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Niraj Antani's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

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, 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

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