WOMEN IN OHIO
ELECTED OFFICE
A LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATE*
GENDER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF OHIO
ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF OHIO, 29% OF ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE WOMEN.
PERCENT OF ELECTED WOMEN BY TITLE
PERCENT OF ELECTED FEMALES BY COUNTY**
DID YOU KNOW?
Nancy Putnam Hollister served as governor for 11 days when Voinovich resigned on 12-31-98.
* The Matriots® partnered with Measurement Resources Company to gather and analyze data. The list of office holder names or gender included in the study was gathered from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office and from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics. Gender estimates were calculated using a statistical computing software. All data is for service term, 2018.
**The following levels of government are included in the county percentages: County, City, Township, Village, School Boards, and County and Municipal judges.
