2022 Ohio Secretary of State election

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2022 Ohio Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
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Nominee Frank LaRose Chelsea Clark
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,444,3821,635,824
Percentage59.3%39.7%

2022 Ohio Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
2022 Ohio Secretary of State election by congressional district.svg
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LaRose:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Clark:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No votes

Secretary of State before election

Frank LaRose
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Frank LaRose
Republican

The 2022 Ohio Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Frank LaRose won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Disqualified

  • Terpsichore “Tore” Maras-Lindeman, podcaster [4] [5] [2] (running as an Independent)

Endorsements

GOP Primary results by county
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LaRose
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Adams
50-60%
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GOP Primary results by county
  LaRose
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Adams
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
John Adams
Organizations
  • Ohio Value Voters [6]
Frank LaRose
Executive Branch officials
Newspapers and other media
Organizations

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank LaRose (incumbent) 613,378 64.7
Republican John Adams 335,45735.3
Total votes948,835 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chelsea Clark 434,038 100.0
Total votes434,038 100.0

Independents

Qualified

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe RDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [17] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Ohio secretary of state election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Frank LaRose (incumbent) 2,444,382 59.29% +8.64%
Democratic Chelsea Clark1,635,82439.68%-7.30%
Independent Terpsehore Tore Maras42,7531.04%N/A
Total votes4,122,959 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

LaRose won 13 of 15 congressional districts, including three that elected Democrats. [18]

DistrictLaRoseClarkRepresentative
1st 51%48% Steve Chabot (117th Congress)
Greg Landsman (118th Congress)
2nd 75%24% Brad Wenstrup
3rd 35%64% Joyce Beatty
4th 72%27% Jim Jordan
5th 68%31% Bob Latta
6th 68%31% Bill Johnson
7th 59%40% Bob Gibbs (117th Congress)
Max Miller (118th Congress)
8th 66%33% Warren Davidson
9th 57%42% Marcy Kaptur
10th 58%41% Mike Turner
11th 25%74% Shontel Brown
12th 70%29% Troy Balderson
13th 55%44% Tim Ryan (117th Congress)
Emilia Sykes (118th Congress)
14th 62%37% David Joyce
15th 59%40% Mike Carey

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