2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on May 8, 2018.

2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)

All 99 seats of the Ohio House of Representatives
50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout54.30%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ryan Smith Fred Strahorn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat District 93 District 39
Last election 66 33
Seats won 61 38
Seat change 5 5
Popular vote 2,166,790 1,992,886
Percentage 51.96% 47.79%
Swing 6.58% 7.32%

Speaker before election

Ryan Smith
Republican

Elected Speaker

Ryan Smith
Republican

Republicans retained a supermajority in the House despite a net loss of four seats, winning 62 seats compared to 37 seats for the Democrats.[1][2]

Results

Statewide

PartyCandi-
dates
VotesSeats
No.%+/–No.+/–%
Republican Party912,166,79051.96%-6.58%62462.63%
Democratic Party991,992,88647.79%+7.32%37437.37%
Libertarian Party67,5990.18%New00.00%
Green Party2*2,8090.07%-0.01%00.00%
Write-in2*2040.00%±0.00%00.00%
Total2004,170,288100.00%99100.00%
  • Write-In Candidate for House District 75 was also a Green Party candidate, but labeled as write-in.
Popular vote
Republican
51.96%
Democratic
47.79%
Other
0.25%
House seats
Republican
61.62%
Democratic
38.38%

District

Results of the 2018 Ohio House of Representatives election by district:[3]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 111,44029.38%25,80266.27%1,6934.35%38,935100.00%Republican Hold
District 212,97729.95%29,31167.64%1,0432.41%43,331100.00%Republican Hold
District 318,05837.76%29,75962.24%--47,817100.00%Republican Hold
District 49,43826.92%25,62073.08%--35,058100.00%Republican Hold
District 510,46529.75%24,71170.25%--35,176100.00%Republican Hold
District 630,33451.14%28,98548.86%--59,319100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 718,76439.18%29,13360.82%--47,897100.00%Republican Hold
District 835,115100.00%----35,115100.00%Democratic Hold
District 942,63487.85%5,89712.15%--48,531100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1023,817100.00%----23,817100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1124,08586.69%3,69813.31%--27,783100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1233,659100.00%----33,659100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1326,73577.96%7,55822.04%--34,293100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1422,94371.83%8,99828.17%--31,941100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1518,83556.22%14,67043.78%--33,505100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1624,96946.11%29,18253.89%--54,151100.00%Republican Hold
District 1715,93160.18%10,54239.82%--26,473100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1837,25479.84%9,40920.16%--46,663100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1932,14755.44%25,84144.56%--57,988100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 2025,77758.06%18,62241.94%--44,399100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2134,11656.62%26,14343.38%--60,259100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 2232,27773.01%11,93226.99%--44,209100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2319,66644.39%24,64155.61%--44,307100.00%Republican Hold
District 2433,86956.91%25,64843.09%--59,517100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 2532,33084.29%6,02515.71%--38,355100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2632,52782.13%5,83714.74%1,2413.13%39,605100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2725,81746.42%29,80153.58%--55,618100.00%Republican Hold
District 2826,70950.12%27,01249.56%1690.31%53,890100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 2914,99935.01%27,84664.99%--42,845100.00%Republican Hold
District 3014,35630.27%33,06869.73%--47,424100.00%Republican Hold
District 3133,528100.00%----33,528100.00%Democratic Hold
District 3230,31178.61%8,24721.39%--38,558100.00%Democratic Hold
District 3332,57075.31%10,67924.69%--43,249100.00%Democratic Hold
District 3428,89478.06%8,12021.94%--37,014100.00%Democratic Hold
District 3517,16260.57%9,60233.89%1,5685.53%28,332100.00%Democratic Hold
District 3620,63344.61%25,62255.39%--46,255100.00%Republican Hold
District 3727,93050.49%27,39149.51%--55,321100.00%Democratic GAIN
District 3820,60442.56%27,80757.44%--48,411100.00%Republican Hold
District 3925,871100.00%----25,871100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4016,37237.98%26,73462.02%--43,106100.00%Republican Hold
District 4122,74245.04%27,75554.96%--50,497100.00%Republican Hold
District 4218,63140.50%27,37759.50%--46,008100.00%Republican Hold
District 4321,54449.47%22,00650.53%--43,550100.00%Republican Hold
District 4426,267100.00%----26,267100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4520,78063.71%11,83836.29%--32,618100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4628,372100.00%----28,372100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4720,91941.90%29,00958.10%--49,928100.00%Republican Hold
District 4817,25935.87%30,85564.13%--48,114100.00%Republican Hold
District 4918,83457.61%13,85942.39%--32,693100.00%Democratic Hold
District 5015,22536.01%27,05163.99%--42,276100.00%Republican Hold
District 5114,30539.91%21,54260.09%--35,847100.00%Republican Hold
District 5222,12841.39%31,32958.61%--53,457100.00%Republican Hold
District 5313,94535.87%24,92864.13%--38,873100.00%Republican Hold
District 5418,43839.16%28,64160.84%--47,079100.00%Republican Hold
District 5518,17442.35%23,68755.20%1,0512.45%42,912100.00%Republican Hold
District 5624,78062.64%14,78137.36%--39,561100.00%Democratic Hold
District 5716,42036.89%28,08563.11%--44,505100.00%Republican Hold
District 5825,31970.13%10,78429.87%--36,103100.00%Democratic Hold
District 5925,70449.61%26,11350.39%--51,817100.00%Republican GAIN
District 6021,46553.57%18,60246.43%--40,067100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6120,24340.37%29,90459.63%--50,147100.00%Republican Hold
District 6213,94126.34%38,99373.66%--52,934100.00%Republican Hold
District 6323,13656.06%18,13143.94%--41,267100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6418,82854.76%15,55445.24%--34,382100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6516,71933.33%33,44266.67%--50,161100.00%Republican Hold
District 6610,33124.51%31,81275.49%--42,143100.00%Republican Hold
District 6725,71343.73%33,09256.27%--58,805100.00%Republican Hold
District 6817,92133.64%34,16064.12%1,1932.24%53,274100.00%Republican Hold
District 6918,56136.24%32,65363.76%--51,214100.00%Republican Hold
District 7014,78034.97%27,48465.03%--42,264100.00%Republican Hold
District 7117,46638.19%28,26861.81%--45,734100.00%Republican Hold
District 7213,39330.96%29,86169.04%--43,254100.00%Republican Hold
District 7319,34640.23%28,74259.77%--48,088100.00%Republican Hold
District 7412,76832.51%26,50467.49%--39,272100.00%Republican Hold
District 7521,02752.00%19,37747.92%400.1%40,439100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7618,89737.63%31,32662.37%--50,223100.00%Republican Hold
District 7716,04435.70%27,73961.72%1,1592.58%44,942100.00%Republican Hold
District 7813,54932.13%28,61967.87%--42,168100.00%Republican Hold
District 7915,57040.50%22,87959.50%--38,449100.00%Republican Hold
District 8010,18324.48%31,41175.52%--41,594100.00%Republican Hold
District 8110,99225.32%32,41974.68%--43,411100.00%Republican Hold
District 8210,43526.40%29,08573.60%--39,520100.00%Republican Hold
District 8311,99130.87%26,84769.13%--38,838100.00%Republican Hold
District 848,14917.51%38,40182.49%--46,550100.00%Republican Hold
District 8510,45227.13%28,07772.87%--38,529100.00%Republican Hold
District 8611,15327.84%27,44368.51%1,4603.64%40,056100.00%Republican Hold
District 8710,54027.32%28,04272.68%--38,582100.00%Republican Hold
District 8813,23234.00%25,68066.00%--38,912100.00%Republican Hold
District 8916,40234.86%30,64865.14%--47,050100.00%Republican Hold
District 9014,00638.80%22,08961.20%--36,095100.00%Republican Hold
District 9110,08426.47%28,01073.53%--38,094100.00%Republican Hold
District 9212,89535.66%23,26564.34%--36,160100.00%Republican Hold
District 939,58625.57%27,91074.43%--37,496100.00%Republican Hold
District 9416,85541.71%23,55658.29%--40,411100.00%Republican Hold
District 9515,02734.26%28,84165.74%--43,868100.00%Republican Hold
District 9622,229100.00%----22,229100.00%Democratic Hold
District 9712,16431.65%26,26768.35%--38,431100.00%Republican Hold
District 9811,76332.00%24,99368.00%--36,756100.00%Republican Hold
District 9919,34653.04%17,13146.96%--36,477100.00%Democratic Hold
Total1,992,88647.79%2,166,79051.96%10,6120.25%4,170,288100.00%

References

  1. Jackson, Tom (November 10, 2018). "Democrats did badly in Ohio on Election Day". Sandusky Register. Sandusky, U.S.A. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  2. Hancock, Laura (November 8, 2018). "3 women are DeWine's first appointments to administration: Capitol Letter". Cleveland.com. Brooklyn, U.S.A. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  3. "Ohio Decides 2018: State Representative - Summary Results". Columbus, U.S.A.: Office of the Secretary of State, State of Ohio. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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