Ohio Statehouse Update: Ohio General Election Summary 2022
U.S. Senate
In a hotly contested race that generated considerable national attention, Republican J.D. Vance secured victory over Democrat Tim Ryan by a 53% to 47% margin to replace retiring U.S. Senator Rob Portman.
Tim Ryan (D)
✔J.D. Vance (R)
Ohio Executive Branch
Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine easily cruised to re-election, defeating Democrat challenger Nan Whaley by a 63% to 37% margin, while the other four incumbent Republican statewide officeholders also secured re-election victories by comfortable margins, maintaining Republican control of all five statewide executive offices for the next four years.
Ohio Governor
N. Whaley/C. Stephens (D)
✔M. DeWine/J.Husted (R)*
Secretary of State
Chelsea Clark (D)
✔Frank LaRose (R)*
Terpsehore Tore Maras (I)
Auditor
Taylor Sappington (D)
✔Keith Faber (R)*
Attorney General
Jeffrey Crossman (D)
✔Dave Yost (R)*
Treasurer
Scott Schertzer (D)
✔Robert Sprague (R)*
U.S. House of Representatives (all 15 Districts)
Republicans secured a 10-5 seat majority over Democrats in the first election after the number of U.S. House seats for Ohio was reduced from 16 to 15 seats. In two close incumbent races of note, Republican incumbent Steve Chabot was defeated by Democrat Challenger Greg Landsman in the Cincinnati-area 1st District, while Democrat incumbent Marcy Kaptur held on to secure re-election in the Toledo-area 9th District. In two noteworthy open seat races, former aide to President Trump Republican Max Miller defeated Democrat Matthew Diemer in the 7th District, while Democrat and former Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes prevailed over Republican Madison Gesiotto Gilbert in the Akron-area 13th District.
District 1✔Greg Landsman (D) | District 2Samantha Meadows (D) |
District 3✔Joyce Beatty (D)* | District 4Tamie Wilson (D) |
District 5Craig Swartz (D) | District 6Louis G. Lyras (D) |
District 7Matthew Diemer (D) | District 8Vanessa Enoch (D) |
District 9✔Marcy Kaptur (D)* | District 10David Esrati (D) |
District 11✔Shontel Brown (D)* | District 12Amy Rippel-Elton (D) |
District 13✔Emilia Sykes (D) | District 14Matt Killboy (D) |
District 15Gary Josephson (D) | |
Ohio Senate (17 Districts)
Ohio Senate Republicans picked up one seat to increase their supermajority advantage to 26-7, as Republican challenger Michele Reynolds defeated Democrat incumbent Tina Maharath in a closely contested Franklin County race.
District 1✔Rob McColley (R)* | District 3Tina Maharath (D)* |
District 5✔Stephen Huffman (R)* | District 7David Dallas (D) |
District 9✔Catherine Ingram (D) | District 11✔Paula Hicks-Hudson (D) |
District 13Anthony Eliopoulos (D) | District 15✔Hearcel Craig (D)* |
District 17Garry Boone (D) | District 19Heather M. Swiger (D) |
District 21✔Kent Smith (D) | District 23✔Nickie Antonio (D)* |
District 25✔Bill DeMora (D) | District 27Patricia Goetz (D) |
District 29✔Kirk Schuring (R)* | District 31✔Al Landis (R) |
District 33Bob Hagan (D) | |
Ohio House of Representatives (all 99 Districts)
Ohio House Republicans appear to have net gained 4 seats to increase their supermajority to 68-31, although several close races are likely headed to recounts. In two particularly noteworthy races, incumbent Democrat and House Assistant Minority Leader Thomas West was defeated by Republican challenger Jim Thomas in the 49th House District race in Stark County, and Democrat incumbent and Assistant Minority Whip Richard Brown is currently trailing his Republican challenger Ronald Beach by less than 100 votes in the Franklin County 5th House District race.
District 1✔Dontavius Jarrells (D)* | District 2✔Latyna M. Humphrey (D)* |
District 3✔Ismail Mohamed (D) | District 4✔Mary Lightbody (D)* |
District 5Richard Brown (D)* | District 6✔Adam C. Miller (D)* |
District 7✔Allison Russo (D)* | District 8✔Beth Liston (D)* |
District 9✔Munira Yasin Abdullahi (D) | District 10Russell Harris (D) |
District 11✔Anita Somani (D) | District 12✔Brian Stewart (R)* |
District 13✔Michael J. Skindell (D)* | District 14✔Sean P. Brennan (D) |
District 15✔Richard Dell'Aquila (D) | District 16✔Bride Rose Sweeney (D)* |
District 17Troy J. Greenfield (D) | District 18✔Darnell T. Brewer (D) |
District 19✔Phil Robinson (D)* | District 20✔Terrence Upchurch (D)* |
District 21✔Elliot Forhan (D) | District 22✔Juanita O. Brent (D)* |
District 23✔Daniel P. Troy (D)* | District 24✔Dani Isaacsohn (D) |
District 25✔Ceciil Thomas (D) | District 26✔Sedrick Denson (D)* |
District 27✔Rachel Baker (D) | District 28✔Jessica E. Miranda (D)* |
District 29✔Cindy Abrams (R)* | District 30Alissa Mayhaus (D) |
District 31Rita Darrow (D) | District 32Matt Shaughnessy (D) |
District 33✔Tavia Galonski (D)* | District 34✔Casey Weinstein (D)* |
District 35Lori O'Neill (D) | District 36Addison Caruso (D) |
District 37✔Tom Young (R)* | District 38✔Willis E. Blackshear Jr. (D)* |
District 39Leronda F. Jackson (D) | District 40Amy Cox (D) |
District 41Nancy Larson (D) | District 42Erika White (D) ✔Derek Merrin (R)* |
District 43✔Michele Grim (D) | District 44✔Elgin Rogers Jr. (D) |
District 45Chuck Horn (D) | District 46Lawrence Mulligan III (D) |
District 47Sam Lawrence (D) | District 48David Smith (D) ✔Scott Oelslager (R)* |
District 49Thomas E. West (D)* | District 50✔Reggie Stoltzfus (R)* |
District 51✔Brett Hudson Hillyer (R)* | District 52Regan L. Phillips (D) |
District 53✔Joe Miller (D)* | District 54Bryan Burgess (D) |
District 55Paul Zorn (D) | District 56Joy Bennett (D) |
District 57Evan Rosborough (D) | District 58Wm. Bruce Neff (D) |
District 59✔Lauren R. McNally (D) | District 60✔Kris Jordan (R)* |
District 61Louise Valentine (D) | District 62Brian Flick (D) |
District 63Richard J. Perry (D) | District 64Vincent Peterson II (D) |
District 65✔Mike Loychik (R)* | District 66Christina Collins (D) |
District 67Drew Burge (D) | District 68✔Thad Claggett (R) |
District 69Charlotte Owens (D) | District 70Eric Price (D) |
District 71James Harvey Duffee (D) | District 72Kathleen Clyde (D) |
District 73✔Jeff LaRe (R)* | District 74Daniel Saks (D) |
District 75Jan K. Materni (D) | District 76✔Marilyn S. John (R)* |
District 77Mark D. Gooch (D) | District 78✔Susan Manchester (R)* |
District 79Taylor Eastham (D) | District 80✔Jena Powell (R)* |
District 81✔James M. Hoops (R)* | District 82Magdalene Markward (D) |
District 83Claire Osborne (D) | District 84Sophia Rodriguez (D) |
District 85✔Tim Barhorst (R) | District 86Barbara A. Luke (D) |
District 87✔Riordan T. McClain (R)* | District 88Dianne Selvey (D) |
District 89Jim Obergefell (D) | District 90Andrew Dodson (D) |
District 91✔Bob Peterson (R) | District 92✔Mark Johnson (R)* |
District 93✔Jason Stephens (R)* | District 94Tanya Conrath (D) |
District 95William D. Ryan (D) | District 96Charlie DiPalma (D) |
District 97✔Adam Holmes (R)* | District 98✔Darrell D. Kick (R)* |
District 99Kathleen Zappitello (D) | |
Justices of The Supreme Court of Ohio
Republican Justice Sharon Kennedy won election to Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, while Republican Justices Pat DeWine and Pat Fischer also successfully won re-election to their seats, setting up Republicans to maintain their 4-3 majority on the Court next year.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Full Term Commencing: 01/01/2023)
Jennifer Brunner (D)
✔Sharon L. Kennedy (R)
Justice of the Supreme Court (Full Term Commencing: 01/01/2023)
Terri Jamison (D)
✔Patrick Fischer (R)*
Justice of the Supreme Court (Full Term Commencing: 01/02/2023)
Marilyn Zayas (D)
✔Patrick DeWine (R)*
Statewide Issues
Both State Issue 1, regarding factors for setting bail, and State Issue 2, prohibiting local governments from allowing non-electors to vote, were approved easily, garnering over 77% yes votes.
State Issue 1
To require courts to consider factors like public safety when setting the amount of bail.
✔Yes
No
State Issue 2
To prohibit local government from allowing non-electors to vote.
✔Yes
No
* Denotes Incumbent