2024 Ohio elections

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2024 Ohio elections
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  2022 November 5, 2024 2026  

The 2024 Ohio general elections were held on November 5, 2024, throughout the US state of Ohio.

Contents

Federal offices

President

Senate

House of Representatives

All of Ohio's 15 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2024. Prior to this election Republicans hold 10 seats and Democrats hold 5 seats.

State offices

General Assembly

Senate

The 16 even-numbered districts out of 33 seats in the Ohio Senate were up for election in 2024. [1] Fifteen of these seats are held by Republicans and one is held by Democrats. Prior to the election, Republicans hold 26 seats and Democrats hold 7 seats.

House of Representatives

All 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives were up for election in 2024. Prior to the election, Republicans hold 67 seats and Democrats hold 32 seats.

Supreme Court

2024 Ohio Supreme Court elections
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

3 seats of the Supreme Court of Ohio
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before43
Seats won61
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2

Associate Justice (term commencing 01/01/2025)

Democratic primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Michael Donnelly

Organizations

Results
Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael P. Donnelly (incumbent) 462,982 100.0%
Total votes462,982 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Megan Shanahan

Organizations

Results
Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Megan E. Shanahan 836,768 100.0%
Total votes836,768 100.0%

General election

2024 Ohio Supreme Court election (Donnelly seat)
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  2018 November 5, 20242030 
 
Nominee Megan E. Shanahan Michael P. Donnelly
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,025,8842,415,507
Percentage55.6%44.4%

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County results

Shanahan:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Donnelly:     50–60%     60-70%

Justice before election

Michael P. Donnelly
Democratic

Elected Justice

Megan E. Shanahan
Republican

Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Michael
Donnelly (D)
Megan
Shanahan (R)
Undecided
ActiVote [4] October 2–25, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%45%55%
ActiVote [5] August 9 – September 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%46%54%
Results
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Megan E. Shanahan 3,025,884 55.61%
Democratic Michael P. Donnelly (incumbent)2,415,50744.39%
Total votes5,441,391 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Associate Justice (term commencing 01/02/2025)

Democratic primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Melody Stewart

Organizations

Results
Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Melody J. Stewart (incumbent) 459,539 100.0%
Total votes459,539 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Joe Deters

Organizations

Results
Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Deters 835,968 100.0%
Total votes835,968 100.0%

General election

2024 Ohio Supreme Court election (Stewart seat)
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  2018 November 5, 20242030 
 
Nominee Joe Deters Melody J. Stewart
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,997,1442,443,066
Percentage55.1%44.9%

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County results

Deters:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Stewart:     50–60%     60-70%

Justice before election

Melody J. Stewart
Democratic

Elected Justice

Joe Deters
Republican

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Deters 2,997,144 55.09%
Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Melody
Stewart (D)
Joe
Deters (R)
Undecided
ActiVote [4] October 2–25, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%45%55%
ActiVote [5] August 9 – September 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%48%52%
Results
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Deters 2,997,144 55.09%
Democratic Melody J. Stewart (incumbent)2,443,06644.91%
Total votes5,440,210 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Associate Justice (unexpired term ending 12/31/2026)

Democratic primary

Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Endorsements
Lisa Forbes

Organizations

Newspapers

Results
Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Forbes 310,635 63.84%
Democratic Terri Jamison175,96536.16%
Total votes486,600 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Dan Hawkins

Organizations

Results
Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Hawkins 810,411 100.0%
Total votes810,411 100.0%

General election

2024 Ohio Supreme Court election (Vacant seat)
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  2018 November 5, 20242030 
 
Nominee Dan Hawkins Lisa Forbes
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,998,5922,456,462
Percentage55.0%45.0%

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County results

Hawkins:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Forbes:     50–60%     60-70%

Justice before election

Vacant

Elected Justice

Dan Hawkins
Republican

Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Dan
Hawkins (R)
Lisa
Forbes (D)
Undecided
ActiVote [4] October 2–25, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%54%46%
ActiVote [5] August 9 – September 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%53%47%
Results
General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Hawkins 2,998,592 54.97%
Democratic Lisa Forbes2,456,46245.03%
Total votes5,455,054 100.0%
Republican hold

Court of Appeals

The Ohio District Courts of Appeals consists of 69 judges in 12 districts. Judges serve a 6-year term. Approximately 1/3 of these positions were up for election in 2024.

Ballot initiatives

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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References

  1. "Ohio State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Tebben, Susan (December 22, 2023). "Candidates for Ohio Supreme Court seats make it official". Ohio Capital Journal . Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2024 Official Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
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