Open Republican-Held Seats in 2008

Jill of WritesLikeSheTalks has an intriguing post up, listing state representatives and state senators who will be term-limited in 2008. The best news for Democrats is that all seven term-limited senators are Republican:

Ron Amstutz R 22
Steve Austria R 10
Randy Gardner R 2
Jeff Jacobson R 6
Larry Mumper R 26
Robert Spada R 24

In the Ohio House of Representatives, 20 out of 27 term-limited members are Republicans.

Ohio Democratic Party Chair Rep. Chris Redfern (D) will be term-limited and serves in the 2nd Senate District -- will he seek Gardner's open seat?

There are more such questions on the Republican side. Will term-limited Jim Carmichael (R) seek Amstutz' seat? Ditto for Kevin DeWine (R) and Austria's seat? How about Steve Reinhard (R) and Tony Core (R), both term-limited and both in Mumper's district -- primary foes? How about Majority Leader Jon Husted (R) and John White (R) -- a contested primary for Jacobson's seat? Only Bob Spada (R) is vacating a senate district that will have no term-limited state representatives in it.

For the record, the complete list of state reps who will be term-limited:

James Aslanides R 94
Minority Leader Joyce Beatty D 27
Tom Brinkman R 34
Ken Carano D 59
Jim Carmichael R 03
Thom Collier R 90
Tony Core R 83
Kevin DeWine R 70
George Distel D 99
Steve Driehaus D 31
Keith Faber R 77
Diane Fessler R 79
Larry Flowers R 19
Jim Hughes R 22
Jon Husted R 37
Bob Latta R 06
Bob Otterman D 45
Jon Peterson R 02
ODP Chair Chris Redfern
Steve Reinhard R 82
Michelle Schneider R 35
Bill Seitz R 30
Arlene Setzer R 36
Fred Strahorn D 24
Shawn Webster R 53
John White R 38
Larry Wolpert R 23