Jane Timken | |
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Chair of the Ohio Republican Party | |
In office January 7, 2017 – February 5, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Matt Borges |
Succeeded by | Bryan C. Williams (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Eileen Murphy November 5, 1966 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Ward Timken (m. 1994) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Harvard University (BA) American University (JD) |
Jane Eileen Murphy Timken (born November 5, 1966) is an American attorney who served as chair of the Ohio Republican Party from 2017 to 2021. She was a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio.
Timken was born Jane Eileen Murphy in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of John and Eileen Murphy. Her father was a law professor and her mother was a Scottish-born nurse.[1] Timken graduated from Walnut Hills High School.[1][2][3]
Timken graduated from Harvard College with a degree in psychology and played rugby while she was there.[1] She received her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C.[4][5]
She served as vice chair of the Stark County Republican Party from May 2010 until she was elected as the first female chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party in January 2017.[3][6] While serving as Chair, Timken refused to sign a pledge stating the GOP would not use hacked information in campaigns.[7]
During the race, she sought to present herself as a Donald Trump loyalist, mirrored his talking points and said she would "advance the Trump agenda".[8][1] In her announcement speech for the 2022 campaign, she attacked John Kasich, the Republican former Governor of Ohio.[1] In 2016, she had initially supported Kasich in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.[1]
She remained chair until resigning in February 2021 to run for U.S. Senate in the 2022 election, following the announcement that incumbent Republican Rob Portman would not seek re-election.[9]
Timken lives in Stark County, Ohio with her husband Ward J. "Tim" Timken Jr.,[10] the former chairman, CEO, and president of TimkenSteel.[4] She has two children.[11] Her uncle-in-law, William R. Timken, is a former United States ambassador to Germany.[1]