The 2004 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,2004,with all Class 3 Senate seats being contested. They coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the United States House election,as well as many state and local elections. Senators who were elected in 1998,known as Senate Class 3,were seeking re-election or retiring in 2004. This was the third consecutive election for Senate Class 3 where the Democrats either broke even or lost seats.
The Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Ohio. Summit County Council President Elizabeth Walters has been the party's chairwoman since January 2021.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854.
Capri Silvestri Cafaro is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 32nd District from 2007 to 2016. From the Mahoning Valley,Cafaro served three terms as an Ohio State Senator (2007-2016),including a stint as Minority Leader from 2009 to 2012. Her district included all of Trumbull County,Ashtabula County and portions of Geauga County.
The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties,Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democrats,and the balance of the chamber remained the same.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Michael J. Skindell is the state representative for the 13th district of the Ohio House of Representatives after previously serving there from 2003 to 2010. He also previously served as the state senator for the 23rd district of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2018. He is a Democrat.
Shirley A. Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014. Previously,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She is a Democrat.
Eric Johnson is an American politician that served in the Georgia State Senate representing the 1st District,comprising all of Bryan and Liberty counties and part of Chatham County. He resigned his seat in 2009,after years in the Georgia General Assembly. He was a candidate for Governor of Georgia,looking to succeed term-limited Sonny Perdue in 2010.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2,2004. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives and the presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich won re-election to a second term with the highest raw vote total in Ohio history.
Joseph L. Schiavoni is an American politician and judge who served as a member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio Senate Minority Leader. A member of the Democratic Party,Schiavoni was elected in 2020 to serve as a Judge in the Mahoning County,Ohio Court System.
The One Hundred Twenty-eighth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio from January 5,2009 until December 31,2010. Ted Strickland was Ohio Governor for its entirety. It was composed of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. The apportionment of districts was based on the 2000 United States Census. It marked the first time in fourteen years that the Ohio Democratic Party controlled the House of Representatives,while the Ohio Republican Party maintained control of the Ohio Senate.
The 1992 United States elections elected state governors,the President of the United States,and members of the 103rd United States Congress. The election took place after the redistricting that resulted from the 1990 Census. Democrats won control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress for the first time since the Republican victory in the 1980 elections.
The 2011 Kentucky Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2011,to elect the Secretary of State of Kentucky. Primaries for this election were held on Tuesday,May 17,2011. In the general election,Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Republican Bill Johnson.
The 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich won reelection to a second term in office by a landslide over Democratic candidate Ed FitzGerald and Green Party candidate Anita Rios. Primary elections were held on May 6,2014.
The 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It occurred concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The Ohio general elections,2014 were held on November 4,2014,throughout Ohio,with polls opened between 6:30AM and 7:30PM. The close of registration for electors in the primary election was April 7,2014,and the primary election day took place on May 6,2014.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Ohio took place November 6,2018. The candidate filing deadline was February 7,2018;the primary election was held May 8,2018. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown—the only remaining elected Democratic statewide officeholder in Ohio at the time of the election—won his reelection bid for a third term,defeating Republican U.S. Representative Jim Renacci in the general election. As of 2022,this is the most recent statewide election in Ohio to be won by a Democrat on a partisan basis.
The 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election was won by incumbent Republican Eric Holcomb on November 3,2020. The election was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine won reelection to a second term in a landslide,defeating Democrat nominee Nan Whaley,the former mayor of Dayton,62.8% to 37.2%. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican Governor of Ohio since 1978 has won reelection by a double digit margin.
