Ohio's 30th senatorial district

Ohio's 30th senatorial district has historically been based in the Ohio Valley. It now consists of large swaths of eastern and southeastern Ohio and includes the counties of Carroll, Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, Noble, Monroe, Washington and Meigs as well as portions of Athens and Vinton counties. It encompasses Ohio House of Representatives districts 94, 95 and 96. It has a Cook PVI of D+6. Its current Ohio Senator is Republican Frank Hoagland. He resides in Adena, a city located in Jefferson County.

List of senators

Senator	Party	Term	Notes
John Longsworth	Republican	January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1968	Longsworth lost re-election in 1968 to Doug Applegate.
Doug Applegate	Democrat	January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974	Applegate resigned in 1974 after winning election to the United States Congress.
Kinsey Milleson	Democrat	January 3, 1975 – December 31, 1980	Milleson lost re-election in 1980 to Bill Ress.
Bill Ress	Republican	January 3, 1981 – December 31, 1984	Ress lost re-election in 1984 to Rob Burch.
Rob Burch	Democrat	January 3, 1985 – December 31, 1996	Burch did not seek re-election in 1996 and instead ran for the United States Congress.
Gregory L. DiDonato	Democrat	January 6, 1997 – December 31, 2004	DiDonato was term-limited in 2004.
Charlie Wilson	Democrat	January 3, 2005 – December 31, 2006	Wilson resigned in 2006 after winning election to the United States Congress.
Jason Wilson	Democrat	January 2, 2007 – December 5, 2011	Wilson resigned in 2011 to become Director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia.
Lou Gentile	Democrat	December 14, 2011 – December 31, 2016	Gentile lost re-election in 2016 to Frank Hoagland.
Frank Hoagland	Republican	January 3, 2017 – December 1, 2023	Retired^[1]
Brian Chavez	Republican	December 6, 2023 – present	Incumbent