Ohio GOP re-elects Timken as chairman

Jane Timken and the Ohio Republican Party had a good 2018, winning all statewide executive offices for the third straight time.

The Columbus Dispatch reports Timken was unanimously re-elected the party’s chairman Friday by the Republican State Central Committee, continuing her tenure through the presidential election year of 2020.

“Ohio is a state on the rise, and I am confident our newly elected Republican leaders will keep their promises, thereby paving the way for future GOP victories. Above all, I am ready to get to work on delivering Ohio for President Trump in 2020,” Timken wrote in a statement.

Also elected were Bryan Williams, vice chairman; Marilyn Ashcraft, secretary; Dave Johnson, treasurer and Katie DeLand, assistant treasurer.

The Ohio GOP said it won 254 out of 346 partisan races statewide in 2018, led by the election of Mike DeWine as governor. The party maintained its 12-4 control of Ohio’s U.S. House seats, but lost two seats on the Ohio Supreme Court to Democrats.