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Matt Dolan

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Matt Dolan
Image of Matt Dolan
Prior offices
Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio State Senate District 24
Successor: Thomas Patton

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 19, 2024

Contact

Matt Dolan (Republican Party) was a member of the Ohio State Senate, representing District 24. He assumed office on January 1, 2017. He left office on December 31, 2024.

Dolan (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Ohio. He lost in the Republican primary on March 19, 2024.

Biography

Dolan graduated from Boston College and obtained his law degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law. Dolan's professional experience includes working as a prosecutor, an attorney in private practice, and as a member of the ownership group for the Cleveland Guardians. Dolan has taught as an adjunct professor at the Case Western Reserve School of Law and Kent State University.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Dolan was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Dolan was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Dolan was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Ohio committee assignments, 2017
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Insurance and Financial Institutions
• Judiciary, Vice chair
Transportation, Commerce, and Workforce

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bernie Moreno
Bernie Moreno (R)
 
50.1
 
2,857,383
Image of Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown (D)
 
46.5
 
2,650,949
Don Kissick (L)
 
3.4
 
195,648
Image of Tariq Shabazz
Tariq Shabazz (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
524
Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
84
Nathan Russell (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
19
David Pastorius (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
13

Total votes: 5,704,620
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

Incumbent Sherrod Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
 
100.0
 
535,305

Total votes: 535,305
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

Bernie Moreno defeated Matt Dolan and Frank LaRose in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bernie Moreno
Bernie Moreno
 
50.5
 
557,626
Image of Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan
 
32.9
 
363,013
Image of Frank LaRose
Frank LaRose
 
16.7
 
184,111

Total votes: 1,104,750
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Dolan received the following endorsements.

Pledges

Dolan signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Ohio, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance (R)
 
53.0
 
2,192,114
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (D)
 
46.9
 
1,939,489
Image of John Cheng
John Cheng (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
702
Image of Shane Hoffman
Shane Hoffman (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
403
Image of LaShondra Tinsley
LaShondra Tinsley (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
362
Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
194
Matthew Esh (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
78

Total votes: 4,133,342
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

Tim Ryan defeated Morgan Harper and Traci Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
 
69.6
 
359,941
Image of Morgan Harper
Morgan Harper Candidate Connection
 
17.8
 
92,347
Image of Traci Johnson
Traci Johnson Candidate Connection
 
12.6
 
65,209

Total votes: 517,497
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Vance
J.D. Vance
 
32.2
 
344,736
Image of Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
 
23.9
 
255,854
Image of Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan
 
23.3
 
249,239
Image of Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
 
11.7
 
124,653
Image of Jane Timken
Jane Timken
 
5.9
 
62,779
Mark Pukita Candidate Connection
 
2.1
 
22,692
Image of Neil Patel
Neil Patel Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
9,873

Total votes: 1,069,826
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Ohio State Senate District 24

Incumbent Matt Dolan defeated Tom Jackson in the general election for Ohio State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan (R)
 
54.3
 
112,609
Image of Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.7
 
94,633

Total votes: 207,242
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 24

Tom Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio State Senate District 24 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
28,496

Total votes: 28,496
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 24

Incumbent Matt Dolan advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio State Senate District 24 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan
 
100.0
 
18,161

Total votes: 18,161
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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Ohio State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Ohio State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 16, 2015. Incumbent Thomas Patton (R) did not seek re-election.

Matt Dolan defeated Emily Hagan in the Ohio State Senate District 24 general election.[2]

Ohio State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matt Dolan 58.14% 107,500
     Democratic Emily Hagan 41.86% 77,383
Total Votes 184,883
Source: Ohio Secretary of State


Emily Hagan ran unopposed in the Ohio State Senate District 24 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Ohio State Senate District 24, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Emily Hagan  (unopposed) 100.00% 26,885
Total Votes 26,885


Matt Dolan defeated Nan Baker and Mike Dovilla in the Ohio State Senate District 24 Republican primary.[3][4]

Ohio State Senate District 24, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matt Dolan 44.41% 24,844
     Republican Nan Baker 29.03% 16,241
     Republican Mike Dovilla 26.56% 14,860
Total Votes 55,945

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Matt Dolan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Matt Dolan campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. Senate OhioLost primary$12,722,613 $12,656,069
2022U.S. Senate OhioLost primary$11,296,099 $11,249,509
2020Ohio State Senate District 24Won general$2,504,876 N/A**
2016Ohio State Senate, District 24Won $1,593,257 N/A**
Grand total$28,116,845 $23,905,578
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 2 to December 19. A special session on elections commenced on May 28, 2024, and ended on May 31.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to LGBTQ, civil rights, and racial justice issues.


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017


2016




See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Ohio State Senate District 24
2017-2024
Succeeded by
Thomas Patton (R)
Preceded by
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Ohio House of Representatives
2005-2010
Succeeded by
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Senators
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Bob Latta (R)
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Republican Party (12)
Democratic Party (5)



Current members of the Ohio State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Robert McColley
Minority Leader:Nickie Antonio
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Al Landis (R)
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Democratic Party (9)