Jane Timken is a lawyer and Republican Party activist in Ohio.

In January 2017, she was named the Republican Party Chair of Ohio.

^[0]She is the first woman to head Ohio's Republican Party.

Timken was vice chairman of the Stark County GOP.

^[0]She is a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and was selected over Kasich's ally and choice of candidate for the post, Matt Borges.

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Timken is a former magistrate and staff attorney for the Stark County Court of Common Pleas.

^[3]She has also worked for the Soles law firm and Black, McCuskey, Souerd & Arbaugh.

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Timken helped raise $1 million for the Trump campaign and was favored by party activists who accused Borges of not showing strong enough support for Mr. Trump.

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The 66-member committee that governs the state party voted twice in the morning 33 for Mrs. Timken and 32 for Mr. Borges.

One member was absent due to illness.

After a recess, Mr. Borges withdrew.

He was elected chairman emeritus and given an ovation.

^[0]T he state committee, made up of one woman and one man from each of Ohio’s 33 Senate districts, met at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center just north of Columbus.

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She said: “We came very close to a disastrous Hillary Clinton presidency We cannot afford a chairman that picks and chooses which candidates get support.”

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She has two children.

Born Jane Murphy in the Cincinnati area, Timken is a lawyer and married to Ward “Tim” Timken, Jr., chief executive officer of TimkenSteel Corp. ^[0]