Randy Gardner (politician)

Randy Gardner
Majority Leader of the Ohio Senate
In office
January 3, 2017  February 6, 2019
Preceded byTom Patton
Succeeded byMatt Huffman
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 1, 2013  February 6, 2019
Preceded byMark Wagoner
Succeeded byTheresa Gavarone
In office
January 1, 2001  January 9, 2008
Preceded byBob Latta
Succeeded byMark Wagoner
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 6th district
In office
January 10, 2008  December 31, 2012
Preceded byBob Latta
Succeeded byTim Brown
In office
December 5, 1985  December 31, 2000
Preceded byRobert Brown
Succeeded byBob Latta
Personal details
Born (1958-08-20) August 20, 1958
Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationBowling Green State University (BA, MA)

Randall L. Gardner (born 1958) is an American politician, who formerly served as a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 2nd District from 2013–2018. He held the same district from 2001 to 2008, and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1985 to 2000, and from 2008 to 2012. In January 2019, Governor Mike Dewine appointed Gardner as the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education.