2020 Ohio Senate election

The 2020 Ohio Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on April 28, 2020. Ohio voters elected state senators in the 16 even-numbered Ohio Senate districts. State senators elected in 2020 will be eligible to serve a four-year term beginning January 2021 and ending December 2024. These elections coincided with elections for U.S. President and the Ohio House.

2020 Ohio Senate election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

16 seats from even-numbered districts in the Ohio Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.0% (2.7pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Larry Obhof Kenny Yuko
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 2019 April 26, 2017
Leader's seat District 22 District 25
Seats before 24 9
Seats after 25 8
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,754,433 1,097,400
Percentage 61.47% 38.45%
Swing 5.14% 5.07%

Results
     Democratic hold

     Republican hold      Republican gain

     Not up for election

President of the Ohio Senate before election

Larry Obhof
Republican

Elected President of the Ohio Senate

Matt Huffman
Republican

Although Democrats had hoped to break the Republican supermajority in the chamber (which would have required them to pick up three seats), they ended up losing one, further consolidating Republican control.

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