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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in Ohio

Howard M. Metzenbaum (Democrat) beat Robert Taft, Jr. (Republican) in Ohio in 1976, 49.5% to 46.5%, a margin of 3.0 points and 117,339 votes.

Ohio changed party: in 1970 it went Republican, for Robert A. Taft Jr.

Republicans led in 61 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 27. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 551,574 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.7 points. The closest was Harrison, where 53 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
Howard M. Metzenbaum won Democratic 1,941,113 49.5%
Robert Taft, Jr. Republican 1,823,774 46.5%
All other candidates 155,726 4.0%
Total3,920,613

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 320,873 58.2% 195,920 35.5% 34,781 551,574 D+22.7
Hamilton 151,187 43.7% 186,437 53.9% 8,466 346,090 R+10.2
Franklin 147,745 45.4% 165,042 50.7% 12,876 325,663 R+5.3
Summit 121,598 58.2% 82,163 39.4% 5,024 208,785 D+18.9
Montgomery 106,616 52.5% 89,109 43.9% 7,410 203,135 D+8.6
Lucas 87,672 50.8% 78,903 45.7% 6,036 172,611 D+5.1
Stark 69,983 48.1% 71,430 49.1% 3,967 145,380 R+1.0
Mahoning 67,174 61.0% 39,310 35.7% 3,560 110,044 D+25.3
Lorain 50,397 55.0% 38,457 42.0% 2,746 91,600 D+13.0
Trumbull 51,357 58.9% 33,052 37.9% 2,817 87,226 D+21.0
Butler 37,589 44.0% 45,482 53.3% 2,309 85,380 R+9.2
Lake 35,397 50.7% 29,694 42.5% 4,707 69,798 D+8.2
Clark 25,439 48.9% 22,882 44.0% 3,674 51,995 D+4.9
Richland 20,630 44.8% 22,317 48.4% 3,122 46,069 R+3.7
Columbiana 22,719 50.1% 21,008 46.4% 1,591 45,318 D+3.8
Greene 21,840 49.8% 20,702 47.2% 1,334 43,876 D+2.6
Portage 24,773 56.6% 17,849 40.8% 1,151 43,773 D+15.8
Licking 19,992 46.5% 21,653 50.4% 1,335 42,980 R+3.9
Allen 15,774 40.2% 21,920 55.9% 1,535 39,229 R+15.7
Ashtabula 19,910 52.4% 17,032 44.8% 1,069 38,011 D+7.6
Jefferson 21,932 59.7% 13,625 37.1% 1,172 36,729 D+22.6
Wood 15,498 42.5% 19,598 53.8% 1,344 36,440 R+11.3
Medina 16,995 47.0% 18,330 50.7% 815 36,140 R+3.7
Clermont 16,241 46.7% 17,436 50.1% 1,129 34,806 R+3.4
Belmont 20,051 59.1% 12,669 37.3% 1,214 33,934 D+21.8
Fairfield 13,996 42.4% 18,137 54.9% 906 33,039 R+12.5
Miami 13,712 42.3% 17,869 55.1% 824 32,405 R+12.8
Tuscarawas 15,492 49.6% 14,821 47.4% 934 31,247 D+2.1
Scioto 17,201 55.8% 12,940 42.0% 680 30,821 D+13.8
Wayne 12,140 39.7% 17,689 57.9% 738 30,567 R+18.2
Warren 13,759 46.3% 15,224 51.3% 714 29,697 R+4.9
Muskingum 14,437 48.8% 14,329 48.5% 789 29,555 D+0.4
Erie 13,014 47.2% 12,694 46.1% 1,836 27,544 D+1.2
Geauga 11,496 45.3% 12,684 50.0% 1,212 25,392 R+4.7
Marion 11,104 45.4% 12,712 51.9% 667 24,483 R+6.6
Sandusky 10,237 41.8% 13,383 54.7% 863 24,483 R+12.8
Hancock 6,562 27.7% 14,167 59.8% 2,959 23,688 R+32.1
Seneca 9,247 41.5% 12,133 54.5% 896 22,276 R+13.0
Darke 9,706 44.7% 11,317 52.1% 712 21,735 R+7.4
Lawrence 10,178 46.9% 10,785 49.7% 738 21,701 R+2.8
Ross 8,495 41.1% 10,320 49.9% 1,859 20,674 R+8.8
Washington 8,010 40.8% 10,820 55.2% 784 19,614 R+14.3
Delaware 7,576 38.6% 11,470 58.5% 565 19,611 R+19.9
Athens 10,097 54.7% 7,822 42.4% 545 18,464 D+12.3
Crawford 7,191 39.0% 10,571 57.3% 682 18,444 R+18.3
Ottawa 8,611 48.4% 8,674 48.7% 514 17,799 R+0.4
Huron 6,764 39.7% 9,072 53.3% 1,190 17,026 R+13.6
Ashland 6,514 38.6% 9,879 58.6% 472 16,865 R+20.0
Knox 7,042 43.2% 8,271 50.8% 983 16,296 R+7.5
Auglaize 6,040 38.7% 8,916 57.1% 648 15,604 R+18.4
Logan 5,918 38.8% 8,837 58.0% 492 15,247 R+19.1
Guernsey 6,597 44.1% 8,012 53.5% 355 14,964 R+9.5
Mercer 6,560 45.1% 7,025 48.3% 951 14,536 R+3.2
Shelby 6,468 44.9% 7,084 49.1% 868 14,420 R+4.3
Van Wert 5,401 39.5% 7,607 55.6% 668 13,676 R+16.1
Defiance 5,299 39.3% 7,664 56.9% 518 13,481 R+17.5
Highland 5,959 45.5% 6,862 52.4% 282 13,103 R+6.9
Pickaway 4,773 37.0% 6,308 48.9% 1,809 12,890 R+11.9
Preble 5,821 45.8% 6,554 51.5% 347 12,722 R+5.8
Fulton 4,343 34.3% 8,010 63.3% 308 12,661 R+29.0
Williams 4,366 35.0% 7,693 61.7% 403 12,462 R+26.7
Putnam 5,002 40.4% 6,861 55.5% 504 12,367 R+15.0
Henry 3,918 32.4% 7,797 64.5% 381 12,096 R+32.1
Perry 6,244 52.1% 5,416 45.2% 322 11,982 D+6.9
Jackson 5,689 47.5% 5,958 49.8% 326 11,973 R+2.2
Union 4,323 36.7% 7,096 60.2% 368 11,787 R+23.5
Madison 4,908 42.0% 6,487 55.5% 283 11,678 R+13.5
Clinton 4,853 41.7% 6,504 55.9% 271 11,628 R+14.2
Champaign 4,761 41.4% 6,454 56.1% 288 11,503 R+14.7
Coshocton 4,356 38.4% 5,697 50.3% 1,284 11,337 R+11.8
Morrow 4,565 42.6% 5,815 54.2% 340 10,720 R+11.7
Hardin 3,610 34.4% 5,383 51.4% 1,486 10,479 R+16.9
Carroll 4,384 43.9% 5,264 52.7% 345 9,993 R+8.8
Fayette 4,128 41.4% 5,579 56.0% 254 9,961 R+14.6
Gallia 4,216 43.0% 5,251 53.5% 340 9,807 R+10.6
Meigs 4,507 46.7% 4,868 50.4% 285 9,660 R+3.7
Brown 5,181 53.7% 4,176 43.3% 294 9,651 D+10.4
Wyandot 3,562 37.0% 5,750 59.7% 317 9,629 R+22.7
Pike 5,327 57.4% 3,807 41.0% 142 9,276 D+16.4
Hocking 4,859 53.3% 4,029 44.2% 229 9,117 D+9.1
Adams 4,060 48.1% 4,143 49.0% 245 8,448 R+1.0
Harrison 3,601 49.0% 3,548 48.3% 202 7,351 D+0.7
Monroe 3,842 57.2% 2,690 40.0% 185 6,717 D+17.2
Paulding 2,710 40.5% 3,599 53.8% 376 6,685 R+13.3
Morgan 2,509 43.7% 3,075 53.5% 159 5,743 R+9.9
Noble 2,351 42.7% 2,990 54.2% 171 5,512 R+11.6
Holmes 1,853 35.6% 3,075 59.0% 280 5,208 R+23.5
Vinton 2,286 50.5% 2,087 46.1% 154 4,527 D+4.4

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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