Person
Leigh Herington
- Work
- Attorney focusing on education, elder and public-sector law; founding partner of the law firm Reitz, Paul & Shorr.
Source: rpsohiolaw.com
- Education
- B.B.A. and M.B.A., Kent State University; J.D., University of Akron.
Source: rpsohiolaw.com
- Civic
- Served as president of the Portage County United Way and vice president of the Robinson Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Source: rpsohiolaw.com
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- 1Offices held · Former Ohio State Senate, 28th District, 1995–2003
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Not yet researched: Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Money, Financial interests, Polling and approval, Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 4 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 2 entries
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements Not yet researched
- Sources 3 entries
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| Chamber | District | Note |
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Attorney General of Ohio |
On the ballot
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Where they stand
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What they have said, checked
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Record in office
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| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Herington (D) | 1995-03-31 | office | Ohio State Senate, 28th District |
| Herington (D) | 1995 | action | 1995 (action): Built a legislative record concentrated on education (charter school accountability, school finance), professional licensing (including nurs |
| Herington (D) | 1996 | action | 1996 (action): Rose through Senate Democratic leadership on the strength of colleague support: Assistant Minority Whip (1996), Assistant Minority Leader (1 |
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action 1996
Rose through Senate Democratic leadership on the strength of colleague support: Assistant Minority Whip (1996), Assistant Minority Leader (1999), and Minority Leader (2001), the highest post in the Senate Democratic caucus.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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action 1995
Built a legislative record concentrated on education (charter school accountability, school finance), professional licensing (including nursing licensure), worker and public-safety protections (firefighter/EMT protections), and employee-ownership programs; served on the Ways and Means, Legislative Service Commission, and Rules committees.
Source: library.kent.edu
Recorded votes
Leigh Herington cast 137 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 1 term from 2003 to 2004, all in the Ohio General Assembly, from the Ohio Legislature. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Leigh Herington voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125th General Assembly, 2003–2004 | Ohio Senate | 107 | 30 | not recorded | – |
"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways. The Ohio Legislature records who voted Yea and who voted Nay and no one else, so an absence cannot be told from an abstention and neither is counted; only floor votes are listed. For 2003 to 2006 the votes are read from the House and Senate Journals, which print no party, and a vote is left out wherever a surname in the Journal could be two members.
Source: House and Senate Journals
Money
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Outside spending
Financial interests
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Polling and approval
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Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
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| Attorney General of Ohio (2002) | Democratic | Lost | 1,123,318 | 35.9% |
Offices held
Ohio State Senate, 28th District · 1995-03-31 to 2003-08-31 · elected
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · library.kent.edu
Endorsements
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Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Leigh Herington · 2002 Ohio Attorney General election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Leigh Herington · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- 2002 Ohio Attorney General election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- Leigh Herington papers · Kent State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives · accessed 2026-09-21
- https://www.rpsohiolaw.com/leigh-herington
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