2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on May 8, 2018.

2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
All 99 seats of the Ohio House of Representatives 50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	54.30%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ryan Smith Fred Strahorn Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat District 93 District 39 Last election 66 33 Seats won 61 38 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 2,166,790 1,992,886 Percentage 51.96% 47.79% Swing 6.58% 7.32%
Speaker before election Ryan Smith Republican Elected Speaker Larry Householder Republican

Republicans retained a supermajority in the House despite a net loss of four seats, winning 62 seats compared to 37 seats for the Democrats.[1][2]

Results

Statewide

Party		Candi- dates	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	+/–	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	91	2,166,790	51.96%	-6.58%	62	4	62.63%
	Democratic Party	99	1,992,886	47.79%	+7.32%	37	4	37.37%
	Libertarian Party	6	7,599	0.18%	New	0		0.00%
	Green Party	2*	2,809	0.07%	-0.01%	0		0.00%
	Write-in	2*	204	0.00%	±0.00%	0		0.00%
Total		200	4,170,288	100.00%		99		100.00%

• Write-In Candidate for House District 75 was also a Green Party candidate, but labeled as write-in.

Popular vote Republican   51.96% Democratic   47.79% Other   0.25%

House seats Republican   61.62% Democratic   38.38%

District

Results of the 2018 Ohio House of Representatives election by district:[3]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	11,440	29.38%	25,802	66.27%	1,693	4.35%	38,935	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 2	12,977	29.95%	29,311	67.64%	1,043	2.41%	43,331	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	18,058	37.76%	29,759	62.24%	-	-	47,817	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	9,438	26.92%	25,620	73.08%	-	-	35,058	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	10,465	29.75%	24,711	70.25%	-	-	35,176	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 6	30,334	51.14%	28,985	48.86%	-	-	59,319	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 7	18,764	39.18%	29,133	60.82%	-	-	47,897	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 8	35,115	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,115	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 9	42,634	87.85%	5,897	12.15%	-	-	48,531	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 10	23,817	100.00%	-	-	-	-	23,817	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 11	24,085	86.69%	3,698	13.31%	-	-	27,783	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 12	33,659	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,659	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	26,735	77.96%	7,558	22.04%	-	-	34,293	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 14	22,943	71.83%	8,998	28.17%	-	-	31,941	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 15	18,835	56.22%	14,670	43.78%	-	-	33,505	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 16	24,969	46.11%	29,182	53.89%	-	-	54,151	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 17	15,931	60.18%	10,542	39.82%	-	-	26,473	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 18	37,254	79.84%	9,409	20.16%	-	-	46,663	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 19	32,147	55.44%	25,841	44.56%	-	-	57,988	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 20	25,777	58.06%	18,622	41.94%	-	-	44,399	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 21	34,116	56.62%	26,143	43.38%	-	-	60,259	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 22	32,277	73.01%	11,932	26.99%	-	-	44,209	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 23	19,666	44.39%	24,641	55.61%	-	-	44,307	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 24	33,869	56.91%	25,648	43.09%	-	-	59,517	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 25	32,330	84.29%	6,025	15.71%	-	-	38,355	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 26	32,527	82.13%	5,837	14.74%	1,241	3.13%	39,605	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 27	25,817	46.42%	29,801	53.58%	-	-	55,618	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 28	26,709	50.12%	27,012	49.56%	169	0.31%	53,890	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 29	14,999	35.01%	27,846	64.99%	-	-	42,845	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 30	14,356	30.27%	33,068	69.73%	-	-	47,424	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 31	33,528	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,528	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 32	30,311	78.61%	8,247	21.39%	-	-	38,558	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 33	32,570	75.31%	10,679	24.69%	-	-	43,249	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 34	28,894	78.06%	8,120	21.94%	-	-	37,014	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 35	17,162	60.57%	9,602	33.89%	1,568	5.53%	28,332	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 36	20,633	44.61%	25,622	55.39%	-	-	46,255	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 37	27,930	50.49%	27,391	49.51%	-	-	55,321	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 38	20,604	42.56%	27,807	57.44%	-	-	48,411	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 39	25,871	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,871	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 40	16,372	37.98%	26,734	62.02%	-	-	43,106	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 41	22,742	45.04%	27,755	54.96%	-	-	50,497	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 42	18,631	40.50%	27,377	59.50%	-	-	46,008	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 43	21,544	49.47%	22,006	50.53%	-	-	43,550	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 44	26,267	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,267	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 45	20,780	63.71%	11,838	36.29%	-	-	32,618	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 46	28,372	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,372	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 47	20,919	41.90%	29,009	58.10%	-	-	49,928	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 48	17,259	35.87%	30,855	64.13%	-	-	48,114	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 49	18,834	57.61%	13,859	42.39%	-	-	32,693	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 50	15,225	36.01%	27,051	63.99%	-	-	42,276	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 51	14,305	39.91%	21,542	60.09%	-	-	35,847	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 52	22,128	41.39%	31,329	58.61%	-	-	53,457	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 53	13,945	35.87%	24,928	64.13%	-	-	38,873	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 54	18,438	39.16%	28,641	60.84%	-	-	47,079	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 55	18,174	42.35%	23,687	55.20%	1,051	2.45%	42,912	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 56	24,780	62.64%	14,781	37.36%	-	-	39,561	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 57	16,420	36.89%	28,085	63.11%	-	-	44,505	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 58	25,319	70.13%	10,784	29.87%	-	-	36,103	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 59	25,704	49.61%	26,113	50.39%	-	-	51,817	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 60	21,465	53.57%	18,602	46.43%	-	-	40,067	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 61	20,243	40.37%	29,904	59.63%	-	-	50,147	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 62	13,941	26.34%	38,993	73.66%	-	-	52,934	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 63	23,136	56.06%	18,131	43.94%	-	-	41,267	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 64	18,828	54.76%	15,554	45.24%	-	-	34,382	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 65	16,719	33.33%	33,442	66.67%	-	-	50,161	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 66	10,331	24.51%	31,812	75.49%	-	-	42,143	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 67	25,713	43.73%	33,092	56.27%	-	-	58,805	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 68	17,921	33.64%	34,160	64.12%	1,193	2.24%	53,274	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 69	18,561	36.24%	32,653	63.76%	-	-	51,214	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 70	14,780	34.97%	27,484	65.03%	-	-	42,264	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 71	17,466	38.19%	28,268	61.81%	-	-	45,734	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 72	13,393	30.96%	29,861	69.04%	-	-	43,254	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 73	19,346	40.23%	28,742	59.77%	-	-	48,088	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 74	12,768	32.51%	26,504	67.49%	-	-	39,272	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 75	21,027	52.00%	19,377	47.92%	40	0.1%	40,439	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 76	18,897	37.63%	31,326	62.37%	-	-	50,223	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 77	16,044	35.70%	27,739	61.72%	1,159	2.58%	44,942	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 78	13,549	32.13%	28,619	67.87%	-	-	42,168	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 79	15,570	40.50%	22,879	59.50%	-	-	38,449	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 80	10,183	24.48%	31,411	75.52%	-	-	41,594	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 81	10,992	25.32%	32,419	74.68%	-	-	43,411	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 82	10,435	26.40%	29,085	73.60%	-	-	39,520	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 83	11,991	30.87%	26,847	69.13%	-	-	38,838	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 84	8,149	17.51%	38,401	82.49%	-	-	46,550	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 85	10,452	27.13%	28,077	72.87%	-	-	38,529	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 86	11,153	27.84%	27,443	68.51%	1,460	3.64%	40,056	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 87	10,540	27.32%	28,042	72.68%	-	-	38,582	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 88	13,232	34.00%	25,680	66.00%	-	-	38,912	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 89	16,402	34.86%	30,648	65.14%	-	-	47,050	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 90	14,006	38.80%	22,089	61.20%	-	-	36,095	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 91	10,084	26.47%	28,010	73.53%	-	-	38,094	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 92	12,895	35.66%	23,265	64.34%	-	-	36,160	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 93	9,586	25.57%	27,910	74.43%	-	-	37,496	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 94	16,855	41.71%	23,556	58.29%	-	-	40,411	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 95	15,027	34.26%	28,841	65.74%	-	-	43,868	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 96	22,229	100.00%	-	-	-	-	22,229	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 97	12,164	31.65%	26,267	68.35%	-	-	38,431	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 98	11,763	32.00%	24,993	68.00%	-	-	36,756	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 99	19,346	53.04%	17,131	46.96%	-	-	36,477	100.00%	Democratic Hold
Total	1,992,886	47.79%	2,166,790	51.96%	10,612	0.25%	4,170,288	100.00%

References

1. Jackson, Tom (November 10, 2018). "Democrats did badly in Ohio on Election Day". Sandusky Register. Sandusky, U.S.A. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
2. Hancock, Laura (November 8, 2018). "3 women are DeWine's first appointments to administration: Capitol Letter". Cleveland.com. Brooklyn, U.S.A. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
3. "Ohio Decides 2018: State Representative - Summary Results". Columbus, U.S.A.: Office of the Secretary of State, State of Ohio. Retrieved November 16, 2018.