Senate Building
1 Capitol Square
Ground Floor
042
Columbus, OH 43215
Full Name:
Niraj J. Antani
Gender:
Male
Birth Place:
Miami Township, OH
Home City:
Miamisburg, OH
JD, University of Dayton, 2013-2016
BA, Political Science, Ohio State University, 2009-2013
Senator, Ohio State Senate, District 6, 2021-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Ohio, District 2, 2024
Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, 2014-2021
Candidate, Ohio State Senate, District 6, 2020
Candidate, Ohio State House of Representatives, District 42, 2018
Member, Financial Institutions and Technology Committee
Vice Chair, Government Oversight
Member, Medicaid Committee
Ranking Member, Rules and Reference Committee
Member, Transportation
Member, Finance Institutions and Technology Committee, Ohio State Senate, 2023-present
Vice-Chair, Government Oversight Committee, Ohio State Senate, 2023-present
Member, Medicaid Committee, Ohio State Senate, 2023-present
Former Vice-Chair, Rules and Reference Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives, 2023-present
Member, Transportation Committee, Ohio State Senate, 2023-present
Former Member, Aging and Long Term Care Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Community and Family Advancement Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Health Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Insurance Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Public Utilities Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee for Community and Family Advancement on Minority Affairs, Ohio State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Ohio State House of Representatives
Legal Extern, Judge Welbaum, Ohio Second District Court of Appeals, 2014
Associate, AmeriCorps, 2011, 2013
Intern to the State Director, Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign, Ohio, 2012
Member, the national board of the Republican State Leadership Committee's Future Majority Project, 2023-present
Member, Generation Dayton, 2013-present
Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present
Former Executive Board Member, Dayton International Festival, Incorporated, t
Volunteer, Dayton Right to Life
Former President, Miamisburg High School Alumni Association
Former Chair, Ohio Republican Party Asian Pacific American Advisory Council
Former Member, Rotary Club of Miamisburg, 2013
Co-Chair, Welcome Leader Program, Ohio State University, 2010
Governor, Junior Statesmen Foundation, 2005-2009
Awards:
Antani was named to Forbes Magazine's list of the top "30 Under 30" people in the United States for Law & Politics in 2015.
As well, the conservative media organization Newsmax named him the 2nd most influential Republican in the nation under age 30.
In addition, in 2013 he was named to the "Top 30 Conservatives Under Age 30 in the United States" list by Red Alert Politics.
Antani has received the Legislator of the Year Award by the AMVETS Department of Ohio for his work helping veterans, as well as the Friend of Community Colleges Award by the Ohio Association of Community College and the Distinguished Government Service Award by the Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools for his work for the betterment of higher education for the middle class.
Antani received the 2018 "Making a Difference" award from the Miami Valley Down Syndrome Association for his work helping people with disabilities.
He also was most recently awarded NFIB Ohio's 2020 Guardian of Small Business Award, which is awarded annually to one member of the Ohio House and one member of the Ohio Senate