Age: 56

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Forest Park

Profession: Real estate broker

Key issue in race: Property taxes and jobs. The state hasn't done an adequate job in resolving the property tax in school funding issue.

Jim Raussen

Age: 33

Resides in: Springdale

Profession: Insurance analyst

Party: Republican

Key issue in race: Economic revitalization and tax reform. If we revitalize our communities, we create better quality of life, more revenue for school districts and jobs. District 29

Lou Blessing

Age: 56

Party: Republican

Resides in: Colerain Township

Profession: State senator; lawyer

Key issue in race: Balance the budget. Find funding for schools and other constitutionally required items without raising taxes.

Joe Wolterman

Age: 55

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Colerain Township

Profession: Insurance agent

Key issue in race: The deficit, the budget shortfall in Ohio and the lack of addressing education. Audit every program in Ohio and look at where the tax dollars go.

District 30

William Seitz

Age: 49

Party: Republican

Resides in: Green Township

Profession: Lawyer

Key issue in race: The state budget and public school funding are important issues. Allow voters to decide whether slot machines should be placed at race tracks.

Ann Thompson

Age: 68

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Green Township

Profession: President of an appraisal business.

Key issue in race: The state's system for funding public education. School funding should be a part of the state's budget so districts would not rely on property taxes

District 31

Steve Driehaus

Age: 38

Resides in: Price Hill

Profession: Director, Community Building Institute

Party: Democrat

Key issue in race: Addressing housing issues facing many older neighborhoods through intervention with regard to predatory lending, absentee landlords, unscrupulous predatory leasing activities.

Terry Weber

Age: 53

Resides in: Cheviot

Party: Republican

Profession: Assistant Hamilton County public defender

Key issue in race: Jobs and neighborhood safety. Both jobs and people are fleeing unsafe neighborhoods. Revitalizing can be done without huge tax incentives.

District 33

Tom Jones

Party: Republican

Resides in: Avondale

Profession: CEO, public safety organization

Key issue in race: Unemployment and tourism. Develop initiatives to assist cities in creatively addressing crime, living conditions and business opportunities.

Tyrone K. Yates

Age: 50

Party: Democrat

Resides in: East Walnut Hills

Profession: Lawyer, historian

Key issue in race: The $4 billion to $5 billion deficit and how we meet it - whether we will continue the temporary sales tax or engage in genuine tax reform.

District 34

Tom Brinkman Jr.

Age: 46

Party: Republican

Resides in: Mount Lookout

Profession: Printer

Key issue in race: Ohio's out-of-control fiscal mess. The state is facing a $4 billion budget hole. I am committed to closing the gap on the spending side through fiscal discipline.

Glen Miller

Age: 63

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Anderson Township

Profession: Educator

Key issue in race: Educational funding and jobs. We're falling way behind other states in how we fund education. Because of that, we're losing jobs to other states.

District 35

Michelle G. Schneider

Age: 50

Party: Republican

Resides in: Madeira

Profession: Owns Hillebrand Home Health and Hillebrand Nursing and Rehab Center.

Key issue in race: Balancing the state budget without a tax increase while maintaining local services, and making Southwest Ohio friendlier to businesses.

Brian C. Miller

Age: 24

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Loveland (moved from New York nine years ago)

Profession: Management trainee for Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Key issue in race: Selecting a candidate who will be honest with their constituents - a statesman, not a politician, who will work for their benefit, not for special interests.

District 53

Shawn Webster

Age: 54

Profession: Veterinarian

Resides in: Hanover Township

Party: Republican

Key issue in race: School funding and Medicaid. Reduce the reliance for school funding on property taxes, and use some sales tax and income tax revenues. Scott Siebel

Age: 22

Profession: Miami University student

Resides in: Oxford

Party: Democrat

Key issue in race: Education reform is the linchpin to success in Ohio. We need to be committed to properly funding our schools. District 55

Bill Coley

Age: 44

Party: Republican

Resides in: West Chester Township

Profession: Lawyer

Key issue in race: Restore fiscal restraint in Ohio and drastically reduce the level of taxation.

Tyrone Sims

Age: 36

Party: Democrat

Resides in: West Chester Township

Profession: Part-time Lockland police officer; security guard

Key issue in race: School funding. Stop putting the burden on the people age 65 and older on fixed incomes.

District 88

Danny Bubp

Age: 50

Party: Republican

Resides in: West Union

Profession: Lawyer, Marine reservist

Key issue in race: Jobs and the economy, taxes. We have to reform the school funding formula in Ohio.

Cy Richardson

Age: 63

Party: Democrat

Resides in: Monroe Township

Profession: Retired teacher

Key issue in race: Corporations aren't paying their fair share of taxes. There are too many loopholes for corporations. We need to close those loopholes.

Unopposed

Unopposed for Ohio House seats: Catherine Barrett, District 32; Courtney Combs, District 54; Joseph Uecker, District 66; Tom Raga, District 67.