1994 United States Senate election in Ohio

The 1994 United States Senate election in Ohio was held in 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator Howard Metzenbaum decided to retire after 19 years in the United States Senate. Republican nominee Mike DeWine won the open seat against Democratic nominee Joel Hyatt. Independent Joseph Slovenec performed very well.

1994 United States Senate election in Ohio

November 7, 1994

Nominee Mike DeWine Joel Hyatt Joe Slovenec Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 1,836,556 1,348,213 252,031 Percentage 53.4% 39.2% 7.3%

County Results DeWine:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Hyatt:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Howard Metzenbaum Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Mike DeWine Republican

Candidates

Democratic

• Joel Hyatt, businessman and son-in-law of incumbent U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum
• Mary O. Boyle, former Ohio State Representative

Republican

• Mike DeWine, Lieutenant Governor
• Bernadine Healy, former Director of the National Institutes of Health

Independent

• Joe Slovenec, pro life activist[1]

Results

Ohio United States Senate Election, 1994[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mike DeWine	1,836,556	53.4	+10.1%
	Democratic	Joel Hyatt	1,348,213	39.2	-17.2%
	Independent	Joe Slovenec	252,031	7.3	+0.00%
Majority			488,343
Turnout			3,436,800

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1994

References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/us/the-1994-campaign-ohio-tv-makes-ohio-candidate-then-turns-and-hurts-him.html?pagewanted=2
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2010-03-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)