Ohio State Senate elections, 2004

Elections for the office of Ohio State Senate consisted of a primary election on March 2, 2004, and a general election on November 4, 2004. Sixteen seats were up for election.

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.

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Ohio in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2012	36	$12,648,369
2010	57	$10,478,510
2008	44	$10,659,072
2006	48	$11,477,877
2004	40	$11,477,877
2002	38	$8,461,690
2000	41	$8,804,029

During the 2004 election, the total contributions to the 40 Senate candidates was $10,212,918. The top 10 contributors were:

2004 Donors, Ohio State Senate
Donor	Amount
Republican Senate Campaign Cmte of Ohio	$2,146,563
Ohio Republican Party	$411,732
Ohio Democratic Party	$325,765
Ohio Association of Realtors	$90,500
Ohio House Republican Campaign Cmte	$90,340
Ohio Education Association	$86,800
Wholesale Beer & Wine Association of Ohio	$76,400
Muskingum County Democratic Party	$72,474
Brennan, Ann Amer	$70,000
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association/Dealers Investment Group	$69,600

List of candidates

District 2

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Josh Kontak a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Randy Gardner a

November 4 General election candidates:

Nathan Nickens: 64,012

Randy Gardner: 107,447

District 4

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Melvin A. Smith a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Gary Cates a

November 4 General election candidates:

Melvin A. Smith: 51,669

Gary Cates: 98,569

District 6

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Jason A. Stanton a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Jeff Jacobson a

November 4 General election candidates:

Jason A. Stanton: 60,719

Jeff Jacobson: 110,158

District 8

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Jeannette Harrison a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Patricia M. Clancy a

November 4 General election candidates:

Jeannette Harrison: 61,567

Patricia M. Clancy: 107,882

District 10

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Charles E. Hart a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Steve Austria a

November 4 General election candidates:

Charles E. Hart: 55,424

Steve Austria: 100,755

District 12

March 2 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

March 2 GOP primary:

• Jim Jordan a

November 4 General election candidates:

Jim Jordan: 118,193

Jack Kaffenberger, Sr.: 55,424

District 14

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Paul Schwietering a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Tom Niehaus: 17,098 a
• Jean Schmidt: 17,076

November 4 General election candidates:

Paul Schwietering: 52,039

Tom Niehaus: 105,554

District 16

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Melissa Mahoney a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Steve Stivers a

November 4 General election candidates:

Katherine Thomsen: 55,656

Steve Stivers: 95,251

Don Eckhart: 14,509

District 18

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Danielle Deighton: 13,170
• John Hawkins: 14,497 a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Jamie Callender: 9,517
• Timothy Grendell: 20,684 a

November 4 General election candidates:

John Hawkins: 64,991

Timothy Grendell: 95,910

District 20

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Terry Anderson a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Joy Padgett a

November 4 General election candidates:

Terry Anderson: 73,872

Joy Padgett: 85,721

District 22

March 2 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

March 2 GOP primary:

• Ron Amstutz a

November 4 General election candidates:

Ron Amstutz

District 24

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Robert Matius a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Don Sopka: 5,600
• Bob Spada: 16,139 a

November 4 General election candidates:

Robert Matius: 67,336

Bob Spada: 110,529

District 26

March 2 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

March 2 GOP primary:

• Larry Mumper a

November 4 General election candidates:

Larry Mumper

District 28

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Seese: 14,891
• Kimberly Zurz: 24,477 a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Kevin M. Fowler a

November 4 General election candidates:

Kimberly Zurz: 101,016

Kevin M. Fowler: 53,494

District 30

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Jerry Krupinski: 16,810
• Charlie Wilson: 33,446 a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Lawrence W. Stacey II a

November 4 General election candidates:

Charlie Wilson: 100,824

Michael Wilkes: 49,883

District 32

March 2 Democratic primary:

• Marc Dann a

March 2 GOP primary:

• Gary Pasqualone a

November 4 General election candidates:

Marc Dann: 94,714

Gary Pasqualone: 48,456

External links

• Ohio Secretary of State, official 2004 election results

Footnotes

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Current members of the Ohio State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Robert McColley

Minority Leader:Nickie Antonio

Senators

District 1

Robert McColley (R)

District 2

Theresa Gavarone (R)

District 3

Michele Reynolds (R)

District 4

George Lang (R)

District 5

Stephen Huffman (R)

District 6

Willis Blackshear (D)

District 7

Steve Wilson (R)

District 8

Louis Blessing (R)

District 9

Catherine Ingram (D)

District 10

Kyle Koehler (R)

District 11

Paula Hicks-Hudson (D)

District 12

Susan Manchester (R)

District 13

Nathan Manning (R)

District 14

Terry Johnson (R)

District 15

Hearcel Craig (D)

District 16

Beth Liston (D)

District 17

Shane Wilkin (R)

District 18

Jerry Cirino (R)

District 19

Andrew Brenner (R)

District 20

Tim Schaffer (R)

District 21

Kent Smith (D)

District 22

Mark Romanchuk (R)

District 23

Nickie Antonio (D)

District 24

Thomas Patton (R)

District 25

William DeMora (D)

District 26

Bill Reineke (R)

District 27

Kristina Roegner (R)

District 28

Casey Weinstein (D)

District 29

Jane Timken (R)

District 30

Brian Chavez (R)

District 31

Al Landis (R)

District 32

Sandra O'Brien (R)

District 33

Alessandro Cutrona (R)

Republican Party (24)

Democratic Party (9)

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