The 2020 Ohio Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on April 28, 2020.[b] 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 [ ]
Source
Ranking
As of
The Cook Political Report [3]
Likely R
October 21, 2020
Statewide results [ ]
Party
Candi dates
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 [ ]
Results of the 2020 Ohio Senate election
District
Incumbent Status
Incumbent
Winner
Result
2nd
Running
Theresa Gavarone
Incumbent Republican re-elected
4th
Term-limited
Bill Coley
George Lang
Republican hold
6th
Term-limited
Peggy Lehner
Niraj Antani
Republican hold
8th
Running
Louis Blessing
Incumbent Republican re-elected
10th
Running
Bob Hackett
Incumbent Republican re-elected
12th
Running
Matt Huffman
Incumbent Republican re-elected
14th
Running
Terry Johnson
Incumbent Republican re-elected
16th
Running
Stephanie Kunze
Incumbent Republican re-elected
18th
Term-limited
John Eklund
Jerry Cirino
Republican hold
20th
Running
Tim Schaffer
Incumbent Republican re-elected
22nd
Term-limited
Larry Obhof
Mark Romanchuk
Republican hold
24th
Running
Matt Dolan
Incumbent Republican re-elected
26th
Term-limited
David Burke
Bill Reineke
Republican hold
28th
Running
Vernon Sykes
Incumbent Democrat re-elected
30th
Running
Frank Hoagland
Incumbent Republican re-elected
32nd
Running
Sean O'Brien
Sandra O'Brien
Republican gain
Detailed results [ ]
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District 4 [ ]
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District 6 [ ]
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District 8 [ ]
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District 10 [ ]
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District 12 [ ]
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District 14 [ ]
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District 16 [ ]
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District 18 [ ]
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District 20 [ ]
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District 22 [ ]
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District 24 [ ]
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District 26 [ ]
Primary Results [ ]
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District 28 [ ]
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District 30 [ ]
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District 32 [ ]
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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.[1] Shortly thereafter, the Ohio General Assembly passed a bill setting an almost entirely vote-by-mail primary for April 28.[2]
^ 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.[5]
^ 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
National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Ohio 2019 & 2020 Elections" , Followthemoney.org
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