2022 Ohio House of Representatives election

The 2022 Ohio House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives in all 99 districts of the Ohio House of Representatives. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to two-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Ohio and the Ohio Senate.[1]

2022 Ohio House of Representatives election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

All 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robert R. Cupp
(term-limited)
Allison Russo
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 78th district 7th district
Seats before 64 35
Seats after 67 32
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 2,270,293 1,540,800
Percentage 58.8% 39.9%

Results
     Democratic hold      Uncontested Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Uncontested Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Robert R. Cupp
Republican

Elected Speaker

Jason Stephens
Republican

Although primary elections were originally scheduled for May 3, they were postponed to August 2 after the Supreme Court of Ohio rejected state legislative maps approved by the state redistricting commission as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle.[2][3]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Safe R May 19, 2022

Overview

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before After +/–
Republican 89 2,270,293 58.8 64 67   3
Democratic 81 1,540,800 39.9 35 32   3
Independent 3 37,737 1.0
Write-In 9 11,153 0.2
Total 3,859,983 100.00 99

Summary by district

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District Incumbent status Incumbent Winner Result
1st Running Dontavius Jarrells Incumbent Democrat re-elected
Not running[a] Jeffrey Crossman
2nd Running Latyna Humphrey Incumbent Democrat re-elected
3rd Not running[b] Kristin Boggs Ismail Mohamed Democratic hold
4th Running Mary Lightbody Incumbent Democrat re-elected
5th Running Richard Brown Incumbent Democrat re-elected
6th Running Adam Miller Incumbent Democrat re-elected
7th Running Allison Russo Incumbent Democrat re-elected
Term-limited David Leland
8th Running Beth Liston Incumbent Democrat re-elected
9th N/A None[c] Munira Abdullahi Democratic notional hold
10th Not running[d] Laura Lanese David Dobos Republican hold
11th N/A None[e] Anita Somani Democratic notional hold
12th Running Brian Stewart Incumbent Republican re-elected
13th Running Michael Skindell Incumbent Democrat re-elected
14th N/A None[f] Sean Brennan Democratic notional hold
15th N/A None[g] Richard Dell'Aquila Democratic notional hold
16th Running Bride Rose Sweeney Incumbent Democrat re-elected
Running[h] Monique Smith
17th Running Tom Patton Incumbent Republican re-elected
18th Not running[d] Shayla Davis Darnell Brewer Democratic hold
19th Running Phil Robinson Incumbent Democrat re-elected
20th Running Terrence Upchurch Incumbent Democrat re-elected
21st Not running[i] Kent Smith Elliot Forhan Democratic hold
22nd Running Juanita Brent Incumbent Democrat re-elected
Not running[d] Bishara Addison
23rd Running Daniel Troy Incumbent Democrat re-elected
24th Not running[j] Brigid Kelly Dani Isaacsohn Democratic hold
25th Not running[k] Catherine Ingram Cecil Thomas Democratic hold
26th Running Sedrick Denson Incumbent Democrat re-elected
27th Term-limited Tom Brinkman Rachel Baker Democratic gain
28th Running Jessica Miranda Incumbent Democrat re-elected
29th Running Cindy Abrams Incumbent Republican re-elected
30th Running Bill Seitz Incumbent Republican re-elected
31st Running Bill Roemer Incumbent Republican re-elected
32nd Running Bob Young Incumbent Republican re-elected
33rd Running Tavia Galonski Incumbent Democrat re-elected
Term-limited Emilia Sykes
34th Running Casey Weinstein Incumbent Democrat re-elected
35th N/A None[l] Steve Demetriou Republican notional gain
36th Running Andrea White Incumbent Republican re-elected
37th Running Tom Young Incumbent Republican re-elected
38th Running Willis Blackshear Jr. Incumbent Democrat re-elected
39th Running Phil Plummer Incumbent Republican re-elected
40th Running Rodney Creech Incumbent Republican re-elected
41st Term-limited Michael Sheehy Josh Williams Republican gain
42nd Running Derek Merrin Incumbent Republican re-elected
43rd Not running[m] Paula Hicks-Hudson Michele Grim Democratic hold
44th N/A None[n] Elgin Rogers Jr. Democratic notional hold
45th Running Jennifer Gross Incumbent Republican re-elected
46th Running Thomas Hall Incumbent Republican re-elected
47th Running Sara Carruthers Incumbent Republican re-elected
48th Running Scott Oelslager Incumbent Republican re-elected
49th Running Thomas West Jim Thomas Republican gain
50th Running Reggie Stoltzfus Incumbent Republican re-elected
51st Running Brett Hudson Hillyer Incumbent Republican re-elected
52nd Running Gayle Manning Incumbent Republican re-elected
53rd Running Joe Miller Incumbent Democrat re-elected
54th Running Dick Stein Incumbent Republican re-elected
55th Running Scott Lipps Incumbent Republican re-elected
56th Term-limited Paul Zeltwanger Adam Matthews Republican hold
57th Running Jamie Callender Incumbent Republican re-elected
58th Running Alessandro Cutrona Incumbent Republican re-elected
59th Term-limited Michele Lepore-Hagan Lauren McNally Democratic hold
60th Running Kris Jordan Incumbent Republican re-elected
61st Running[h] Shawn Stevens Beth Lear Republican hold
62nd Running Jean Schmidt Incumbent Republican re-elected
63rd Running Adam Bird Incumbent Republican re-elected
64th Term-limited Michael O'Brien Nick Santucci Republican gain
65th Running Mike Loychik Incumbent Republican re-elected
66th Running Sharon Ray Incumbent Republican re-elected
67th N/A None[o] Melanie Miller Republican notional hold
68th Running[h] Mark Fraizer Thaddeus Claggett Republican hold
69th Running Kevin Miller Incumbent Republican re-elected
70th Running Brian Lampton Incumbent Republican re-elected
71st Running Bill Dean Incumbent Republican re-elected
72nd Running Gail Pavliga Incumbent Republican re-elected
73rd Running Jeff LaRe Incumbent Republican re-elected
74th Term-limited Kyle Koehler Bernard Willis Republican hold
75th Running Haraz Ghanbari Incumbent Republican re-elected
76th Running Marilyn John Incumbent Republican re-elected
77th Running Scott Wiggam Incumbent Republican re-elected
78th Running Susan Manchester Incumbent Republican re-elected
Term-limited Robert Cupp
79th Term-limited Tim Ginter Monica Robb Blasdel Republican hold
80th Running Jena Powell Incumbent Republican re-elected
81st Running Jim Hoops Incumbent Republican re-elected
82nd Not running[p] Craig Riedel Roy Klopfenstein Republican hold
83rd Running Jon Cross Incumbent Republican re-elected
84th N/A None[q] Angela King Republican notional hold
85th Term-limited Nino Vitale Tim Barhorst Republican hold
86th Running Tracy Richardson Incumbent Republican re-elected
87th Running Riordan McClain Incumbent Republican re-elected
88th Running Gary Click Incumbent Republican re-elected
89th Running D. J. Swearingen Incumbent Republican re-elected
90th Running Brian Baldridge Incumbent Republican re-elected
91st Not running[r] Shane Wilkin Bob Peterson Republican hold
92nd Running Mark Johnson Incumbent Republican re-elected
93rd Running Jason Stephens Incumbent Republican re-elected
94th Running Jay Edwards Incumbent Republican re-elected
95th Running Don Jones Incumbent Republican re-elected
96th Running Ron Ferguson Incumbent Republican re-elected
97th Running Adam Holmes Incumbent Republican re-elected
98th Running Darrell Kick Incumbent Republican re-elected
99th Running Sarah Fowler Arthur Incumbent Republican re-elected
Not running[s] Diane Grendell

Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 5, 0.42%
  2. District 36, 1.11% gain
  3. District 64, 1.8% gain
  4. District 72, 2.44%
  5. District 23, 3% gain
  6. District 41, 3.2%
  7. District 31, 4.14% gain
  8. District 53, 4.2%
  9. District 59, 4.25%
  10. District 28, 4.84%
  11. District 10, 5.78%
  12. District 49, 7.12% gain
  13. District 34, 7.6%
  14. District 32, 7.64% gain
  15. District 42, 7.8%

Outgoing incumbents

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Republicans

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  1. District 4: Robert R. Cupp was term-limited.
  2. District 5: Tim Ginter was term-limited.
  3. District 27: Tom Brinkman was term-limited.
  4. District 54: Paul Zeltwanger was term-limited.
  5. District 79: Kyle Koehler was term-limited.
  6. District 85: Nino Vitale was term-limited.

Democrats

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  1. District 8: Kent Smith was term-limited.
  2. District 22: David J. Leland was term-limited.
  3. District 34: Emilia Sykes was term-limited.
  4. District 46: Michael Sheehy was term-limited.
  5. District 58: Michele Lepore-Hagan was term-limited.
  6. District 64: Michael O'Brien was term-limited.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Running for Ohio Attorney General
  2. ^ Running for the 10th District Court of Appeals
  3. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Bishara Addison, was redistricted to the 22nd district.
  4. ^ a b c Retiring
  5. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Shayla Davis, was redistricted to the 18th district.
  6. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Bride Rose Sweeney, was redistricted to the 16th district.
  7. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Jeffrey Crossman, was redistricted to the 1st district.
  8. ^ a b c Defeated in primary.
  9. ^ Running for Ohio Senate District 21.
  10. ^ Running for Hamilton County Auditor
  11. ^ Running for Ohio Senate District 9
  12. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Tavia Galonski, was redistricted to the 33rd district.
  13. ^ Running for Ohio Senate District 11
  14. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Democrat Paula Hicks-Hudson, was redistricted to the 43rd district.
  15. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Republican Kris Jordan, was redistricted to the 60th district.
  16. ^ Running for Ohio's 9th Congressional District.
  17. ^ This district had no incumbent following redistricting. The former incumbent, Republican Susan Manchester, was redistricted to the 78th district.
  18. ^ Running for Ohio Senate District 17.
  19. ^ Running for the 11th District Court of Appeals.

References

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  1. ^ "Ohio State House of Representatives elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Tebben, Susan (April 15, 2022). "Ohio Supreme Court rejects legislative maps, sets fifth redistricting deadline". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Tebben, Susan (May 5, 2022). "Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits maps already rejected as illegal by supreme court". Ohio Capital Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.