The 2020 Ohio general elections were held on November 3, 2020 throughout the US state of Ohio. The office of the Ohio Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting.
To vote by mail, registered Ohio voters must have requested a ballot by October 31, 2020. As of early October some 2,112,685 voters have requested mail ballots.
Federal offices President Trump won 53.3% compared to Biden's 45.2%
Senate There is no U.S. Senate election in Ohio in 2020. Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown was elected in 2018, and incumbent Republican Senator Rob Portman retired and was replaced by Republican JD Vance in 2022.
House of Representatives
All of Ohio's 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2020. Ohio's delegation to the United States House of Representatives remained at 12 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
State offices Board of education 6 of Ohio's 19 Board of Education Seats were up in 2020. +Board of Education DistrictIncumbentMember Elected1Linda HaycockDiana Fessler5Lisa WoodsChristina Collins6Antioniette MirandaAntioniette Miranda9Stephaine DoddMichelle Newman10Nick OwensBrendan Shea11Meryl JohnsonMeryl Johnson
General Assembly Senate
The 16 even-numbered districts out of 33 seats in the Ohio Senate are up for election in 2020. Fourteen of these seats are held by Republicans and two are held by Democrats. Prior to the election, Republicans hold 24 seats and Democrats hold 9 seats.
Senatorial district Incumbent This race District Senator Party Firstelected Incumbent Status Candidates 2 Theresa Gavarone Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running Theresa Gavarone (R) Joel O'Dorisio (D) 4 Bill Coley Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) George Lang (R) Kathy Wyenandt (D)
Kent Keller (I) 6 Peggy Lehner Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) Niraj Antani (R) Mark Fogel (D) 8 Louis Blessing Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running Louis Blessing (R) Daniel Brown (D) 10 Bob Hackett Republican 2016 (Appointed) Running Bob Hackett (R) Charles Ballard (D) 12 Matt Huffman Republican 2016 Running Matt Huffman (R) Ken Poling (D) 14 Terry Johnson Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running Terry Johnson (R) Ryan Ottney (D) 16 Stephanie Kunze Republican 2016 Running Stephanie Kunze (R) Crystal Lett (D) 18 John Eklund Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) Jerry Cirino (R) Besty Rader (D) 20 Tim Schaffer Republican 2018 (Appointed) Running Tim Schaffer (R) Christian Johnson (D) 22 Larry Obhof Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) Mark Romanchuk (R) Ryan Hunger (D) 24 Matt Dolan Republican 2016 Running Matt Dolan (R) Tom Jackson (D) 26 David Burke Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) Bill Reineke (R) Craig Swartz (D) Robert Taylor (I) 28 Vernon Sykes Democratic 2016 Running Vernon Sykes (D) Micheal Downey (R) 30 Frank Hoagland Republican 2016 Running Frank Hoagland (R) Micheal Fletcher (D) 32 Sean O'Brien Democratic 2016 Running Sandra O'Brien (R) Sean O'Brien (D) (i)
House of Representatives
All 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives are up for election in 2020. Prior to the election, Republicans hold 61 seats and Democrats hold 38 seats.
House district Incumbent This race District Representative Party Firstelected Incumbent Status Candidates 1 Scott Wiggam Republican 2016 Running 2 Mark Romanchuk Republican 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 3 Haraz Ghanbari Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 4 Robert R. Cupp Republican 2014 Running 5 Tim Ginter Republican 2014 Running 6 Phil Robinson Democratic 2018 Running 7 Tom Patton Republican 2016 Running 8 Kent Smith Democratic 2014 Running 9 Janine Boyd Democratic 2014 Running 10 Terrence Upchurch Democratic 2018 Running 11 Stephanie Howse Democratic 2014 Running 12 Juanita Brent Democratic 2018 Running 13 Michael J. Skindell Democratic 2018 Running 14 Bride Rose Sweeney Democratic 2018 Running 15 Jeffrey Crossman Democratic 2018 Running 16 David Greenspan Republican 2016 Running 17 Adam Miller Democratic 2016 Running 18 Kristin Boggs Democratic 2016 (Appointed) Running 19 Mary Lightbody Democratic 2018 Running 20 Richard Brown Democratic 2017 (Appointed) Running 21 Beth Liston Democratic 2018 Running 22 David J. Leland Democratic 2014 Running 23 Laura Lanese Republican 2016 Running 24 Allison Russo Democratic 2018 Running 25 Bernadine Kent Democratic 2016 Not Running 26 Erica Crawley Democratic 2018 Running 27 Tom Brinkman Republican 2014 Running 28 Jessica Miranda Democratic 2018 Running 29 Cindy Abrams Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 30 Bill Seitz Republican 2016 Running 31 Brigid Kelly Democratic 2016 Running 32 Catherine Ingram Democratic 2016 Running 33 Sedrick Denson Democratic 2018 Running 34 Emilia Sykes Democratic 2014 Running 35 Tavia Galonski Democratic 2017 (Appointed) Running 36 Anthony DeVitis Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) 37 Casey Weinstein Democratic 2018 Running 38 Bill Roemer Republican 2018 Running 39 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 40 Phil Plummer Republican 2018 Running 41 Jim Butler Republican 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) 42 Niraj Antani Republican 2014 (appointed) Not running (running for state senator) 43 Jeffery Todd Smith Republican 2018 Running 44 Paula Hicks-Hudson Democratic 2018 Running 45 Lisa Sobecki Democratic 2018 Running 46 Michael Sheehy Democratic 2013 (Appointed) Running 47 Derek Merrin Republican 2016 (Appointed) Running 48 Scott Oelslager Republican 2018 Running 49 Thomas West Democratic 2016 Running 50 Reggie Stoltzfus Republican 2018 Running 51 Sara Carruthers Republican 2018 Running 52 George Lang Republican 2017 (appointed) Not running (running for state senator) 53 Candice Keller Republican 2016 (appointed) Not running (running for state senator) 54 Paul Zeltwanger Republican 2014 Running 55 Gayle Manning Republican 2018 Running 56 Joe Miller Democratic 2018 Running 57 Dick Stein Republican 2016 Running 58 Michele Lepore-Hagan Democratic 2014 Running 59 Don Manning Republican 2018 Not Running (Deceased) 60 John Rogers Democratic 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 61 Jamie Callender Republican 2018 Running 62 Scott Lipps Republican 2016 Running 63 Gil Blair Democratic 2019 (Appointed) Running 64 Michael O'Brien Democratic 2014 Running 65 John Becker Republican 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 66 Doug Green Republican 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 67 Kris Jordan Republican 2018 Running 68 Rick Carfagna Republican 2016 Running 69 Steve Hambley Republican 2014 Not running (running for Medina County Commissioner) 70 Darrell Kick Republican 2016 Running 71 Mark Fraizer Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 72 Larry Householder Republican 2016 Running 73 Rick Perales Republican 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 74 Bill Dean Republican 2016 (Appointed) Running 75 Randi Clites Democratic 2018 Running 76 Diane Grendell Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 77 Jeffrey LaRe Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 78 Ron Hood Republican 2012 Not Running (Term-limited) 79 Kyle Koehler Republican 2014 Running 80 Jena Powell Republican 2018 Running 81 Jim Hoops Republican 2018 (Appointed) Running 82 Craig Riedel Republican 2016 Running 83 Jon Cross Republican 2018 Running 84 Susan Manchester Republican 2018 Running 85 Nino Vitale Republican 2014 Running 86 Tracy Richardson Republican 2018 Running 87 Riordan McClain Republican 2018 (Appointed) Running 88 Bill Reineke Republican 2014 Not running (running for state senator) 89 D. J. Swearingen Republican 2019 (Appointed) Running 90 Brian Baldridge Republican 2018 Running 91 Shane Wilkin Republican 2018 (Appointed) Running 92 Gary Scherer Republican 2012 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) 93 Jason Stephens Republican 2018 Running 94 Jay Edwards Republican 2016 Running 95 Don Jones Republican 2018 Running 96 Jack Cera Democratic 2011 (Appointed) Not Running (Term-limited) 97 Adam Holmes Republican 2018 Running 98 Brett Hillyer Republican 2018 Running 99 John Patterson Democratic 2012 Not Running (Term-limited)
Supreme Court
While judicial races in Ohio are technically non-partisan (party affiliations are not listed on the ballot), candidates run in party primaries. Terms are six years, and justices may run for re-election an unlimited number of times before their 70th birthday.
Associate Justice (Term commencing 01/01/2021)
Republican primary Candidates Sharon Kennedy, incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Results
Democratic primary Candidates John O'Donnell, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division judge and candidate for Ohio Supreme Court in 2014 and 2016
Results
General election Results
Associate Justice (Term commencing 01/02/2021) Republican primary Candidates Judith French, incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Jennifer Brunner, incumbent Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the 10th District and former Ohio Secretary of State (2007–2011)
Results
General election
Results
This was the last time that Ohio elected a Democrat for a statewide office.
Court of Appeals District 1
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District 2
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District 4 Term commencing 02/09/2021
Unexpired term ending 02/08/2023
District 5 Term commencing 02/09/2021
District 6 Term commencing 02/09/2021
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District 7 Term commencing 02/09/2021
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District 8 Term commencing 02/09/2021
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Unexpired Term ending 01/01/2023
District 9 Term commencing 02/09/2021
District 10 Term commencing 02/09/2021
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District 11 Term commencing 02/09/2021
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District 12 Term commencing 01/01/2021
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See also Postal voting in the United States, 2020 Elections in Ohio Political party strength in Ohio
References
Further reading
External links (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
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