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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Ohio

John Glenn (Democrat) beat Ralph J. Perk (Republican) in Ohio in 1974, 64.6% to 30.7%, a margin of 33.9 points and 1,012,537 votes.

Ohio changed party: in 1968 it went Republican, for William B. Saxbe.

Democrats led in 88 of the 88 counties as they stood then. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 445,295 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.4 points. The closest was Morgan, where 497 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Glenn won	Democratic	1,930,670	64.6%
Ralph J. Perk	Republican	918,133	30.7%
All other candidates		139,148	4.7%
Total		2,987,951

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cuyahoga	287,090 64.5%	138,196 31.0%	20,009	445,295	D+33.4
Hamilton	158,176 59.2%	98,601 36.9%	10,227	267,004	D+22.3
Franklin	148,482 61.5%	79,843 33.1%	13,050	241,375	D+28.4
Summit	110,593 71.2%	38,898 25.0%	5,890	155,381	D+46.1
Montgomery	97,559 70.0%	33,288 23.9%	8,471	139,318	D+46.1
Lucas	88,164 70.3%	28,333 22.6%	8,942	125,439	D+47.7
Stark	74,985 64.5%	36,025 31.0%	5,196	116,206	D+33.5
Mahoning	68,366 75.3%	18,652 20.6%	3,732	90,750	D+54.8
Lorain	48,666 71.2%	17,130 25.1%	2,530	68,326	D+46.2
Trumbull	48,144 70.6%	16,677 24.4%	3,417	68,238	D+46.1
Butler	36,298 61.8%	19,613 33.4%	2,786	58,697	D+28.4
Lake	37,468 66.9%	16,047 28.6%	2,509	56,024	D+38.2
Clark	26,073 65.4%	11,272 28.3%	2,516	39,861	D+37.1
Richland	27,204 72.4%	9,402 25.0%	957	37,563	D+47.4
Licking	22,803 63.9%	11,315 31.7%	1,540	35,658	D+32.2
Portage	22,919 70.6%	7,991 24.6%	1,561	32,471	D+46.0
Columbiana	20,095 65.7%	8,980 29.4%	1,507	30,582	D+36.3
Ashtabula	20,640 68.5%	8,300 27.6%	1,174	30,114	D+41.0
Allen	15,707 54.8%	11,340 39.6%	1,621	28,668	D+15.2
Wood	17,557 62.4%	8,978 31.9%	1,579	28,114	D+30.5
Greene	18,686 67.4%	7,786 28.1%	1,239	27,711	D+39.3
Jefferson	19,423 71.6%	6,452 23.8%	1,260	27,135	D+47.8
Fairfield	16,608 61.7%	9,264 34.4%	1,051	26,923	D+27.3
Medina	16,889 65.4%	7,932 30.7%	992	25,813	D+34.7
Scioto	15,653 61.4%	9,013 35.3%	835	25,501	D+26.0
Miami	16,476 64.8%	8,124 32.0%	810	25,410	D+32.9
Tuscarawas	17,905 74.1%	5,285 21.9%	959	24,149	D+52.3
Belmont	16,187 67.1%	6,358 26.4%	1,579	24,124	D+40.7
Clermont	13,571 56.3%	9,493 39.4%	1,036	24,100	D+16.9
Wayne	16,026 66.7%	7,058 29.4%	938	24,022	D+37.3
Muskingum	14,224 61.0%	8,285 35.5%	803	23,312	D+25.5
Erie	14,700 67.1%	6,302 28.8%	895	21,897	D+38.4
Warren	13,378 62.3%	7,226 33.7%	854	21,458	D+28.7
Marion	12,698 64.3%	6,281 31.8%	777	19,756	D+32.5
Sandusky	12,214 63.2%	6,138 31.8%	978	19,330	D+31.4
Hancock	10,095 54.4%	6,343 34.2%	2,135	18,573	D+20.2
Seneca	11,153 63.7%	5,497 31.4%	853	17,503	D+32.3
Geauga	10,700 61.6%	5,818 33.5%	865	17,383	D+28.1
Ross	9,291 54.6%	6,230 36.6%	1,491	17,012	D+18.0
Darke	10,551 62.1%	5,600 33.0%	841	16,992	D+29.1
Lawrence	9,850 59.0%	6,336 38.0%	498	16,684	D+21.1
Delaware	8,458 56.5%	5,878 39.3%	635	14,971	D+17.2
Washington	8,438 58.5%	5,407 37.5%	573	14,418	D+21.0
Crawford	8,706 62.7%	4,577 33.0%	598	13,881	D+29.7
Ashland	7,875 58.0%	4,088 30.1%	1,605	13,568	D+27.9
Knox	8,590 66.0%	3,556 27.3%	861	13,007	D+38.7
Huron	8,405 64.8%	4,105 31.7%	457	12,967	D+33.2
Ottawa	8,795 68.0%	3,459 26.7%	684	12,938	D+41.2
Athens	8,084 63.5%	4,008 31.5%	647	12,739	D+32.0
Logan	7,051 58.2%	4,611 38.0%	461	12,123	D+20.1
Guernsey	7,974 66.8%	3,621 30.3%	344	11,939	D+36.5
Shelby	6,707 57.8%	4,445 38.3%	461	11,613	D+19.5
Auglaize	6,235 54.4%	4,746 41.4%	479	11,460	D+13.0
Pickaway	6,577 61.0%	3,857 35.8%	349	10,783	D+25.2
Defiance	6,524 61.5%	3,610 34.1%	468	10,602	D+27.5
Mercer	5,391 51.5%	4,629 44.2%	451	10,471	D+7.3
Highland	5,807 58.4%	3,888 39.1%	245	9,940	D+19.3
Putnam	6,086 61.3%	3,325 33.5%	519	9,930	D+27.8
Preble	6,075 63.1%	3,152 32.8%	397	9,624	D+30.4
Van Wert	5,276 55.6%	3,853 40.6%	354	9,483	D+15.0
Madison	5,476 58.7%	3,506 37.6%	352	9,334	D+21.1
Champaign	5,442 58.8%	3,516 38.0%	298	9,256	D+20.8
Williams	5,204 57.5%	3,514 38.8%	331	9,049	D+18.7
Fulton	4,986 55.7%	3,602 40.3%	357	8,945	D+15.5
Union	4,765 53.3%	3,826 42.8%	341	8,932	D+10.5
Perry	5,671 63.6%	2,902 32.6%	342	8,915	D+31.1
Clinton	5,024 57.3%	3,424 39.0%	321	8,769	D+18.2
Jackson	4,766 54.4%	3,757 42.9%	233	8,756	D+11.5
Coshocton	5,383 61.6%	2,468 28.2%	891	8,742	D+33.3
Henry	5,404 62.1%	2,962 34.1%	330	8,696	D+28.1
Fayette	4,445 56.6%	3,187 40.6%	215	7,847	D+16.0
Hardin	4,553 58.2%	2,984 38.2%	280	7,817	D+20.1
Morrow	4,558 59.8%	2,771 36.3%	297	7,626	D+23.4
Pike	5,126 67.9%	2,252 29.8%	173	7,551	D+38.1
Hocking	4,962 65.8%	2,328 30.9%	254	7,544	D+34.9
Gallia	4,244 57.4%	2,936 39.7%	209	7,389	D+17.7
Brown	4,744 65.8%	2,227 30.9%	242	7,213	D+34.9
Meigs	3,981 55.5%	2,950 41.2%	237	7,168	D+14.4
Adams	3,724 53.9%	3,000 43.4%	185	6,909	D+10.5
Wyandot	4,060 59.0%	2,486 36.1%	332	6,878	D+22.9
Carroll	4,186 61.2%	2,330 34.0%	329	6,845	D+27.1
Paulding	3,262 60.0%	1,951 35.9%	220	5,433	D+24.1
Harrison	3,298 62.9%	1,744 33.3%	203	5,245	D+29.6
Monroe	3,388 75.6%	940 21.0%	155	4,483	D+54.6
Morgan	2,281 54.2%	1,784 42.4%	144	4,209	D+11.8
Noble	2,322 57.2%	1,608 39.6%	128	4,058	D+17.6
Holmes	2,769 69.1%	1,112 27.7%	128	4,009	D+41.3
Vinton	2,325 58.1%	1,549 38.7%	130	4,004	D+19.4

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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