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

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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 since June 6, 2018 January 5, 2015 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%
Results      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election Ryan Smith Republican Elected Speaker Larry Householder Republican

Republicans retained a supermajority in the House despite a net loss of five seats, winning 61 seats compared to 38 seats for the Democrats.^[1][2]

Statewide results

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%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[3]	Likely R	October 8, 2018

Results by district

Overview

Results of the 2018 Ohio House election

District	Incumbent status	Incumbent		Winner		Result
1st	Running		Scott Wiggam			Incumbent Republican re-elected
2nd	Running		Mark Romanchuk			Incumbent Republican re-elected
3rd	Running		Theresa Gavarone			Incumbent Republican re-elected
4th	Running		Robert Cupp			Incumbent Republican re-elected
5th	Running		Tim Ginter			Incumbent Republican re-elected
6th	Term-limited		Marlene Anielski		Phil Robinson	Democratic gain
7th	Running		Tom Patton			Incumbent Republican re-elected
8th	Running		Kent Smith			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
9th	Running		Janine Boyd			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
10th	Term-limited		Bill Patmon		Terrence Upchurch	Democratic hold
11th	Running		Stephanie Howse			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
12th	Term-limited		John Barnes		Juanita Brent	Democratic hold
13th	Term-limited		Nickie Antonio		Michael Skindell	Democratic hold
14th	Not running[a]		Martin Sweeney		Bride Rose Sweeney	Democratic hold
15th	Not running		Nicholas Celebrezze		Jeffrey Crossman	Democratic hold
16th	Running		David Greenspan			Incumbent Republican re-elected
17th	Running		Adam Miller			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
18th	Running		Kristin Boggs			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
19th	Term-limited		Anne Gonzales		Mary Lightbody	Democratic gain
20th	Running		Richard Brown			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
21st	Term-limited		Mike Duffey		Beth Liston	Democratic gain
22nd	Running		David Leland			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
23rd	Running		Laura Lanese			Incumbent Republican re-elected
24th	Not running[b]		Jim Hughes		Allison Russo	Democratic gain
25th	Running		Bernadine Kent			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
26th	Not running[c]		Hearcel Craig		Erica Crawley	Democratic hold
27th	Running		Tom Brinkman			Incumbent Republican re-elected
28th	Running		Jonathan Dever		Jessica Miranda	Democratic gain
29th	Running		Louis Blessing			Incumbent Republican re-elected
30th	Running		Bill Seitz			Incumbent Republican re-elected
31st	Running		Brigid Kelly			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
32nd	Running		Catherine Ingram			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
33rd	Term-limited		Alicia Reece		Sedrick Denson	Democratic hold
34th	Running		Emilia Sykes			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
35th	Running		Tavia Galonski			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
36th	Running		Anthony DeVitis			Incumbent Republican re-elected
37th	Term-limited		Kristina Roegner		Casey Weinstein	Democratic gain
38th	Not running		Marilyn Slaby		Bill Roemer	Republican hold
39th	Running		Fred Strahorn			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
40th	Term-limited		Michael Henne		Phil Plummer	Republican hold
41st	Running		Jim Butler			Incumbent Republican re-elected
42nd	Running		Niraj Antani			Incumbent Republican re-elected
43rd	Running		Jeffery Todd Smith			Incumbent Republican re-elected
44th	Term-limited		Michael Ashford		Paula Hicks-Hudson	Democratic hold
45th	Term-limited		Teresa Fedor		Lisa Sobecki	Democratic hold
46th	Running		Michael Sheehy			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
47th	Running		Derek Merrin			Incumbent Republican re-elected
48th	Term-limited		Kirk Schuring		Scott Oelslager	Republican hold
49th	Running		Tom West			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
50th	Term-limited		Christina Hagan		Reggie Stoltzfus	Republican hold
51st	Running[d]		Wes Retherford		Sara Carruthers	Republican hold
52nd	Running		George Lang			Incumbent Republican re-elected
53rd	Running		Candice Keller			Incumbent Republican re-elected
54th	Running		Paul Zeltwanger			Incumbent Republican re-elected
55th	Not running[e]		Nathan Manning		Gayle Manning	Republican hold
56th	Term-limited		Dan Ramos		Joe Miller	Democratic hold
57th	Running		Dick Stein			Incumbent Republican re-elected
58th	Running		Michele Lepore-Hagan			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
59th	Not running[f]		John Boccieri		Don Manning	Republican gain
60th	Running		John Rogers			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
61st	Term-limited		Ron Young		Jamie Callender	Republican hold
62nd	Running		Scott Lipps			Incumbent Republican re-elected
63rd	Running		Glenn Holmes			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
64th	Running		Michael O'Brien			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
65th	Running		John Becker			Incumbent Republican re-elected
66th	Running		Doug Green			Incumbent Republican re-elected
67th	Term-limited		Andrew Brenner		Kris Jordan	Republican hold
68th	Running		Rick Carfagna			Incumbent Republican re-elected
69th	Running		Steve Hambley			Incumbent Republican re-elected
70th	Running		Darrell Kick			Incumbent Republican re-elected
71st	Running		Scott Ryan			Incumbent Republican re-elected
72nd	Running		Larry Householder			Incumbent Republican re-elected
73rd	Running		Rick Perales			Incumbent Republican re-elected
74th	Running		Bill Dean			Incumbent Republican re-elected
75th	Term-limited		Kathleen Clyde		Randi Clites	Democratic hold
76th	Running		Sarah LaTourette			Incumbent Republican re-elected
77th	Running		Tim Schaffer			Incumbent Republican re-elected
78th	Running		Ron Hood			Incumbent Republican re-elected
79th	Running		Kyle Koehler			Incumbent Republican re-elected
80th	Not running[g]		Steve Huffman		Jena Powell	Republican hold
81st	Running		Jim Hoops			Incumbent Republican re-elected
82nd	Running		Craig Riedel			Incumbent Republican re-elected
83rd	Term-limited		Robert Sprague		Jon Cross	Republican hold
84th	Not running[h]		Keith Faber		Susan Manchester	Republican hold
85th	Running		Nino Vitale			Incumbent Republican re-elected
86th	Term-limited		Dorothy Pelanda		Tracy Richardson	Republican hold
87th	Running		Riordan McClain			Incumbent Republican re-elected
88th	Running		Bill Reineke			Incumbent Republican re-elected
89th	Running		Steve Arndt			Incumbent Republican re-elected
90th	Term-limited		Terry Johnson		Brian Baldridge	Republican hold
91st	Running		Shane Wilkin			Incumbent Republican re-elected
92nd	Running		Gary Scherer			Incumbent Republican re-elected
93rd	Running		Ryan Smith			Incumbent Republican re-elected
94th	Running		Jay Edwards			Incumbent Republican re-elected
95th	Term-limited		Andy Thompson		Don Jones	Republican hold
96th	Running		Jack Cera			Incumbent Democrat re-elected
97th	Running		Brian Hill			Incumbent Republican re-elected
98th	Term-limited		Al Landis		Brett Hillyer	Republican hold
99th	Running		John Patterson			Incumbent Democrat re-elected

Detailed results

Results of the 2018 Ohio House of Representatives election by district:^[4]

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	27,611	49.89%	27,555	49.79%	175	0.32%	55,341	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	51.50%	19,377	47.32%	423	1.0%	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%

Notes

1. Running for Ohio Senate District 23. (Defeated in primary.)
2. Running for a seat on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
3. Running for Ohio Senate District 15.
4. Retherford filed for re-election, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Sara Carruthers.
5. Running for Ohio Senate District 13.
6. Running for Ohio Senate District 33.
7. Running for Ohio Senate District 5.
8. Running for Ohio State Auditor.