Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, is poised to move seamlessly into the role of Ohio House speaker next year.
Is Matt Huffman poised to become the most powerful politician in Ohio ? The Wake Up for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024After three years leading the Ohio Senate, Matt Huffman is leaving the legislative body this month because of term limits. The Republican is stepping right into the Ohio House of Representatives, which he will lead as House speaker.
Is Huffman – a lawyer and grandfather from Lima who has already served four terms in the House – the most powerful Ohio politician of his generation? Of the last century? Huffman was unopposed in his November election. And he was unopposed for House speaker after laying the groundwork by raising money, building connections and aiming to unite the caucus fractured by a fight for speaker two years ago.
Huffman has told reporters that he hopes House Republicans will set an “aggressive, conservative agenda” under his leadership. His counterpart in the Senate will be his protege, Rob McColley. And Gov. Mike DeWine has shown he’s willing to sign almost any bill that arrives from their supermajority legislative bodies.
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