High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Historically control of Ohio has oscillated between the two major parties. Democrats and Republicans are pretty evenly matched in Ohio government. The governor, Ted Strickland, is a Democrat, as are all other non-judicial statewide elected officials save for one: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Lee Fisher (D), Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D), Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor (R), Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (D), and Ohio State Treasurer Kevin Boyce (D).In the Ohio State Senate the Republicans have firm control (21-12), while in the Ohio House of Representatives the Democrats control the delegation (53-46). The Ohio Congressional Delegation is relatively pared as well. 10 representatives are Democrats, 8 are Republicans. One U.S. senator, George Voinovich, is a Republican, while the other, Sherrod Brown, is a Democrat. All the mayors of the ten largest cities in the state (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Youngstown, Canton, Parma, Lorain) are Democrats.