United States Senate election in Ohio, 1992

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1992
November 3, 1992

 
Nominee John Glenn Mike DeWine Martha Grevatt
Party Democratic Republican Workers World
Popular vote 2,444,419 2,028,300 321,234
Percentage 51.0% 42.3% 6.7%
Election results by county
Glenn:
     40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
DeWine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Senator before election

John Glenn
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Glenn
Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Glenn won re-election to a fourth term,[1] coinciding with Bill Clinton's narrow win during the presidential election. Glenn's voting percentage of 51% represented the worst performance of his four runs for the Senate, likely due to the presence of third-party candidate Martha Grevatt of the far-left Workers World Party. As of 2018, this is the last time the Democrats have won the Class 3 Senate Seat from Ohio.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Workers World

Campaign

DeWine's campaign focused on the need for change and to introduce term limits for senators. This would be Glenn's fourth term as senator.[2] DeWine was also critical of Glenn's past campaign debts. His campaign used a bunny dressed as an astronaut beating a drum, with an announcer saying, "He just keeps owing and owing and owing", a play on the Energizer Bunny.[3]

Glenn's campaign noted DeWine's pro-life leanings, and that he flip-flopped on his opposition of term limits. Glenn also said that DeWine was a career politician and was just looking for another job in politics.[3]

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Glenn (Incumbent) 2,444,419 50.99%
Republican Mike DeWine 2,028,300 42.31%
Workers World Martha Grevatt 321,234 6.70%
Majority 416,119 8.68%
Turnout 4,793,953

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3490
  2. ↑ "DeWine gets easy win to face Glenn". The Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. Associated Press. June 3, 1992. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "DeWine won't get chance to make Washington change". Marysville Journal-Tribune. Marysville, Ohio. Associated Press. November 4, 1992. p. 7.
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