2016 Ohio Senate election

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2016 Ohio Senate election
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16 out of 33 seats in the Ohio Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Keith Faber
(term-limited)		 Joe Schiavoni
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 7, 2013January 14, 2014
Leader's seat District 12 District 33
Last election2310
Seats after249
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,633,059821,822
Percentage66.52%33.48%
President of the Senate before election

Keith Faber
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Larry Obhof
Republican

The 2016 Ohio Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Ohio Senate for the following two years in the 132nd Ohio General Assembly. The 16 even numbered seats out of the 33 seats in the Ohio Senate were up for election and the primary was held on March 15, 2016. Prior to the election, 23 seats were held by Republicans and 10 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Republicans expanding their majority in the State Senate by a single seat. [1] [2]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [3] Likely ROctober 12, 2016

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 28: Thomas Sawyer was term-limited.
  2. District 32: Capri Cafaro was term-limited.

Republicans

  1. District 8: Bill Seitz was term-limited.
  2. District 12: Keith Faber was term-limited.
  3. District 16: Jim Hughes was term-limited.
  4. District 24: Tom Patton was term-limited.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 30, 5.80% (gain)

Results

District 2

District 2 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Gardner (incumbent) 118,232 66.38%
Democratic Kirk Halliday59,88233.62%
Total votes178,114 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Coley (incumbent) 105,810 67.66%
Democratic John Kinne50,58032.34%
Total votes156,390 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peggy Lehner (incumbent) 114,168 68.06%
Democratic Albert Griggs53,58431.94%
Total votes167,752 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Louis Terhar 106,215 62.88%
Democratic Mary Rose Lierman62,69337.12%
Total votes168,908 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Hackett (incumbent) 99,477 65.14%
Democratic Matthew Kirk53,23934.86%
Total votes152,716 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Huffman 120,090 100.0%
Total votes120,090 100.0%
Republican hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Uecker (incumbent) 112,706 71.91%
Democratic Charlie Carlier44,01428.09%
Total votes156,720 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephanie Kunze 109,454 58.99%
Democratic Cathy Johnson76,07741.01%
Total votes185,531 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Eklund (incumbent) 107,972 65.27%
Democratic Wiley Runnestrand57,44634.73%
Total votes165,418 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Troy Balderson (incumbent) 111,883 100.0%
Total votes111,883 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Larry Obhof (incumbent) 113,666 69.78%
Democratic Christopher King49,21830.22%
Total votes162,884 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Dolan 107,500 58.14%
Democratic Emily Hagan77,38341.86%
Total votes184,883 100.0%
Republican hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Burke (incumbent) 107,351 100.0%
Total votes107,351 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Vernon Sykes 83,805 61.21%
Republican Jonathan Schulz53,11738.79%
Total votes136,922 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank Hoagland 84,747 52.90%
Democratic Lou Gentile (incumbent)75,45047.10%
Total votes160,197 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 32

District 32 election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sean O'Brien 78,451 56.39%
Republican Robert Allen60,67143.61%
Total votes139,122 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "Ohio State Senate elections, 2016". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2016 Official Elections Results". ohiosos.gov. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ Cournoyer, Caroline (October 12, 2016). "November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures". Governing. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
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