Republican Jason Stephens says he won't seek another term as the Ohio House speaker. Stephens has presided for the past two years over one of the most tumultuous periods in recent Ohio House history.
FILE - Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens speaks to members of the media following a session of the Ohio House of Representatives in the Ohio Statehouse House Chamber on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio . FILE - President of the Ohio Senate Matt Huffman listens to debate, Feb. 28, 2024, in the Ohio Statehouse Senate Chambers in Columbus, Ohio .
“As far as I’m concerned, this really resets the entire race, and, you know, it’s really a new speaker’s race over the next 48 hours,” he told reporters. Among those seeking the seat will be Republican Senate President Matt Huffman, who won an unopposed House race Nov. 5. Stephens declined to say whether he had met with Huffman ahead of Monday’s announcement. State Reps. Ron Ferguson and Tim Barhorst are also reportedly considered contenders.Ohio offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools.
A faction that backed a different speaker candidate and said they represented a majority of the House Republican caucus broke ranks,The Ohio Republican Party effectively supported the rebel faction when its central committee voted to censure the so-called “blue 22” House Republicans who had joined Democrats to elevate Stephens to the speaker’s chair.
Stephens, who won reelection to another two-year House term this month, said he will remain on as a representative for his rural southern Ohio district and that he wants to stay “solely focused” on this session’s unfinished business.
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