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Jane Timken
Jane Timken (Republican Party) is a member of the Ohio State Senate, representing District 29. She assumed office on January 29, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Timken (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Ohio. She lost in the Republican primary on May 3, 2022.
On January 29, 2025, Ohio State Senate Republicans appointed Timken to the Ohio State Senate to replace Kirk Schuring (R).[1]
Timken is the former chairwoman of the Republican Party of Ohio. She was elected as chair in January 2017. Previously, Timken had served as the party's vice chairwoman since 2010.
Biography
Jane Timken earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a law degree from American University. Her career experience includes working as a Republican national committeewoman.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Ohio, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Ohio
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J.D. Vance (R) | 53.0 | 2,192,114 |
 | Tim Ryan (D) | 46.9 | 1,939,489 | |
 | John Cheng (Independent) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 702 | |
 | Shane Hoffman (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 403 | |
 | LaShondra Tinsley (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 362 | |
| Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 194 | ||
| Matthew Esh (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 4,133,342 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Mousourakis (Independent)
- Chad Taylor (Independent)
- Eric Meiring (Independent)
- Samuel Ronan (Independent)
- Dominic LaCavera (Independent)
- Shannon Taylor (Independent)
- Kelli Prather (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
Tim Ryan defeated Morgan Harper and Traci Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Ryan | 69.6 | 359,941 |
 | Morgan Harper | 17.8 | 92,347 | |
 | Traci Johnson | 12.6 | 65,209 | |
| Total votes: 517,497 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tamie Wilson (D)
- LaShondra Tinsley (D)
- Rick Taylor (D)
- Demar Sheffey (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.D. Vance | 32.2 | 344,736 |
 | Josh Mandel | 23.9 | 255,854 | |
 | Matt Dolan | 23.3 | 249,239 | |
 | Mike Gibbons | 11.7 | 124,653 | |
 | Jane Timken | 5.9 | 62,779 | |
| Mark Pukita | 2.1 | 22,692 | ||
 | Neil Patel | 0.9 | 9,873 | |
| Total votes: 1,069,826 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zachary Musick (R)
- Mackenzie Thompson (R)
- Michael Leipold (R)
- Bernie Moreno (R)
- John Berman (R)
- John Reed (R)
- Bill Graham (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
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Career
Timken earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1989 and a J.D. from American University in 1994. She worked as an associate at the law firm of Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh in Canton, Ohio, from 1992 to 2002. She went on to serve as a magistrate in the Court of Common Pleas in Stark County, Ohio, from 2002 to 2007.[3]
Community and nonprofit activity
In 2008, Timken became the board chair of ArtsinStark, a community nonprofit organization that aims to support the arts in Stark County, Ohio. She remained with ArtsinStark until 2010.[3][4]
Timken became the chairwoman of Kent State University in 2012, where she remained until 2014.[3]
Political activity
Republican Party of Ohio
In response to Republican electoral losses in 2006 and 2008 as well as the subsequent passage of the Affordable Care Act, Timken increased her involvement in the Republican Party of Ohio (Ohio GOP) and was elected vice chairwoman in May 2010.[5]
"I decided I need to get more involved and help recruit more candidates and be more active in raising funds and be more active with the party organization," said Timken. "I just felt we were becoming a regulatory state and that needed to stop."[5]
She continued to serve as vice chairwoman until 2017, during which time she also served as a delegate for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention. In January 2017, Timken was elected to a two-year term as chairwoman of the Ohio GOP. She succeeded former state party chairman Matt Borges, who had faced criticism from fellow Republicans for what they considered to be his lukewarm support of Donald Trump's (R) 2016 presidential campaign.[3][5][6]
Scorecards
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. Senate Ohio |
Officeholder Ohio State Senate District 29 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Yahoo! News, “Jane Timken appointed as Senator for 29th District" accessed January 31, 2025
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Jane Timken," accessed March 11, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 LinkedIn, "Jane Timken," accessed February 8, 2017
- ↑ LinkedIn, "ArtsinStark," accessed February 8, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 CantonRep.com, "How Jane Timken rose to challenge Ohio GOP leadership," January 4, 2017
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Jane Timken elected Ohio Republican Party chair," January 6, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Kirk Schuring (R) |
Ohio State Senate District 29 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
