Cleveland, OH
Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens ends bid to keep gavel in 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens announced Monday he will not seek another two years as speaker, bringing an abrupt end to his months-long, behind-the-scenes leadership fight with outgoing Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman.
The decision by Stephens, a Lawrence County Republican, makes it far more likely that Huffman, a Lima Republican, will be elected next January as speaker, a job that brings enormous power to determine which bills pass the legislature and which fail.