Section 2. Election and term of state legislators
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Election and term of state legislators
Representatives shall be elected biennially by the electors of the respective House of Representatives districts; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next thereafter and continue two years.
Senators shall be elected by the electors of the respective Senate districts; their terms of office shall commence on the first day of January next after their election. All terms of senators which commence on the first day of January, 1969 shall be four years, and all terms which commence on the first day of January, 1971 shall be four years. Thereafter, except for the filling of vacancies for unexpired terms, senators shall be elected to and hold office for terms of four years.
No person shall hold the office of State Senator for a period longer than two successive terms of four years. No person shall hold the office of State Representative for a period longer than four successive terms of two years. Terms shall be considered successive unless separated by a period of four or more years. Only terms beginning on or after January 1, 1993 shall be considered in determining an individual’s eligibility to hold office.
In determining the eligibility of an individual to hold office in accordance with this article, (A) time spent in an office in fulfillment of a term to which another person was first elected shall not be considered provided that a period of at least four years passed between the time, if any, in which the individual previously held that office, and the time the individual is elected or appointed to fulfill the unexpired term; and (B) a person who is elected to an office in a regularly scheduled general election and resigns prior to the completion of the term for which he or she was elected, shall be considered to have served the full term in that office.
Election and term of state legislators
Representatives shall be elected biennially by the electors of the respective house of representatives districts; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next thereafter and continue two years.
Senators shall be elected by the electors of the respective senate districts; their terms of office shall commence on the first day of January next after their election. All terms of senators which commence on the first day of January, 1969 shall be four years, and all terms which commence on the first day of January, 1971 shall be four years. Thereafter, except for the filling of vacancies for unexpired terms, senators shall be elected to and hold office for terms of four years.
Elections and term of state legislators
Representatives shall be elected biennially by the electors of the respective counties; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next thereafter, and continue two years.
Senators shall be elected by the electors of the respective senatorial districts; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next after their election. Approximately one-half of the total number of senators shall be elected for a term of four years commencing on the first day of January, 1959, the remainder to be elected for a term of two years commencing on the first day of January, 1959. For terms commencing on the first day of January, 1961, and thereafter, the senatorial term of office shall be four years, except that the term of an additional senator provided for in section 6a of Article XI, Ohio Constitution shall be two years.
In senatorial districts having two or more senators, approximately one-half shall be elected for a four year term to commence on the first day of January, 1959, and the remainder shall be elected for a two year term to commence on the first day of January, 1959.
In single member senatorial districts, the senator in the lowest numbered senatorial district shall be elected for a term of four years commencing on the first day of January, 1959; the senator in the next highest numbered senatorial district shall be elected for a term of two years commencing on the first day of January, 1959; and the remainder shall be elected so that every other one, numerically, shall be elected for a term of four years to commence on the first day of January, 1959.
The Governor, Auditor, and Secretary of State, or any two of them, shall ascertain and determine which senators shall be elected to four year terms commencing on the first day of January, 1959, and which senators shall be elected to four year terms commencing on the first day of January, 1961. The Governor shall cause such determination to be published, in such manner as shall be directed by law.
The terms of all senators commencing prior to January 1, 1959, shall be two years.
Election and term of state legislators
Senators and representatives shall be elected biennially by the electors of the respective counties or districts, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next thereafter, and continue two years.
Election and term of state legislators
Senators and Representatives shall be elected biennially, by the electors in the respective counties or districts, on the second Tuesday of October; their term of office shall commence on the first day of January next thereafter, and continue two years.
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