Steve Wilson (Ohio politician)


Steve Wilson is the state senator for the 7th District of the Ohio Senate. He is a Republican. The district covers Warren County, a portion of Butler County including half of Middletown and a portion of Hamilton County including Indian Hill and parts of Cincinnati and Loveland.

Life and career

A graduate of Miami University and a former officer in the United States Navy, Wilson previously served as the CEO of both LCNB Corp. and Lebanon Citizens National Bank. He formerly served on the Miami University Board of Trustees, as the chair of the American Bankers Association and the Ohio Bankers Association, and served as a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Wilson resides in Maineville, Ohio. He has four children and five grandchildren.

Ohio Senate

In 2016, Senator Shannon Jones who had served in the Senate since 2009, announced that she would forgo her last two years before being term-limited to run for county commissioner in Warren County. Winning that seat, she resigned from the Senate effective December 31, 2016, prior to the beginning of the new General Assembly. As such, Senate Republicans were tasked with replacing her. Wilson applied for the seat along with a number of others, including former state representative Ron Maag.
It was announced that Wilson would receive the appointment on January 13, 2017, and that he would be seated soon after. On January 25, 2017, Wilson was sworn in to complete the remainder of Jones' term, and will have to seek election to his own term in 2018.