Ohio's new and surprising House speaker should be well-positioned to rebalance the Statehouse lineup, Thomas Suddes writes
Merrin and the House’s remaining 42 Republicans voted for Merrin for speaker.
Yes, as some yowls from Merrin supporters highlighted, in a 99-member House split between 67 Republicans and 32 Democrats, it was the 32 Democrats who were decisive in the election of a Republican speaker. What if anything that means in terms of ideology is anyone’s guess, because in today’s General Assembly, the central day-to-day question isn’t conservatism vs. liberalism, but — thanks to term-limits — “What’s my next job?” And that make for very short-term thinking.Nonetheless, it’s interesting that among those House Republicans who supported Stephens for speaker are some of caucus’s most senior members ; among its most conservative members ; and among its most successful fundraisers .
Add to that the fact that former House Speaker Robert Cupp, a Lima Republican, and a genuine gentleman, was nowhere near as — assertive— as the Senate GOP, led by President Matt Huffman, also a Lima Republican.JD Vance, D.J.
And that’s really what’s in play with any Statehouse leadership team, not ideology or “philosophy” or” values,” but who gets to call the shots, and how, in an Ohio that, were it an independent nation, would be the world’s 21st largest economy, the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission, the General Assembly’s research unit, reported in 2020.
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