 12 of Ohio's 18 seats in the U. S. House of Representatives. However, in 2006, Democrats began to retake some statewide offices. These include all of the executive offices except State Auditor (including the governorship going to Ted Strickland over Republican challenger J. Kenneth Blackwell) and one of the seats in the U. Ted Strickland (born August 4 1941) is an American politician of the Democratic party, and the current governor of the state John Kenneth Blackwell (born February 28, 1948) is a former secretary of state of the U S. Senate (Sherrod Brown defeating incumbent Mike DeWine). Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member Richard Michael "Mike" DeWine (born January 5, 1947) is a former Republican senator from Ohio Ohio Republicans still hold a 10 seats in the U. S. House of Representatives (one seat, most recently held by a Republican, is now vacant), one seat in the U. S. Senate and a majority in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the US state of Ohio. In addition, with the election of Robert Cupp, Republicans now control all seven seats on the Ohio Supreme Court. Robert R Cupp is a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was elected November 7, 2006 to a six-year term and was sworn in on January 2,

Current State of the Party

Redistricting after the 2000 census combined with Ohio's term limits laws had Republican officeholders at the federal and state levels struggling with each other to draw federal congressional districts to create safe seats, with the interests of incumbent U. S. representatives clashing with the interests of state legislators facing term limits looking to Congress for their next jobs. About 43 percent of the voters voted for Democrats in 2000.

Joe Hallett wrote in the Columbus Dispatch (January 13, 2002):

"Redistricting should be a happy process for Republicans. The Columbus Dispatch is a daily Newspaper, based in Columbus Ohio, that serves the central portion of the state . . . But the task has hardly been gleeful. Contrarily, it has turned into an embarrassment for Republicans . . . Eight-year term limits, more than the state budget, are to blame. These days, state lawmakers constantly are scouting their next jobs. . . . [V]isions of Congress dance in their heads. They want districts ready-made for their ascensions. Meanwhile, congressional incumbents constantly angle for districts they can't possibly lose. "

Although term limits were pushed by conservative Republican activists in the 1980s, they forced the retirement of Republican Speaker Jo Ann Davidson (R-Columbus) from the House of Representatives in 2001 as well as the leader of the conservative wing of the party, Deputy Speaker William G. Batchelder (R-Medina). William G Batchelder III (b Medina, July 30 1943) is is an American politician of the Republican party

In 2001 Republicans sought U. S. House of Representatives seats held by Democrats Sherrod Brown and Ted Strickland. Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member Ted Strickland (born August 4 1941) is an American politician of the Democratic party, and the current governor of the state The state legislature considered redrawing their districts. Critics allege the motivation was to aid in Republican victories. When Democrat Brown threatened to run for governor in 2002 if he lost his seat through redistricting, the legislature scrapped redistricting plans. Republican Governor Taft won re-election. Taft was challenged by Cuyahoga County commissioner Tim Hagan. Cuyahoga County (pronounced /ˌkaɪəˈhɔgə/ or /ˌkaɪəˈhoːgə/ is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Timothy Hagan (born in 1946 a Democrat, is an American politician in Ohio. Both Brown and Strickland held onto their congressional seats.

The Republican party domination of the general election has caused the real competition to be among the Republican primaries (as was once the case for the Democrats' primaries in the solid South). Solid South refers to the electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877 the end of the Reconstruction Special interest groups, such as the Ohio Taxpayers Association, have attempted to influence Republican primary voters through campaigning and electioneering.

The state of the party had prompted some to conclude that the party organization's ability to help the Bush re-election campaign in 2004 might be hampered, but after a contentious election, the Bush campaign came out ahead. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States.

Current Republican Officeholders

Federal

State

Executive Branch

Senate

The Republicans are the majority party in the Ohio State Senate. The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio 's Bicameral Legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives The party's leaders are:

House of Representatives

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Supreme Court

Prominent Ohio Republicans in the Past

Party Symbols

Ohio Republicans use the same symbols used by the national Republican party, such as the elephant. William Lawrence or Bill Lawrence is a name shared by the following individuals Political figures and noblemen English and Australian The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. However, the traditional symbol of the party in state and local elections is the eagle. Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the Bird order Falconiformes and family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U Historically control of Ohio has oscillated between the two major parties
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