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Election 1970 Results

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1970 US Senate election in Ohio

Robert A. Taft Jr. (Republican) beat Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat) in Ohio in 1970, 49.7% to 47.4%, a margin of 2.2 points and 70,420 votes.

Ohio changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Stephen M. Young.

Republicans led in 70 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 561,461 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.9 points. The closest was Athens, where 134 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert A. Taft Jr. won Republican 1,565,682 49.7%
Howard Metzenbaum Democratic 1,495,262 47.4%
All other candidates 90,330 2.9%
Total3,151,274

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 304,903 54.3% 243,961 43.5% 12,597 561,461 D+10.9
Hamilton 125,679 43.2% 157,383 54.1% 7,781 290,843 R+10.9
Franklin 103,206 43.5% 125,970 53.1% 7,840 237,016 R+9.6
Summit 89,155 52.5% 77,167 45.4% 3,533 169,855 D+7.1
Montgomery 81,468 50.3% 74,800 46.2% 5,647 161,915 D+4.1
Lucas 69,544 51.7% 61,692 45.9% 3,298 134,534 D+5.8
Stark 54,250 45.8% 61,114 51.6% 3,069 118,433 R+5.8
Mahoning 54,912 56.8% 38,919 40.3% 2,828 96,659 D+16.5
Trumbull 37,572 54.6% 29,363 42.7% 1,904 68,839 D+11.9
Lorain 33,789 49.6% 29,730 43.7% 4,556 68,075 D+6.0
Butler 23,385 42.7% 29,033 53.0% 2,341 54,759 R+10.3
Lake 25,025 47.5% 25,827 49.0% 1,872 52,724 R+1.5
Clark 19,319 47.0% 20,429 49.7% 1,384 41,132 R+2.7
Richland 13,879 40.5% 18,991 55.5% 1,367 34,237 R+14.9
Licking 14,989 45.5% 16,702 50.7% 1,261 32,952 R+5.2
Columbiana 14,289 45.7% 16,336 52.2% 661 31,286 R+6.5
Portage 15,655 50.7% 14,323 46.4% 920 30,898 D+4.3
Jefferson 17,468 58.6% 11,808 39.6% 525 29,801 D+19.0
Allen 10,933 37.0% 17,381 58.8% 1,242 29,556 R+21.8
Ashtabula 14,100 48.0% 14,575 49.6% 701 29,376 R+1.6
Greene 13,165 44.8% 15,372 52.3% 829 29,366 R+7.5
Miami 10,735 42.1% 14,159 55.5% 597 25,491 R+13.4
Belmont 14,527 57.8% 9,863 39.3% 737 25,127 D+18.6
Muskingum 11,605 46.4% 12,685 50.7% 714 25,004 R+4.3
Scioto 11,802 47.3% 12,570 50.3% 601 24,973 R+3.1
Fairfield 10,816 43.3% 13,232 53.0% 915 24,963 R+9.7
Wood 9,969 40.2% 14,255 57.4% 600 24,824 R+17.3
Clermont 11,165 45.9% 12,076 49.6% 1,088 24,329 R+3.7
Medina 9,558 40.9% 13,319 57.0% 478 23,355 R+16.1
Tuscarawas 11,646 50.5% 10,895 47.3% 513 23,054 D+3.3
Wayne 8,943 38.8% 13,672 59.3% 430 23,045 R+20.5
Erie 10,290 46.3% 11,412 51.3% 543 22,245 R+5.0
Warren 8,532 41.6% 11,128 54.3% 838 20,498 R+12.7
Marion 8,696 44.3% 10,403 53.0% 523 19,622 R+8.7
Sandusky 7,753 40.2% 11,152 57.8% 392 19,297 R+17.6
Hancock 6,416 34.1% 11,700 62.2% 708 18,824 R+28.1
Geauga 7,424 41.0% 10,092 55.7% 599 18,115 R+14.7
Seneca 7,290 41.6% 9,843 56.1% 409 17,542 R+14.6
Ross 6,764 39.9% 9,570 56.4% 629 16,963 R+16.5
Lawrence 7,379 46.3% 8,227 51.7% 321 15,927 R+5.3
Crawford 6,057 38.4% 9,320 59.1% 388 15,765 R+20.7
Darke 6,347 41.1% 8,645 55.9% 465 15,457 R+14.9
Washington 5,813 41.0% 7,889 55.7% 465 14,167 R+14.7
Ottawa 5,761 44.5% 6,923 53.5% 258 12,942 R+9.0
Delaware 4,321 33.5% 8,106 62.9% 458 12,885 R+29.4
Shelby 6,073 47.3% 6,297 49.1% 458 12,828 R+1.7
Auglaize 4,916 39.5% 7,205 57.8% 337 12,458 R+18.4
Ashland 4,077 32.8% 7,758 62.4% 588 12,423 R+29.6
Huron 4,897 39.5% 7,211 58.2% 276 12,384 R+18.7
Knox 4,884 39.7% 6,656 54.0% 777 12,317 R+14.4
Athens 5,938 49.9% 5,804 48.7% 164 11,906 D+1.1
Logan 4,095 34.8% 7,385 62.8% 278 11,758 R+28.0
Guernsey 5,038 44.1% 6,139 53.7% 260 11,437 R+9.6
Mercer 5,442 48.7% 5,285 47.3% 446 11,173 D+1.4
Defiance 4,173 41.3% 5,728 56.6% 212 10,113 R+15.4
Coshocton 4,344 43.0% 5,358 53.0% 403 10,105 R+10.0
Williams 3,858 38.6% 5,971 59.8% 161 9,990 R+21.2
Van Wert 3,725 37.5% 5,958 59.9% 259 9,942 R+22.5
Hardin 3,779 39.1% 5,532 57.3% 342 9,653 R+18.2
Preble 3,942 41.6% 5,249 55.4% 281 9,472 R+13.8
Putnam 3,859 40.8% 5,399 57.0% 210 9,468 R+16.3
Champaign 3,895 41.4% 5,266 55.9% 257 9,418 R+14.6
Pickaway 3,515 37.4% 5,536 58.9% 341 9,392 R+21.5
Highland 3,784 40.3% 5,371 57.2% 236 9,391 R+16.9
Fulton 2,819 31.3% 6,059 67.2% 137 9,015 R+35.9
Perry 4,216 49.2% 4,050 47.3% 296 8,562 D+1.9
Clinton 2,974 34.8% 5,291 61.9% 283 8,548 R+27.1
Henry 2,715 32.3% 5,533 65.8% 159 8,407 R+33.5
Jackson 3,505 43.6% 4,411 54.8% 131 8,047 R+11.3
Union 2,497 31.8% 5,100 64.9% 264 7,861 R+33.1
Madison 2,862 36.4% 4,766 60.7% 225 7,853 R+24.2
Brown 3,883 50.4% 3,378 43.9% 436 7,697 D+6.6
Fayette 2,603 35.7% 4,486 61.6% 194 7,283 R+25.9
Morrow 2,799 39.0% 4,081 56.8% 301 7,181 R+17.9
Hocking 3,438 50.2% 3,233 47.3% 171 6,842 D+3.0
Adams 2,913 42.6% 3,628 53.0% 300 6,841 R+10.5
Pike 3,872 56.7% 2,821 41.3% 130 6,823 D+15.4
Carroll 2,763 40.7% 3,848 56.7% 174 6,785 R+16.0
Wyandot 2,426 36.9% 3,999 60.9% 145 6,570 R+23.9
Gallia 2,429 37.7% 3,901 60.5% 117 6,447 R+22.8
Meigs 2,527 41.7% 3,434 56.7% 98 6,059 R+15.0
Paulding 2,214 38.5% 3,354 58.4% 176 5,744 R+19.8
Harrison 2,643 47.6% 2,809 50.6% 102 5,554 R+3.0
Holmes 1,652 38.6% 2,525 59.0% 102 4,279 R+20.4
Monroe 2,338 57.5% 1,674 41.2% 52 4,064 D+16.3
Noble 1,602 42.1% 2,138 56.1% 69 3,809 R+14.1
Morgan 1,384 37.5% 2,226 60.3% 81 3,691 R+22.8
Vinton 1,660 46.7% 1,817 51.1% 76 3,553 R+4.4

Counties as they stood in 1970; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Ohio Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Bernie Moreno (R) R+3.6
2022 Jd Vance (R) R+6.1
2018 Sherrod Brown (D) D+6.8
2016 Rob Portman (R) R+20.9
2012 Sherrod Brown (D) D+6.0
2010 Rob Portman (R) R+17.4
2006 Sherrod Brown (D) D+12.3
2004 George V. Voinovich (R) R+27.7
2000 Mike Dewine (R) R+24.1
1998 George V. Voinovich (R) R+12.9
1994 Mike DeWine (R) R+14.2
1992 John Glenn (D) D+8.7
1988 Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) D+14.0
1986 John Glenn (D) D+24.9
1982 Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) D+15.5
1980 John Glenn (D) D+40.6
1976 Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) D+3.0
1974 John Glenn (D) D+33.9
1970 Robert A. Taft Jr. (R) R+2.2
1968 William B. Saxbe (R) R+3.1
1964 Stephen M. Young (D) D+0.4
1962 Frank J. Lausche (D) D+23.1
1958 Stephen M. Young (D) D+4.9
1956 Frank J. Lausche (D) D+5.8
1952 John W. Bricker (R) R+9.2
1950 Robert A. Taft (R) R+15.1
1946 John W. Bricker (R) R+14.7
1944 Robert A. Taft (R) R+0.6
1940 Harold H. Burton (R) R+4.7
1938 Robert A. Taft (R) R+7.2
1934 Vic Donahey (D) D+20.5
1932 Robert J. Bulkley (D) D+6.6
1928 Simeon D. Fess (R) R+21.7
1926 Frank B. Willis (R) R+6.6
1922 Simeon D. Fess (R) R+3.2
1920 Frank B. Willis (R) R+18.3
1916 Atlee Pomerene (D) D+3.1
1914 Warren G. Harding (R) R+9.6