Person
Tim Schaffer
- Work
- Worked in the private sector as an association executive.
Source: ohiosenate.gov
- Public service
- Chaired the Fairfield County Republican Party and, by appointment, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Mine and Reclamation Commission.
Source: ohiosenate.gov
- Education
- Graduate of Lancaster High School; attended Ohio University-Lancaster before earning a B.A. in political science and communications from Mount Union College.
Source: ohiosenate.gov
- Home
- Lancaster, Fairfield County
Source: ohiosenate.gov
Chamber directory · Ohio campaign finance
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- 5Offices held · Ohio State Senator, District 20, since 2019
3 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: On the ballot, Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Money, Financial interests, Polling and approval, Elections, Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 11 entries
- On the ballot Not yet researched
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 4 entries Includes the 4 key roll calls of the 136th General Assembly that every sitting legislator on this site gets: final passage of the operating budget, every veto override vote, and the vote placing Issue 3 on the ballot, as taken in their chamber while they served. Checked: legislature.ohio.gov roll calls on House Bill 96 and Senate Joint Resolution 10
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections Not yet researched
- Endorsements Not yet researched
- Sources 4 entries
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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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| Schaffer (R) | 2001 | office | Ohio State Representative, District 6 |
| Schaffer (R) | 2003 | office | Ohio State Representative, District 5 |
| Schaffer (R) | 2007 | office | Ohio State Senator, District 31 |
| Schaffer (R) | 2015 | office | Ohio State Representative, District 77 |
| Schaffer (R) | 2019-05-08 | office | Ohio State Senator, District 20 |
| Schaffer (R) | 2025-06-11 | vote | 2025-06-11 (vote): Voted yes on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (Senate-passed version, as amended) (House Bill 96); the Senate vote |
| Schaffer (R) | 2025-06-25 | vote | 2025-06-25 (vote): Voted yes on the conference committee report on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bill 96); the Senate vote w |
| Schaffer (R) | 2025-10-01 | vote | 2025-10-01 (vote): Voted to override the governor's veto of item 66 in House Bill 96; the item removed local authority to place replacement property-tax levies |
| Schaffer (R) | 2026-06-03 | vote | 2026-06-03 (vote): Voted yes on adopting the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require identification to vote, placing it on the Novembe |
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vote June 3, 2026
Voted yes on adopting the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require identification to vote, placing it on the November 3, 2026 ballot as Issue 3 (Senate Joint Resolution 10); the Senate vote was 22-9 and the motion passed.
Sources: Senate Joint Resolution 10: votes · Senate Joint Resolution 10
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vote October 1, 2025
Voted to override the governor's veto of item 66 in House Bill 96; the item removed local authority to place replacement property-tax levies and certain emergency levies on the ballot (the Senate vote was 21-11, override succeeded).
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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vote June 25, 2025
Voted yes on the conference committee report on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (House Bill 96); the Senate vote was 23-10 and the motion passed.
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
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vote June 11, 2025
Voted yes on the state operating budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 (Senate-passed version, as amended) (House Bill 96); the Senate vote was 23-10 and the motion passed.
Sources: House Bill 96: votes · House Bill 96
Recorded votes
Tim Schaffer cast 4,280 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 13 terms from 2003 to 2026, all in the Ohio General Assembly, from the Ohio Legislature. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Tim Schaffer voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
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| 136th General Assembly, 2025–2026 | Ohio Senate, district 20 | 240 | 1 | not recorded | 100% of 32 |
| 135th General Assembly, 2023–2024 | Ohio Senate, district 20 | 239 | 1 | not recorded | 98% of 51 |
| 134th General Assembly, 2021–2022 | Ohio Senate, district 20 | 304 | 5 | not recorded | 100% of 55 |
| 133rd General Assembly, 2019–2020 | Ohio House, district 77 | 32 | 2 | not recorded | 100% of 2 |
| 133rd General Assembly, 2019–2020 | Ohio Senate, district 20 | 221 | 10 | not recorded | 100% of 31 |
| 132nd General Assembly, 2017–2018 | Ohio House, district 77 | 372 | 6 | not recorded | 98% of 43 |
| 131st General Assembly, 2015–2016 | Ohio House, district 77 | 328 | 14 | not recorded | 97% of 34 |
| 130th General Assembly, 2013–2014 | Ohio Senate, district 31 | 433 | 3 | not recorded | 100% of 114 |
| 129th General Assembly, 2011–2012 | Ohio Senate, district 31 | 476 | 12 | not recorded | 99% of 146 |
| 128th General Assembly, 2009–2010 | Ohio Senate, district 31 | 191 | 6 | not recorded | 100% of 53 |
| 127th General Assembly, 2007–2008 | Ohio Senate, district 31 | 352 | 7 | not recorded | 100% of 23 |
| 126th General Assembly, 2005–2006 | Ohio House | 552 | 40 | not recorded | – |
| 125th General Assembly, 2003–2004 | Ohio House | 393 | 40 | 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.
Sources: Legislation and votes · House and Senate Journals
Money
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Financial interests
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Polling and approval
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Elections
Offices held
Ohio State Representative, District 6 · 2001 to 2002 · elected
Sources: Senator Tim Schaffer Biography · Members of the 124th General Assembly
Ohio State Representative, District 5 · 2003 to 2006 · elected
Sources: Senator Tim Schaffer Biography · Members of the 125th General Assembly · Members of the 126th General Assembly
Ohio State Senator, District 31 · 2007 to 2014 · elected
Sources: Tim Schaffer · Members of the 127th General Assembly · Members of the 130th General Assembly
Ohio State Representative, District 77 · 2015 to 2019-05-08 · elected
Sources: Senator Tim Schaffer Biography · Members of the 131st General Assembly · Members of the 133rd General Assembly · Schaffer Sworn In as State Senator for Ohio's 20th Senate District
Ohio State Senator, District 20 · 2019-05-08 to present · appointed
Sources: Schaffer Sworn In as State Senator for Ohio's 20th Senate District · Tim Schaffer · Member Directory · Ohio Senate
Endorsements
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Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Ohio Senate
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Member Directory · The Ohio Senate · accessed 2026-09-08
- Ohio Senate · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-08
- House Bill 96: votes · Ohio General Assembly
- Senate Joint Resolution 10: votes · Ohio General Assembly
- https://ohiosenate.gov/members/tim-schaffer/biography
- Members of the 124th General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Members of the 125th General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Members of the 126th General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Tim Schaffer · Ballotpedia (Internet Archive snapshot) · accessed 2026-09-25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- Members of the 127th General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Members of the 130th General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Members of the 131st General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Members of the 133rd General Assembly · Ohio General Assembly, Legislative Information System · accessed 2026-09-24
- Schaffer Sworn In as State Senator for Ohio's 20th Senate District · The Ohio Senate · accessed 2026-09-25
- House Bill 96 · Ohio General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-21
- Senate Joint Resolution 10 · Ohio General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio campaign finance
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