List of United States Senate elections in Ohio facts for kids

This is an incomplete list of elections for United States Senators from Ohio.

Ohio is entitled to elect two senators to the United States Senate for six-year terms. These elections are staggered and Ohio's two senators are in election schedule classes 1 and 3.

√ Bold type indicates winner. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Elections for U.S. Senator from Ohio (Class 1)

Year	Democrat	Republican	Other
1922	Atlee Pomerene: 744,558	√ Simeon D. Fess: 794,159	Virginia D. Green: 21,514
1928	Charles V. Truax: 908,952	√ Simeon D. Fess: 1,412,805	Joseph Willnecker: 2,061 James Goward: 1,384 J. Wetherell Hutton: 1,003
1934	√ A. Victor Donahey: 1,276,206	Simeon D. Fess: 839,068	W.C. Sandberg (C): 13,546
1940	John McSweeney: 1,457,304	√ Harold H. Burton: 1,602,498
1946	James W. Huffman: 947,610	√ John W. Bricker: 1,275,774	William Farkas (SL): 13,885
1946 Sp	Henry P. Webber: 929,584	√ Kingsley A. Taft: 1,193,852
1952	Michael V. DiSalle: 1,563,330	√ John W. Bricker: 1,878,961
1958	√ Stephen M. Young: 1,652,211	John W. Bricker: 1,497,199	William Farkas (SL)
1964	√ Stephen M. Young: 1,923,608	Robert Taft Jr.: 1,906,781
1970	Howard M. Metzenbaum: 1,495,262	√ Robert Taft Jr.: 1,565,682	Richard B. Kay (AI): 61,261 John O'Neill (SL): 29,069
1976	√ Howard M. Metzenbaum: 1,941,113	Robert Taft Jr.: 1,823,774	John O'Neill: 53,657 Donald E. Babcock (A): 36,979 Emma Lila Fundaburk: 33,285 Melissa Singler (SW): 31,805
1982	√ Howard M. Metzenbaum: 1,923,767	Paul E. Pfeifer: 1,396,790	Philip Herzing (L): 36,103 Alicia Merel: 38,803
1988	√ Howard M. Metzenbaum: 2,480,038	George V. Voinovich: 1,872,716
1994	Joel Z. Hyatt: 1,348,213	√ R. Michael DeWine: 1,836,556	Joseph J. Slovenec: 252,031
2000	Theodore S. Celeste: 1,595,066	√ R. Michael DeWine: 2,665,512	John Eastman (N): 70,713 John McAlister (L): 116,724
2006	√ Sherrod Brown: 2,138,432	R. Michael DeWine: 1,686,857	Richard Duncan (I): 1,540
2012	√ Sherrod Brown: 2,762,757	Josh Mandel: 2,435,740	Scott A. Rupert (I): 250,617

Elections for U.S. Senator from Ohio (Class 3)

Year	Democrat	Republican	Other
1920	W. A. Julian: 782,650	√ Frank B. Willis: 1,134,953	Henry B. Strong: 2,647
1926	Atlee Pomerene: 623,221	√ Frank B. Willis: 711,359	John D. Goerke (SL): 2,846
1928 Sp	Graham P. Hunt: 856,807	√ Theodore E. Burton: 1,429,554	Israel Amter: 2,062 Anna K. Storck: 1,389
1930 Sp	√ Robert J. Bulkley: 1,046,561	Roscoe C. McCulloch*: 863,944
1932	√ Robert J. Bulkley: 1,293,175	Gilbert Bettman: 1,126,832	Frank M. Mecartney (P): 34,760 I. O. Ford (C): 7,227
1938	Robert J. Bulkley: 1,085,792	√ Robert A. Taft I: 1,255,414
1944	William G. Pickrel: 1,482,610	√ Robert A. Taft I: 1,500,699
1950	Joseph T. Ferguson: 1,214,459	√ Robert A. Taft I: 1,645,643
1954 Sp	Thomas A. Burke: 1,254,904	√ George H. Bender: 1,257,874
1956	√ Frank J. Lausche: 1,864,589	George H. Bender: 1,660,910
1962	√ Frank J. Lausche: 1,843,813	John Marshall Briley: 1,151,173
1968	John J. Gilligan: 1,814,152	√ William B. Saxbe: 1,928,964
1974	√ John H. Glenn Jr.: 1,930,670	Ralph J. Perk: 918,133	Kathleen G. Harroff: 76,882 Richard B. Kay: 61,921
1980	√ John H. Glenn Jr.: 2,770,786	James E. Betts: 1,137,695	John E. Powers: 76,412 Rick Nagin: 42,410
1986	√ John H. Glenn Jr.: 1,949,208	Thomas N. Kindness: 1,171,893
1992	√ John H. Glenn Jr.: 2,444,419	R. Michael DeWine: 2,028,300	Martha Kathryn Grevatt: 321,234
1998	Mary O. Boyle: 1,482,054	√ George V. Voinovich: 1,922,087
2004	Eric D. Fingerhut: 1,906,648	√ George V. Voinovich: 3,378,356
2010	Lee Fisher: 1,448,092	√ Rob Portman: 2,125,810
2016	Ted Strickland: 1,929,873	√ Rob Portman: 3,048,467

• After Burton's death in office in 1929, McCulloch was appointed to fill out Burton's term until the special election.