Ohio's 31st senatorial district

Ohio's 31st senatorial district has been based in central Ohio since 1982 and currently consists of the counties of Coshocton, Licking, Perry and Tuscarawas along with portions of Holmes county. It encompasses Ohio House districts 71, 72 and 98. It has a Cook PVI of R+6. Its current Ohio Senator is Republican Al Landis. He resides in Dover, a city located in Tuscarawas County.

List of senators

Senator	Party	Term	Notes
Eugene Branstool	Democrat	January 3, 1983 – December 31, 1990	Branstool opted not to run for re-election in 1990 and instead ran for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.^[1]
Steven O. Williams	Republican	January 3, 1991 – December 31, 1993	Williams resigned to take a seat on the Fairfield County Juvenile Court.
Nancy Dix	Republican	January 4, 1994 – February 20, 1998	Dix resigned prior to the expiration of her term in 1998.
Jay Hottinger	Republican	February 20, 1998 – December 31, 2006	Hottinger was term-limited in 2006 and ran for the Ohio House of Representatives.
Tim Schaffer	Republican	January 2, 2007 – December 31, 2014	Schaffer was term-limited in 2014.
Jay Hottinger	Republican	January 6, 2015 – December 31, 2022	Hottinger was term-limited in 2022.
Al Landis	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	Incumbent