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Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2026

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2024
2026 Ohio House Election
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Election info

Seats up: 99
Primary: May 5, 2026
General: November 3, 2026

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Elections for the Ohio House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is May 5, 2026. The filing deadline is February 4, 2026.

The Ohio House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas
Party As of September 2025
     Democratic Party 33
     Republican Party 65
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 99

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Primary

Ohio House of Representatives primary 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1
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District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18

Samuel Grube  Candidate Connection


District 19
District 20
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District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27


Elizabeth Maier

District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35


Ryan Britt  Candidate Connection

District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40


Jeffrey Todd Smith

District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52


Greg Fanning  Candidate Connection

District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
District 81
District 82
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District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
District 89
District 90
District 91
District 92
District 93
District 94
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99

General election

Ohio House of Representatives general election 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Ohio

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Ohio. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Ohio

DocumentIcon.jpg 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:[1]

Filing fees
Office Fee
Governor, United States Senator, and statewide offices $150
United States Representative and state legislators $85

For partisan candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg 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).[2]

Signature requirements for partisan candidates
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.[2]

For independent candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg 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).[3]

Signature requirements for independent candidates
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.[4]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

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[5]
SalaryPer diem
$71,099/yearNo per diem is paid.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Ohio legislators assume office the first day of January after a general election.[6][7]

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
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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
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

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024


Presidential election in Ohio, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
55.1
 
3,180,116 17
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
43.9
 
2,533,699 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.5
 
28,200 0
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Richard Duncan/Mitchell Preston Bupp (Independent)
 
0.2
 
12,805 0
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Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (Independent)
 
0.2
 
10,197 0
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1,794 0
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Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
852 0
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Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
74 0
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John Cheng/Wayne Waligorski (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
24 0
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Christopher Garrity/Cody Ballard (Independent)
 
0.0
 
13 0
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Jay Bowman/De Bowman (Independent)
 
0.0
 
7 0
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Brian Kienitz/Christina Marie Johnston (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
4 0
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William Cody Nalbach/Willis Butts (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3 0

Total votes: 5,767,788


2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Ohio, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
53.3
 
3,154,834 18
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
45.2
 
2,679,165 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.1
 
67,569 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.3
 
18,812 0
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1,450 0
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Jade Simmons/Claudeliah Roze (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
212 0
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Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
114 0
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Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
27 0
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Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
16 0
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President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
3 0

Total votes: 5,922,202


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Ohio, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 43.6% 2,394,164 0
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDonald 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
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


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.[8]

On September 26, 2023, the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted 6-0 (with one member absent) to adopt new state legislative maps.[9][10] 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.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

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."[14]


See also

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Footnotes


Current members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jason Stephens
Majority Leader:Marilyn John
Minority Leader:Dani Isaacsohn
Representatives
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Dan Troy (D)
District 24
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Vacant
District 27
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District 37
Tom Young (R)
District 38
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Beth Lear (R)
District 62
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Adam Bird (R)
District 64
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Levi Dean (R)
District 72
District 73
Jeff LaRe (R)
District 74
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Ty Moore (R)
District 96
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District 99
Republican Party (65)
Democratic Party (33)
Vacancies (1)