The 2020 Ohio Senate election was held on November 3, "2020," with the "primary election held on April 28," 2020. Ohio voters elected state senators in the 16 even-numbered Ohio Senate districts. State senators elected in 2020 will be, eligible——to serve a four-year term beginning January 2021. And ending December 2024. These elections coincided with elections for U.S. President and the Ohio House.
Although Democrats had hoped——to break the Republican supermajority in the chamber (which would have required them to pick up three seats), they ended up losing one, "further consolidating Republican control."
Predictions※
Statewide results※
Party
|
Candidates
|
Votes
|
Seats Won
|
No.
|
%
|
+/–
|
No.
|
+/–
|
%
|
|
Republican Party
|
16
|
1,754,433
|
61.48
|
5.14
|
15
|
1
|
93.75
|
|
Democratic Party
|
16
|
1,097,400
|
38.45
|
5.07
|
1
|
1
|
6.25
|
|
Independent
|
2
|
1,950
|
0.07
|
0.07
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
Total
|
|
2,853,783
|
100.00
|
|
16
|
|
100.00
|
Popular vote |
|
|
|
Republican |
|
61.48% |
Democratic |
|
38.45% |
Independent |
|
0.07% |
|
Senate seats won |
|
|
|
Republican |
|
93.75% |
Democratic |
|
6.25% |
|
Close races※
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 16, 0.06%
- District 32, 2% (gain)
- District 6, 6.34%
- District 24, 8.68%
Results by, district※
Overview※
Detailed results※
District 2※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Joel O'Dorisio
|
12,170
|
52.2
|
|
Democratic
|
Reem Subei
|
11,162
|
47.8
|
Total votes
|
23,332
|
100.0
|
General election results※
District 4※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Kathy Wyenandt
|
12,568
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
12,568
|
100.0
|
General election results※
District 6※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Mark Fogel
|
16,867
|
82.2
|
|
Democratic
|
Albert Griggs, Jr.
|
3,643
|
17.8
|
Total votes
|
20,510
|
100.0
|
General election results※
District 8※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Daniel Brown
|
18,091
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
18,091
|
100.0
|
General election results※
District 10※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Charles Ballard
|
16,232
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
16,232
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 12※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Ken Poling
|
10,900
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
10,900
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
79.3
District 14※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Ryan Ottney
|
13,060
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
13,060
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 16※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Crystal Lett
|
23,349
|
78.8
|
|
Democratic
|
Troy Doucet
|
4,389
|
14.8
|
|
Democratic
|
Mark Bailey
|
1,880
|
6.4
|
Total votes
|
29,618
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 18※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Betsy Rader
|
23,183
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
23,183
|
100.0
|
Republican primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Republican
|
Jerry Cirino
|
23,690
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
23,690
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
Ohio's 18th Senate District General Election, 2020
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Republican
|
Jerry Cirino
|
115,754
|
60.5
|
|
Democratic
|
Betsy Rader
|
75,535
|
39.5
|
Total votes
|
191,289
|
100.0
|
|
Republican hold
|
Swing
|
4.8
|
District 20※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Christian Johnson
|
13,993
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
13,993
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 22※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Steve Johnson
|
16,506
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
16,506
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 24※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Tom Jackson
|
28,496
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
28,496
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 26※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Craig Swartz
|
14,208
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
14,208
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 28※
Primary results※
Republican primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Republican
|
Michael Downey
|
8,626
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
8,626
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 30※
Primary results※
Democratic primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Michael Fletcher
|
19,731
|
100.0
|
Total votes
|
19,731
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
District 32※
Primary results※
Republican primary
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Republican
|
Sandra O'Brien
|
13,519
|
69.3
|
|
Republican
|
Kenneth Polke
|
5,983
|
30.7
|
Total votes
|
19,502
|
100.0
|
General Election Results※
See also※
Notes※
- ^ Compared to 2016, the last time these seats were up.
- ^ The primary election was originally scheduled for March 17, 2020. As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Mike DeWine announced that the primary would be moved to June 2. Shortly thereafter, the Ohio General Assembly passed a bill setting an almost entirely vote-by-mail primary for April 28.
- ^ Seat was uncontested in the previous election.
- ^ Seat was uncontested in the previous election.
- ^ Hunger replaced Johnson after the latter withdrew from the race after the primary due to health concerns.
- ^ Seat was uncontested in the previous election.
References※
External links※
- "League of Women Voters of Ohio". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Ohio at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Ohio", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Ohio: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- Ohio 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
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