Senator Schaffer has worked tirelessly at the Statehouse to fight government corruption, reduce taxes and protect children & families from predators.

Additionally, Senator Schaffer has worked on numerous economic development projects in his districts, leading to the retention and creation of hundreds of jobs.

A veteran legislator, Senator Schaffer is serving as Vice Chair of the Senate's standing committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources as well as a member of the standing committees on General Government and Agency Review; Local Government, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs; and Ways and Means. While in the Ohio House he chaired Ways & Means and previously he has chaired the Public Utilities Committee, Commerce & Labor Committee, and he was Ohio's first legislative chairman of the Homeland Security, Engineering & Architecture Committee after the terrorist attacks on America in 2001. He has also served as chair of ODNR's Mine & Reclamation Commission.

In these positions Senator Schaffer has played key roles in reducing taxes, providing more resources to Ohio businesses to create jobs, protecting Ohio's air and water quality along with our abundant natural resources, keeping energy prices in-check, maintaining a strong infrastructure and ensuring state labor policies promote, not hinder, job creation.

In addition to his legislative duties, Senator Schaffer has a private sector career as an association executive. Always wanting to "give back" he has served two terms on the Ohio Society of Association Executives board of directors, on the board of the Fairfield Center for Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy where he served as treasurer and president, and as chairman of the Fairfield County Republican Party. His legislative honors include- 100% Conservative Rating, American Conservative Union Watchdog of the Treasury, United Conservatives of Ohio Legislator of the Year, International Interior Design Association Legislator of the Year, American Society of Landscape Architects Legislator of the Year, County Engineers Association of Ohio Legislator of the Year, Manufacturers Education Council Legislator of the Year, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Region V Legislator of the Year, ABATE Representative of the Year, Ohio Bioscience Association Legislator of the Year, Ohio Occupational Therapy Association Friend of Philanthropy, Philanthropy Ohio Champion of the Quarter Horse Congress Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Business-Ohio Recognition Award for Senate Bill 22, Ohio Metropolitan Wastewater Agencies Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Development Association "Friend of Agriculture" Ohio Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award, National Federation of the Blind His community & professional honors include- Board of Directors, Ohio Society of Association Executives Lifetime Service Award, Fairfield Center for Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy Delores Carlisle Award, Fairfield Center for Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy Statesmanship Award, Fairfield County Republican Party 40 under 40, Business First Advocate of the Year, MS Society Trustee of the Year, National Voluntary Health Agencies of Ohio Hall of Fame, Fairfield County Young Republican Club Senator Schaffer is a graduate of Lancaster High School. He attended Ohio University-Lancaster before earning a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Communications from Mount Union College, where he was a fullback on the Oho Athletic Conference championship soccer team, a news announcer at WRMU-FM and president of the Pre-Law Society.

Senator Schaffer and his wife, Lori, reside in Lancaster.