2020 General Election Results – Nov. 4th
*Race information is reported as of 8:00 AM November 4, 2020 and may change as additional ballots are counted*
Going into the weekend before the election, Vice President Biden was gaining momentum with Ohio voters and broke the latest statistical polling tie with President Trump. Nationally, based on two polls, Vice President Biden was ahead of President Trump by 5 points. At this point in the vote counting, the presidential race as a whole is still too early to call, as we await final vote tallies from the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. From a turnout perspective, all early voting records were shattered in 2020 because of voter enthusiasm and coronavirus-related concerns over potential crowds on election day.
With respect to Ohio, as stated in previous iterations of our update, the top of the ticket has a major impact on the down-ticket candidates. It follows then that, with President Trump taking the state 53%-45%, Republicans generally came out on top as that success followed them down the ballot as well.
*Starred races are pickups, or ones that flipped from Democratic to Republican or Republican to Democratic.
Competitive Ohio House Races
OH House District 16 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Dave Greenspan (i) Westlake Current OH Representative 49.12%
Democrat* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Monique Smith Fairview Park Lakewood City Council - 2009 50.88%
OH House District 19 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Meredith Freedhoff New Albany Tech Company Executive 43.86%
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Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mary Lightbody (i) Westerville Current OH Representative 56.14%
OH House District 20 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Chris Baer Canal Winchester 41.13
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Richard Brown (i) Canal Winchester Current OH Representative 58.87%
OH House District 21 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mehek Cooke Dublin Attorney, Republican operative 43.23%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Beth Liston (i) Dublin Current OH Representative 56.77%
OH House District 23 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Laura Lanese (i) Grove City Current OH Representative 55.56%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Nancy Day Achauer Columbus Pastor, volunteer 44.44%
OH House District 24 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Patrick Manley Columbus Architect 42.04%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Allison Russo (i) Upper Arlington Current OH Representative 57.96%
OH House District 36 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Bob Young N. Canton City Councilman 52.26%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Matt Shaughnessy Akron Police Officer & City Councilman 47.74%
2 OH House District 38 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Bill Roemer (i) Richland Current OH Representative 60.50%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Joe Campbell Richland 39.5%
OH House District 41 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Andrea White Kettering Clerk of Courts 56.72%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Cate Berger Dayton 43.28%
OH House District 42 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Tom Young Dayton Wealth management executive 100%
OH House District 43 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rodney Creech Alexandria County Commissioner 54.44%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Amy Cox Eaton Teacher 45.56%
OH House District 59 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Alessandro Cutrona Canfield Recently appointed to seat 60.73% (i)
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Chris Stanley Canfield ECOT teacher & Firefighter 39.27%
OH House District 60 (Northern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % George Phillips Mayfield Heights Small business owner 49.28%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Daniel Troy Painesville Army Reserves, former Rep. 50.72%
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OH House District 63 (Northeast Ohio) Republican* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mike Loychik Cortland Small business owner; former 54.07% Air Force
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Gil Blair (i) Niles Current OH Representative 45.93%
OH House District 71 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mark Frazier (i) Newark Current OH Representative 62.94%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mark Carr Granville Marketing Director 37.06%
OH House District 75 (Northeast Ohio) Republican* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Gail Pavliga Atwater Christian-based counselor 51.07%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Randi Clites (i) Ravenna Current OH Representative 48.93%
OH House District 88 (Northwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Gary Click Vickery Pastor 62.86%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Chris Liebold Fremont City Councilman 37.14%
OH House District 89 (Northern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % DJ Swearingen (i) Huron Current OH Representative 57.34%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Alexis Miller Sandusky Former Statehouse Staffer 42.66%
OH House District 96 (Southeast Ohio) Republican* Candidate Residence Bio Vote %
4 Ron Ferguson Wintersville Americans for Prosperity Field 66.34% Director
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Richard Olivito Cadiz Labor & Civil Rights Attorney 30.48%
OH House District 99 (Northeast Ohio) Republican* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sarah Fowler Arthur Rock Creek State Board of Education 58.57% Member
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Richard Dana Austinburg Attorney 41.43%
All Ohio House Races ((i) indicates incumbent)
District Democrat Republican District Democrat Republican
District 1 Alison Theiss Scott Wiggam (i) District 26 Erica Crawley (i) District 2 Sam Grady Marilyn John District 27 Sara Bitter Tom Brinkman (i) District 3 Laurel Johnson Haraz Ghanbari (i) District 28 Jessica Miranda (i) Chris Monzel
District 4 Bob Cupp (i) District 29 Cindy Abrams (i) District 5 Daniel Winston Tim Ginter (i) District 30 Bill Seitz (i) District 6 Phil Robinson (i) Shay Hawkins District 31 Brigid Kelly (i) District 7 Joan Sweeny Thomas Patton (i) District 32 Catherine Ingram (i) District 8 Kent Smith (i) Chris Litwinowicz District 33 Sedrick Denson (i) Mary Hill District 9 Janine Boyd (i) Dustin Russell District 34 Emilia Sykes (i) Henry Todd Terrence District 10 Upchurch (i) District 35 Tavia Galonski (i) Jodi Sarver District 11 Stephanie Howse (i) District 36 Matt Shaughnessy Bob Young District 12 Juanita Brent (i) Jerry Powell District 37 Casey Weinstein (i) Beth Bigham District 13 Michael Skindell (i) Daniel Harrington District 38 Joe Campbell Bill Roemer (i) District 14 Bride Sweeney (i) Lynn McMahan District 39 Willis Blackshear Jr. John Mullins District 15 Jeff Crossman (i) Kevin Kussmaul District 40 Leronda Jackson Phil Plummer (i) Dave District 16 Monique Smith Greenspan (i) District 41 Cate Berger Andrea White
District 17 Adam Miller (i) Tim Haske District 42 Tom Young District 18 Kristin Boggs (i) Kayla Packard District 43 Amy Cox Rodney Creech Meredith Paula Hicks- Robert District 19 Mary Lightbody (i) Freedhoff District 44 Hudson (i) McMahon
5 District 20 Richard Brown (i) Chris Baer District 45 Lisa Sobecki (i) Shane Logan District 21 Beth Liston (i) Mehek Cooke District 46 Michael Sheehy (i) Steven Salander District 22 David Leland (i) Stephany Spencer District 47 Nancy Larson Derek Merrin (i) Scott District 23 Nancy Day‐Achauer Laura Lanese (i) District 48 Oelslager (i) District 24 Allison Russo (i) Pat Manley District 49 Thomas West (i) James Haavisto Reggie Stoltzfus District 50 Brian Simeone (i) District 51 Sara Carruthers (i) District 75 Randi Clites (i) Gail Pavliga Diane District 52 Chuck Horn Jennifer Gross District 76 Garrett Westhoven Grendell (i) District 53 Michelle Novak Thomas Hall District 77 Melissa Wilde Jeff LaRe (i) District 54 Morgan Showen Paul Zeltwanger (i) District 78 Charlotte Owens Brian Stewart Gayle L. District 55 Zach Stepp Manning (i) District 79 Cynthia Richards Kyle Koehler (i) District 56 Joseph Miller (i) Bradley Lacko District 80 Ted Jones Jena Powell (i) District 57 Dara Adkison Dick Stein (i) District 81 James Hoops (i) Michele Lepore- District 58 Hagan (i) David Simon District 82 Craig Riedel (i) Alessandro District 59 Chris Stanley Cutrona District 83 Jon Cross (i) Susan District 60 Dan Troy George Phillips District 84 Joe Monbeck Manchester (i) District 61 Adam Dudziak Jamie Callender (i) District 85 Nino Vitale (i) Tracy District 62 Erin Rosiello Scott Lipps (i) District 86 Tiffanie Roberts Richardson (i) Riordan District 63 Gil Blair (i) Mike Loychik District 87 Nicholas Barnes McClain (i) District 64 Michael O'Brien (i) Martha Yoder District 88 Chris Liebold Gary Click D.J. District 65 Alan Darnowsky Jean Schmidt District 89 Alexis Miller Swearingen (i) Brian District 66 Adam Bird District 90 Baldridge (i) District 67 Rachael Morocco Kris Jordan (i) District 91 Scott Dailey Shane Wilkin (i) District 68 Steven Mount Rick Carfagna (i) District 92 Beth Workman Mark Johnson Jason District 69 Donna Beheydt Sharon Ray District 93 Stephens (i) District 70 Kevin Barnet Darrell Kick (i) District 94 Katie O'Neill Jay Edwards (i) District 71 Mark Carr Mark Fraizer (i) District 95 Don Jones (i) Larry District 72 Householder (i) District 96 Richard Olivito Ron Ferguson District 73 Kim McCarthy Brian Lampton District 97 Alaina Swope Adam Holmes (i) Brett Hudson District 74 Bill Dean (i) District 98 Todd Beegle Hillyer (i) District 75 Randi Clites (i) Gail Pavliga District 99 Richard Dana Sarah Fowler
6 All Ohio Senate Races
The Senate Republicans will hold onto their supermajority in the Senate Chamber, while also picking up a seat in northeast Ohio. Democratic Sen. Sean O’Brien looks to have lost his Ashtabula/Trumbull county area district by a slim margin. However, as of Nov. 4th at 7:00 AM, the Senate Democrats may still pick up one seat in Central Ohio. Senate Democratic candidate Crystal Lett and Senate Republican incumbent Stephanie Kunze are in an extremely competitive race that is too close to call. If the Senate Democrats pick up the Central Ohio seat, the Democrats will keep their 9 seats and the Republicans will continue their supermajority with 24 seats. The following information is a breakdown of all the State Senate races.
Senate District 2 (Northwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Theresa Bowling Green Current State Senator 62% Gavarone
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Joel O’Dorisio Bowling Green Art Professor 37%
Senate District 4 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rep. George Lang West Chester Twp. Current State Representative 61%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Kathy Wyenandt Liberty Twp. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit 38%
Senate District 6 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rep. Niraj Antani Miamisburg Current State Representative 53%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mark Fogel Washington Twp. Former Air Force 46%
Senate District 8 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Louis Blessing Cincinnati Current State Senator 60%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Daniel Brown Cincinnati US Marine Corps Member 39%
Senate District 10 (West Central Ohio)
7 Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Bob Hackett London Current State Senator 65%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Charles Ballard Jr. Xenia Former Air Force Member 34%
Senate District 12 (Western Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Matt Huffman Lima Current State Senator 79%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Ken Poling Lima 20%
Senate District 14 (Southwestern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Terry Johnson McDermott Current State Senator 72%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Ryan Ottney New Boston New Boston Village Councilman 27%
Senate District 16 (Central Ohio) *TOO CLOSE TO CALL* Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Stephanie Kunze Hilliard Current State Senator 50.01%
Democratic Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Crystal Lett Dublin Healthcare / Social Advocate 49.99%
Senate District 18 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Jerry Cirino Kirkland Lake County Commissioner 60%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Betsy Rader Novelty Employment Attorney 39%
Senate District 20 (Southeast Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Tim Schafer Lancaster Current State Senator 69%
8 Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Christian Johnson Pickerington Business Owner 30%
Senate District 22 (Northcentral Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rep. Mark Mansfield Current State Representative & 68% Romanchuk Business Owner
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Steve Johnson Ashland Former Management, Retired 39%
Senate District 24 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Matt Dolan Chagrin Falls Current State Senator 54%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Tom Jackson Solon Insurance Executive 45%
Senate District 26 (Northern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rep. Bill Reineke Tiffin Current State Representative 70%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Craig Swartz Upper Sandusky Small Business Consultant 29%
Senate District 28 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Michael Downey Akron 40%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Vernon Sykes Akron Current State Senator 59%
Senate District 30 (Southeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Frank Hoagland Adena Current State Senator 66%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Michael Fletcher Athens Real Estate Professional 33%
9 Senate District 32 (Northeast Ohio) Republican* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sandy O’Brien Lenox Twp. Ashtabula County Auditor 50.91%
Democratic Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Sen. Sean O’Brien Bazetta Current State Senator 49.09%
US House Races
All of the incumbent Ohio Congressional candidates were re-elected to their current districts. Please review the following information for details on the individual races.
US House District 1 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Steve Chabot Cincinnati Current US Representative 51%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Kate Schroder Cincinnati Healthcare expert 44%
US House District 2 (Southwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Brad Wenstrup Cincinnati Current US Representative 61%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Jamie Castle Cincinnati 38%
US House District 3 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mark Richardson Powell 29%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Joyce Beatty Blacklick Current US Representative 70%
US House District 4 (Central & Southeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Jim Jordan Urbana Current US Representative 67%
Democrat
10 Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Shannon Freshour Marysville 29%
US House District 5 (Northern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Bob Latta Bowling Green Current US Representative 68%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Nick Rubando Bowling Green 31%
US House District 6 (Southeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Bill Johnson Marietta Current US Representative 74%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Shawna Roberts Belmont 29%
US House District 7 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Bob Gibbs Lakeville Current US Representative 67%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Quentin Potter 29%
US House District 8 (West Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Warren Davidson Troy Current US Representative 69%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Vanessa Enoch West Chester 30%
US House District 9 (Northwest Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Rob Weber Oberlin 36%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Macy Kaptur Toledo Current US Representative 63%
US House District 10 (Southwest & Central Ohio) Republican
11 Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Mike Turner Dayton Current US Representative 58%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Desiree Tims Dayton Former capitol hill staffer 41%
US House District 11 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Laverne Gore Cleveland 19%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Marcia Fudge Cleveland Current US Representative 80%
US House District 12 (Central Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Troy Balderson Zanesville Current US Representative 55%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Alaina Shearer Delaware Marketing professional 41%
US House District 13 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Christina Hagan Alliance Former State Representative 44%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Tim Ryan Warren Current US Representative 52%
US House District 14 (Northeast Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % David Joyce Chagrin Falls Current US Representative 60%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Hillary O’Connor Painesville US Navy Veteran 39% Mueri
US House District 15 (Central & Southern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Steve Stivers Columbus Current US Representative 63%
Democrat
12 Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Joel Newby Belmont Attorney 36%
US House District 16 (Northern Ohio) Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Anthony Gonzalez Rocky River Current US Representative 63%
Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Aaron Godfrey Westlake Engineer 36%
Ohio Supreme Court Races
Justice Sharon Kennedy retained her seat on the Ohio Supreme Court, while Democrats managed to pick up one Supreme Court seat, as Justice Judy French lost to former Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The court is now comprised of 4 Republicans and 3 Democrats.
Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Judith French (i) Columbus Current Supreme Court Justice 44.76% Democrat* Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Jennifer Brunner Columbus 10th District Court Judge 55.24%
Republican Candidate Residence Bio Vote % Shannon Kennedy (i) Hamilton Current Supreme Court Justice 55.06% Democrat Candidate Residence Bio Vote % John O’Donnell Lakewood Cuyahoga County Common 44.94% Pleas Judge
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