# Jane Timken Jane Timken is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for district 29. - Party: Republican - Seat: Ohio Senate, district 29 - Serving since: 2025-01-29 - Current term: OH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c3b1dc5e-4913-4e2f-b2a8-4db5b3faa1bd Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c3b1dc5e-4913-4e2f-b2a8-4db5b3faa1bd (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Timken sits at +0.78 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Timken says (OH 2025–26 session) 151 classified statements: 151 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Timken | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.3% | 157 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.7% | 9.5% | 297 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 19.2% | 37.3% | 288 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 8.0% | 15.4% | 232 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 10% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Labor and Employment 10% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%); Taxation 10% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.78 (standard error 0.02), from 2,325 donors and 53 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (OH 2025–26 session) 238 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 0 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-09-30 · voted yea · Passed · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 541 Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB541/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB276/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 297 Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB297/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 273 Enact the Keep Them Safe Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB273/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 492 Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB492/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/ - 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 210 Regards the sale of used catalytic converters · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB210/ ## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session) Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 143. 68.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio Senate 55.2%; rank 10 of 32). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 446: Honoring the YWCA of Alliance on its Centennial. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-07) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR446/ - SB 475: Temporarily reduce motor fuel taxes; levy a temporary tax (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB475/ - SR 399: Honoring the City of Massillon on its Bicentennial. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR399/ - SB 462: Enact the Joining-Opportunities Business and Schools (JOBS) Act (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB462/ - SJR 10: CA: Require identification to vote (passed both chambers, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SJR10/ - SR 345: Honoring the University of Mount Union engineering team as a 2025 IEEE Champion. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR345/ - SR 346: Honoring the Washington High School boys basketball team as the 2026 Division II State Champion. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR346/ - SB 393: Regards sexually oriented offenses involving juveniles, animals (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB393/ - SB 352: Regards behavioral health screenings in the perinatal period (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB352/ - SR 217: Honoring Brice Fuller as the 2025 Division III State Boys Cross Country Champion. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-10) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR217/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $563.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2112611555518849090 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2111162773006938296 - 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2110377259962138905 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2110063351103422719 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2109388011871899813 - 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2109063214096921030 - 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2107557638305145139 - 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2106093478329417909 - 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2106134791754223881 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH/status/2105449720889962718 ## Links - Official site: https://ohiosenate.gov/members/jane-m-timken - Campaign site: https://www.janetimkenforohio.com/ - X: https://x.com/JaneTimkenOH - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janetimkenforohio/?hl=en Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c3b1dc5e-4913-4e2f-b2a8-4db5b3faa1bd