Ohio Statehouse Update: Ohio Election Summary 2020
President/Vice President of the United States
While the race for President remains too close to call nationally, as election results in several key states are still pending, in Ohio the unofficial results show that President Donald Trump beat former Vice President Joe Biden by roughly the same eight percentage point margin he carried four years ago against Hillary Clinton - 53-45%.
(Too Close to Call Nationally)
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R)
U.S. House of Representatives (all 16 Districts)
All incumbents won reelection, and Republicans maintained their 12-4 majority of U.S. House seats in Ohio. Republican incumbent Steve Chabot’s 1st Congressional District seat was considered the most vulnerable.
District 1Kate Schroder (D) | District 2Jamie Castle (D) |
District 3
| District 4Shannon Freshour (D) |
District 5Nick Rubando (D) | District 6Shawna Roberts (D) |
District 7Quentin Potter (D) | District 8Vanessa Enoch (D) |
District 9
| District 10Desiree Tims (D) |
District 11
| District 12Alaina Shearer (D) |
District 13
| District 14Hillary O'Connor Mueri (D) |
District 15Joel Newby (D) | District 16Aaron Paul Godfrey (D) |
Ohio Senate (16 Districts)
Ohio Senate Republicans have at least held their supermajority advantage at 24-9, and may have added to that supermajority by one seat pending the final tally in a close race in which incumbent Republican Stephanie Kunze is currently leading by 41 votes. Incumbent Democrat Sean O’Brien appears to have lost a close race against Republican challenger Sandra O’Brien.
District 2Joel O'Dorislo (D) | District 4Kathy Wyenandt (D) |
District 6Mark Fogel (D) | District 8Daniel Brown (D) |
District 10Charles Ballard (D) | District 12Ken Poling (D) |
District 14Ryan Ottney (D) | District 16(Too Close to Call) Crystal Lett (D) |
District 18Betsy Rader (D) | District 20Christian N. Johnson (D) |
District 22Ryan Hunger (D) | District 24Tom Jackson (D) |
District 26Craig Swartz (D) | District 28
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District 30Michael Fletcher (D) | District 32Sean J. O'Brien (D)* |
Ohio House of Representatives (all 99 Districts)
Ohio House Republicans appear to have net gained three seats to increase their supermajority to 64-35, despite expectations going into the election that they would lose around three seats. As a side note, ousted former Speaker Larry Householder won his bid for reelection in House District 72, a race in which he was running unopposed on the ballot, facing only write-in candidates.
District 1Alison Theiss (D) | District 2Sam Grady (D) |
District 3Laurel Johnson (D) | District 4
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District 5Daniel Winston (D) | District 6
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District 7Joan T. Sweeny (D) | District 8
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District 11
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District 13
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District 15
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District 17
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District 19
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District 21
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District 23Nancy Day-Achauer (D) | District 24
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District 25
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District 27Sara Bitter (D) | District 28
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District 29
| District 30Tom Roll |
District 31
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District 33
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District 35
| District 36Matt Shaughnessy (D) |
District 37
| District 38Joe Campbell (D) |
District 39
| District 40Leronda Jackson (D) |
District 41Cate Berger (D) | District 42
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District 43Amy Cox (D) | District 44
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District 45
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District 47Nancy Larson (D) | District 48
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District 49
| District 50Brian K. Simeone (D) |
District 51
| District 52Chuck Horn (D) |
District 53Michelle E. Novak (D) | District 54Morgan Showen (D) |
District 55Zach Stepp (D) | District 56
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District 57Dara Adkison (D) | District 58
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District 59Chris Stanley (D) | District 60
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District 61Adam Dudziak (D) | District 62Erin Rosiello (D) |
District 63Gil Blair (D)* | District 64
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District 65Alan Darnowsky (D) | District 66
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District 67Rachael Morocco (D) | District 68Steven F. Mount (D) |
District 69Donna Beheydt (D) | District 70Kevin Barnet (D) |
District 71Mark Carr (D) | District 72
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District 73Kim McCarthy (D) | District 74
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District 75Randi Clites (D)* | District 76Garrett Westhoven (D) |
District 77Melissa Wilde (D) | District 78Charlotte Owens (D) |
District 79Cynthia Richards (D) | District 80Ted Jones (D) |
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District 83
| District 84Joseph A. Monbeck (D) |
District 85
| District 86Tiffanie Roberts (D) |
District 87Nicholas Barnes (D) | District 88Chris Liebold (D) |
District 89Alexis Miller (D) | District 90
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District 91Scott M. Dailey (D) | District 92Beth Workman (D) |
District 93
| District 94Katie O'Neill (D) |
District 95
| District 96Richard A. Olivito (D) |
District 97Alaina Swope (D) | District 98Todd E. Beegle (D) |
District 99Richard Dana (D) | |
Justices of The Supreme Court of Ohio
Democrat Jennifer Brunner defeated Republican incumbent Judi French, while Republican incumbent Sharon Kennedy won reelection to her seat. The Ohio Supreme Court will now be 4-3 Republican, a change from the current 5-2 Republican majority.
Justice of the Supreme Court (Full Term Commencing: 01/01/2021)
John P. O'Donnell (D)
Sharon L. Kennedy (R)*
Justice of the Supreme Court (Full Term Commencing: 01/02/2021)
Jennifer Brunner (D)
Judi French (R)*
* Denotes Incumbent
