Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2022
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Elections for the Ohio House of Representatives took place in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. A primary was held on August 2, 2022. The filing deadline was February 2, 2022.
A primary was originally scheduled for May 3, 2022, but was rescheduled after the State Supreme Court rejected the state legislative maps approved by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. On May 28, 2022, Secretary of State Frank LaRose called for the primary to be held on August 2.[1][2]
The chamber's Republican supermajority increased from 64-35 to 67-32.
The Ohio House of Representatives was one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Enacted district boundaries in this state were overturned by court order and were subject to change prior to this election. Click here for more information.
Party control
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| Party | As of November 8, 2022 | After November 9, 2022 | |
| Democratic Party | 35 | 32 | |
| Republican Party | 64 | 67 | |
| Total | 99 | 99 | |
Candidates
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| District 2 |
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Kelly Harrop |
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| District 12 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. Did not make the ballot: |
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Monique Smith (i) |
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| District 50 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 51 |
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| District 65 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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Ron Falconi Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 68 |
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| District 76 |
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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Campaign finance
The campaign finance data analyzed and displayed below is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
Campaign finance by district
The section below contains data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. Districts and elections are grouped in sections of 10. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
Incumbents who were not re-elected
Incumbents defeated in general elections
One incumbent lost in the Nov. 8 general election.
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Thomas West |  Democratic |
House District 49 |
Incumbents defeated in primary elections
Three incumbents lost in the Aug. 2 primaries.
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Monique Smith | Democratic |
House District 16 |
| Shawn Stevens |  Republican |
House District 61 |
| Mark Fraizer | Republican |
House District 68 |
Retiring incumbents
Twenty-four incumbents were not on the ballot in 2022.[3] Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Ohio. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Ohio in 2022. Information below was calculated on July 12, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
There were 56 contested state legislative primaries in Ohio in 2022, 24% of the total number of possible primaries, and a 40% increase from the 40 contested primaries in 2020.
A primary is contested when more candidates file to run than there are nominations available, meaning at least one candidate must lose.
Of the 56 contested primaries, there were 23 for Democrats and 33 for Republicans. For Democrats, this was up from 17 in 2020, a 35% increase. For Republicans, the number increased 43% from 23 in 2020.
Of the 56 contested primaries, 26 featured an incumbent: eight Democrats and 18 Republicans. This represented 30% of all incumbents who filed for re-election, the highest rate of incumbents in contested primaries compared to the preceding five election cycles.
Overall, 261 major party candidates—120 Democrats and 141 Republicans—filed to run. All of the state's 99 House districts and 17 of the 33 Senate districts held elections this year.
Thirty-one of those districts were open, guaranteeing that at least 23% of the state legislature would be represented by newcomers in 2023.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022.[4] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.
| Open Seats in Ohio House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2022 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2022 | 99 | 25 (25 percent) | 74 (75 percent) |
| 2020 | 99 | 19 (19 percent) | 80 (81 percent) |
| 2018 | 99 | 31 (31 percent) | 68 (69 percent) |
| 2016 | 99 | 21 (21 percent) | 78 (79 percent) |
| 2014 | 99 | 23 (23 percent) | 76 (77 percent) |
| 2012 | 99 | 13 (13 percent) | 86 (87 percent) |
| 2010 | 99 | 21 (21 percent) | 78 (79 percent) |
Incumbents running in new districts
When an incumbent files to run for re-election in the same chamber but a new district, it leaves his or her original seat open. This may happen for a variety of reasons ranging from redistricting to a change in residences. This may result in instances where multiple incumbents face each other in contested primaries or general elections if the incumbent in the new district also seeks re-election.
Ohio rearranged its House districts during the redistricting process after the 2020 census. Click [show] on the header below to view a table showing all 99 districts in the leftmost column along with all legislators representing those districts at the time of the 2022 filing deadline. The "Filed in 2022 in ..." column lists the districts, in which incumbents filed to run. The "New district open?" column indicates whether the incumbent running was the only incumbent seeking re-election in that district.
News and conflicts in this primary
This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 state legislative primaries. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter.
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 10 of the Ohio Revised Statutes
For all candidates
Filing fees apply to all candidates and are as follows:[5]
| Filing fees | |
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| Office | Fee |
| Governor, United States Senator, and statewide offices | $150 |
| United States Representative and state legislators | $85 |
For partisan candidates
See statutes: Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 05 of the Ohio Revised Code
A partisan candidate must file a declaration of candidacy and petition and pay the required filing fees. Petition signature requirements are detailed in the table below (for more information regarding petition requirements, see below).[6]
| Signature requirements for partisan candidates | |
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| Office | Number of signatures required |
| Governor, United States Senator, and other statewide offices | 1,000 qualified electors who are members of the same political party as the candidate |
| United States Representative and state legislators | 50 qualified electors who are members of the same political party as the candidate |
| **The signature requirement for minor party candidates is one-half the number required of major parties.[6] | |
For independent candidates
See statutes: Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 257 of the Ohio Revised Code
An unaffiliated candidate must submit a declaration of candidacy and nominating petition and pay the required filing fees. Petition signature requirements are detailed in the table below (for more information regarding petition requirements, see below).[7]
| Signature requirements for independent candidates | |
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| Office | Number of signatures required |
| Governor, United States Senator, and other statewide offices | 5,000 qualified electors |
| United States Representative and state legislators | Varies by size of district; if 5,000 or more electors voted for the office of governor in the most recent election, 1 percent of electors; if less than 5,000 electors voted for said office, 5 percent of the vote or 25, whichever is less |
For write-in candidates
A write-in candidate must file a declaration of intent in order to have his or her votes counted. Write-in candidates may participate in either primary or general elections and are subject to the same filing fees as all other candidates.[8]
Qualifications
Article 2, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution states: Senators and representatives shall have resided in their respective districts one year next preceding their election, unless they shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this state.
Article 2, Section 5 of the Ohio Constitution states: No person hereafter convicted of an embezzlement of the public funds, shall hold any office in this state; nor shall any person, holding public money for disbursement, or otherwise, have a seat in the General Assembly, until he shall have accounted for, and paid such money into the treasury.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[9] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $71,099/year | No per diem is paid. |
When sworn in
Ohio legislators assume office the first day of January after a general election.[10][11]
Ohio political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
Ohio Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Presidential politics in Ohio
2020
- See also: Presidential election, 2020
Presidential election in Ohio, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
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Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
53.3
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3,154,834 | 18 |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
45.2
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2,679,165 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.1
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67,569 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.3
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18,812 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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1,450 | 0 | |
 
| Jade Simmons/Claudeliah Roze (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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212 | 0 | |
 
| Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
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114 | 0 | |
 
| Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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27 | 0 | |
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| Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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16 | 0 | |
| President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (Unaffiliated) |
0.0
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3 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 5,922,202 |
2016
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
| U.S. presidential election, Ohio, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 43.6% | 2,394,164 | 0 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
51.7% | 2,841,005 | 18 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3.2% | 174,498 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.8% | 46,271 | 0 | |
| Other | Richard Duncan/Ricky Johnson | 0.4% | 24,235 | 0 | |
| - | Other/Write-in | 0.3% | 16,314 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 5,496,487 | 18 | |||
| Election results via: Federal Election Commission | |||||
Ohio presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 12 Democratic wins
- 19 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R |
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Ohio
Redistricting following the 2020 census
Due to a 2022 Ohio Supreme Court ruling, the Ohio Redistricting Commission was required to draw new state legislative maps following the 2022 elections.[12]
On September 26, 2023, the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted 6-0 (with one member absent) to adopt new state legislative maps.[13][14] On October 5, the ACLU of Ohio filed a motion on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and other plaintiffs asking the Ohio Supreme Court to invalidate the new state legislative maps on the grounds that they violated the state constitution.[15]
On November 27, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the maps and dismissed the following cases: League of Women Voters of Ohio et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al., Bennett et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al., and Ohio Organizing Collaborative et al. v. Ohio Redistricting Commission et al.[16] Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy wrote for the majority: "The bipartisan adoption of the September 2023 plan is a changed circumstance that makes it appropriate to relinquish our continuing jurisdiction over these cases.[17]
The majority was composed of the court's four Republicans.
Justice Jennifer L. Brunner wrote a dissent on behalf of the court's other two Democrats, saying, "It is illusory to suggest that a bipartisan vote to adopt the September 2023 plan constitutes a change in circumstances that somehow diminishes our review power or renders a unanimous redistricting plan constitutionally compliant. There is nothing in Article XI, Section 6 that suggests that bipartisan agreement on a plan renders it presumptively constitutional, and we have flatly rejected that idea."[18]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Statehouse News, "Federal court intervenes in Ohio redistricting, orders state to implement unconstitutional district maps," May 27, 2022
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Directive 2022-34," accessed May 28, 2022
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ohio Revised Code, "Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 10," accessed March 4, 2025
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ohio Revised Code, "Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 05," accessed March 4, 2025
- ↑ Ohio Revised Code, "Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 257," accessed March 4, 2025
- ↑ Ohio Revised Code, "Title 35, Chapter 3513, Section 041," accessed March 4, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Ohio Constitution, "Article 2, Section 02," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Ohio.gov, "A Guidebook for Ohio Legislators," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ohio is about to hold elections for unconstitutional congressional and legislative districts. Here’s how it happened," October 9, 2022
- ↑ Ohio Capital Journal, "Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts sixth version of Statehouse maps with bipartisan support," September 27, 2023
- ↑ WCBE, "Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously approves 6th version of House and Senate maps," September 27, 2023
- ↑ WFMJ, "Newly enacted district maps challenged by voting rights groups," October 5, 2023
- ↑ AP, "Ohio Supreme Court dismisses 3 long-running redistricting lawsuits against state legislative maps," November 28, 2023
- ↑ Ohio Capital Journal, "Ohio Supreme Court dismisses redistricting challenge, leaving Statehouse maps in place," November 28, 2023
- ↑ Supreme Court of Ohio, "League of Women Voters v. Ohio Redistricting Commission," accessed September 11, 2024
