Willard C. Tyler

Willard Calvin Tyler is the current Senior US Senator from the state of Ohio, having been elected in 2004. Tyler was up against Monica Cornado however after she dropped out he faced Eric Fingerhut in the general election. Tyler served as a US Congressman from Ohio's 7th District from 2001 - 2005 and was House Minority Whip between January 2004 and January 2005. Tyler went on to be elected Senate Majority Whip in 2005 and served until he declined to stand for re-election in 2007.

Tyler made a brief run for Governor of Ohio in 2006 being drafted in by the state GOP party as the only candidate who could win the election for the GOP after a scandal hit Governor Bob Taft. Tyler narrowly lost the election to Alyssa Vives by 0.01 percent. Senator Tyler offered his services as an emergency envoy to Japan during the North Korea missile crisis and met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and offered him US opinion and policy during the crisis.