2022 Ohio Senate election
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17 of the 33 seats in the Ohio Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Matt Huffman Kenny Yuko
(term-limited)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 12th district 25th district
Seats before 25 8
Seats after 26 7
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,105,112 812,696
Percentage 57.43% 42.23%
Swing Increase 10.17% Decrease 10.18%
Results
     Democratic hold

     Republican hold      Republican gain

     Not up for election
President of the Senate before election

Matt Huffman
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Matt Huffman
Republican

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The 2022 Ohio Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect senators in 17 odd-numbered districts of the Ohio Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Ohio and the Ohio House of Representatives.[1]

Although primary elections were originally scheduled for May 3, they were postponed to August 2 after the Supreme Court of Ohio rejected state legislative maps approved by the state redistricting commission as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle.[2][3]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R May 19, 2022

Overview

Party Candidates Votes Seats Won
No. % +/- No. +/- %
Republican 16 1,105,112 57.43 Increase 10.17 11 Increase 1 64.71
Democratic 13 812,696 42.23 Decrease 10.18 6 Decrease 1 35.29
Other 2 6,472 0.34 Increase 0.02 0 Steady 0.00
Total 31 100.00 17 17
Popular vote
Republican
 
 57.43%
Democratic
 
 42.23%
Other
 
 0.34%
Senate seats won
Republican
 
 64.71%
Democratic
 
 35.29%

Results by district

Summary

District Incumbent Status Incumbent Winner Result
1st Running Rob McColley Incumbent Republican re-elected
3rd Running Tina Maharath Michele Reynolds Republican gain
5th Running Steve Huffman Incumbent Republican re-elected
7th Running Steve Wilson Incumbent Republican re-elected
9th Term-limited Cecil Thomas Catherine Ingram Democratic hold
11th N/A Vacant[a] Paula Hicks-Hudson Democratic hold
13th Running Nathan Manning Incumbent Republican re-elected
15th Running Hearcel Craig Incumbent Democrat re-elected
17th Term-limited Bob Peterson Shane Wilkin Republican hold
19th Running Andrew Brenner Incumbent Republican re-elected
21st Not running Dale Martin Kent Smith Democratic hold
23rd Running Nickie Antonio Incumbent Democrat re-elected
25th N/A None[b] Bill DeMora Democratic notional hold
27th Running Kristina Roegner Incumbent Republican re-elected
29th Running Kirk Schuring Incumbent Republican re-elected
31st Term-limited Jay Hottinger Al Landis Republican hold
33rd Running Michael Rulli Incumbent Republican re-elected

Detailed results

District results by vote share

District 1

Ohio Senate District 1 elections, 2022
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob McColley (incumbent) 11,523 100.0
Total votes 11,523 100.0
General election
Republican Rob McColley (incumbent) 104,274 100.0
Total votes 104,274 100.0
Republican hold Swing Increase26.7[c]

District 3

Ohio Senate District 3 elections, 2022
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tina Maharath (incumbent) 6,848 100.0
Total votes 6,848 100.0
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michele Reynolds 6,327 100.0
Total votes 6,327 100.0
General election
Republican Michele Reynolds 61,723 52.4
Democratic Tina Maharath (incumbent) 56,023 47.6
Total votes 117,746 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic Swing Increase2.7

District 5

Ohio Senate District 5 elections, 2022
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Huffman (incumbent) 9,132 100.0
Total votes 9,132 100.0
General election
Republican Steve Huffman (incumbent) 99,741 96.4
Independent Nancy Kiehl (write-in) 3,742 3.6
Total votes 103,483 100.0
Republican hold Swing Increase43.5[c]

District 7

Ohio Senate District 7 elections, 2022
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Dallas 9,622 100.0
Total votes 9,622 100.0
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Wilson (incumbent) 13,497 99.3
Republican Austin Kaiser (write-in) 92 0.7
Total votes 13,589 100.0
General election
Republican Steve Wilson (incumbent) 95,414 61.6
Democratic David Dallas 59,563 38.4
Total votes 154,977 100.0
Republican hold Swing Increase4.5

District 9

Ohio Senate District 9 elections, 2022
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Catherine Ingram 11,112 100.0
Total votes 11,112 100.0
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Orlando Sonza Jr. 2,892 100.0
Total votes 2,892 100.0
General election
Democratic Catherine Ingram 78,639 72.8
Republican Orlando Sonza Jr. 29,418 27.2
Total votes 102,057 100.0
Democratic hold Swing Decrease3.5

District 11

Ohio Senate District 11 elections, 2022
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Hicks-Hudson 10,210 100.0
Total votes 10,210 100.0
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Dia 5,202 100.0
Total votes 5,202 100.0
General election
Democratic Paula Hicks-Hudson 64,761 55.3
Republican Tony Dia 52,384 44.7
Total votes 117,145 100.0
Democratic hold Swing Decrease14.1

District 13

Ohio Senate District 13 elections, 2022
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony Eliopoulos 7,422 100.0
Total votes 7,422 100.0
Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nathan Manning (incumbent) 8,910 67.3
Republican Kirsten Hill 4,321 32.7
Total votes 13,231 100.0
General election
Republican Nathan Manning (incumbent) 74,213 57.7
Democratic Anthony Eliopoulos 54,417 42.3
Total votes 128,630 100.0
Republican hold Swing Increase5.0


Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 27, 2.22%
  2. District 3, 4.84% (gain)

Outgoing incumbents

Republicans

Democrats

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Incumbent Democrat Teresa Fedor resigned October 31, 2022. Paula Hicks-Hudson was appointed to fill the vacancy after her victory in the general election.
  2. ^ This district was reassigned to Franklin County from Cuyahoga County following redistricting. The previous incumbent was Democrat Kenny Yuko, who was term-limited.
  3. ^ a b Seat was contested in the previous election.

References

  1. ^ "Ohio State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Tebben, Susan (April 15, 2022). "Ohio Supreme Court rejects legislative maps, sets fifth redistricting deadline". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Tebben, Susan (May 5, 2022). "Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits maps already rejected as illegal by supreme court". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Oliver, Emily (January 5, 2022). "John Cranley announces Sen. Teresa Fedor as pick for lieutenant governor". WBNS-TV. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
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