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Election 1980 Results

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1980 US Senate election in Ohio

John Glenn (Democrat) beat James E. Betts (Republican) in Ohio in 1980, 68.8% to 28.2%, a margin of 40.6 points and 1,633,091 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, when John Glenn also won.

Democrats led in 87 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 504,311 votes and went to the Democrat by 53.0 points. The closest was Williams, where 25 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
John Glenn won Democratic 2,770,786 68.8%
James E. Betts Republican 1,137,695 28.2%
All other candidates 118,822 3.0%
Total4,027,303

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 374,282 74.2% 107,090 21.2% 22,939 504,311 D+53.0
Franklin 229,028 65.3% 99,840 28.5% 21,752 350,620 D+36.8
Hamilton 226,939 66.1% 111,535 32.5% 4,997 343,471 D+33.6
Montgomery 168,770 76.6% 48,870 22.2% 2,645 220,285 D+54.4
Summit 162,035 77.9% 40,673 19.6% 5,312 208,020 D+58.3
Lucas 116,465 65.6% 53,039 29.9% 8,011 177,515 D+35.7
Stark 106,738 68.4% 46,653 29.9% 2,720 156,111 D+38.5
Mahoning 91,784 79.8% 20,050 17.4% 3,119 114,953 D+62.4
Lorain 74,345 75.4% 21,781 22.1% 2,475 98,601 D+53.3
Butler 62,563 65.5% 30,944 32.4% 2,058 95,565 D+33.1
Trumbull 71,657 79.0% 17,236 19.0% 1,757 90,650 D+60.0
Lake 54,894 74.3% 15,347 20.8% 3,641 73,882 D+53.5
Clark 38,466 73.1% 13,390 25.4% 785 52,641 D+47.6
Richland 32,392 64.6% 16,801 33.5% 969 50,162 D+31.1
Licking 30,945 64.8% 15,815 33.1% 1,000 47,760 D+31.7
Greene 34,919 73.7% 11,763 24.8% 688 47,370 D+48.9
Portage 34,935 74.1% 11,032 23.4% 1,201 47,168 D+50.7
Allen 22,755 52.1% 20,264 46.4% 697 43,716 D+5.7
Medina 29,116 69.7% 11,970 28.7% 685 41,771 D+41.0
Wood 25,182 60.7% 15,692 37.8% 609 41,483 D+22.9
Clermont 25,398 62.1% 14,888 36.4% 591 40,877 D+25.7
Columbiana 26,410 65.2% 13,416 33.1% 699 40,525 D+32.1
Ashtabula 29,298 73.4% 9,887 24.8% 719 39,904 D+48.6
Fairfield 26,195 67.1% 12,126 31.1% 704 39,025 D+36.1
Jefferson 28,087 77.3% 7,098 19.5% 1,167 36,352 D+57.7
Miami 24,630 69.9% 10,087 28.6% 511 35,228 D+41.3
Warren 23,152 67.1% 10,600 30.7% 745 34,497 D+36.4
Wayne 24,477 73.4% 8,290 24.9% 590 33,357 D+48.5
Muskingum 20,466 64.3% 10,644 33.5% 701 31,811 D+30.9
Scioto 22,697 72.0% 8,373 26.6% 438 31,508 D+45.5
Belmont 23,931 77.4% 6,269 20.3% 703 30,903 D+57.2
Tuscarawas 20,532 68.0% 8,913 29.5% 754 30,199 D+38.5
Geauga 18,884 65.6% 8,530 29.7% 1,354 28,768 D+36.0
Erie 17,432 62.6% 8,935 32.1% 1,461 27,828 D+30.5
Marion 16,929 67.0% 7,981 31.6% 357 25,267 D+35.4
Lawrence 16,196 66.7% 7,538 31.0% 559 24,293 D+35.6
Sandusky 14,761 62.4% 8,430 35.6% 477 23,668 D+26.7
Hancock 11,324 47.9% 10,849 45.9% 1,461 23,634 D+2.0
Seneca 11,403 49.9% 10,983 48.0% 478 22,864 D+1.8
Delaware 13,390 60.5% 8,334 37.6% 419 22,143 D+22.8
Washington 12,207 55.6% 9,106 41.5% 629 21,942 D+14.1
Darke 14,279 66.3% 6,821 31.7% 432 21,532 D+34.6
Ross 13,393 62.4% 6,624 30.9% 1,436 21,453 D+31.6
Crawford 11,293 57.7% 7,976 40.8% 286 19,555 D+17.0
Huron 10,555 56.2% 7,825 41.6% 416 18,796 D+14.5
Athens 12,833 68.3% 5,586 29.7% 366 18,785 D+38.6
Ashland 10,073 56.2% 7,299 40.7% 540 17,912 D+15.5
Auglaize 9,521 55.3% 7,340 42.6% 364 17,225 D+12.7
Knox 10,537 61.4% 4,889 28.5% 1,737 17,163 D+32.9
Ottawa 10,674 64.4% 5,619 33.9% 281 16,574 D+30.5
Shelby 11,486 71.2% 4,338 26.9% 310 16,134 D+44.3
Defiance 8,329 54.3% 6,802 44.3% 218 15,349 D+9.9
Mercer 8,948 59.8% 5,627 37.6% 390 14,965 D+22.2
Logan 9,045 61.1% 5,509 37.2% 247 14,801 D+23.9
Fulton 7,556 52.7% 6,579 45.9% 211 14,346 D+6.8
Preble 9,979 69.6% 4,059 28.3% 306 14,344 D+41.3
Pickaway 8,562 61.3% 3,953 28.3% 1,448 13,963 D+33.0
Williams 6,811 49.3% 6,786 49.1% 212 13,809 D+0.2
Putnam 7,474 54.4% 5,927 43.1% 344 13,745 D+11.3
Guernsey 8,880 65.2% 4,494 33.0% 245 13,619 D+32.2
Van Wert 6,393 50.7% 5,976 47.4% 241 12,610 D+3.3
Highland 7,920 65.6% 4,022 33.3% 127 12,069 D+32.3
Clinton 8,324 69.9% 3,408 28.6% 181 11,913 D+41.3
Champaign 7,686 64.5% 3,996 33.6% 228 11,910 D+31.0
Hardin 6,845 57.9% 4,786 40.5% 184 11,815 D+17.4
Coshocton 6,550 56.2% 4,226 36.3% 880 11,656 D+19.9
Henry 6,102 54.3% 5,029 44.7% 113 11,244 D+9.5
Madison 7,340 65.4% 3,655 32.6% 223 11,218 D+32.8
Union 6,373 58.2% 4,382 40.0% 189 10,944 D+18.2
Brown 8,133 74.9% 2,501 23.0% 225 10,859 D+51.9
Gallia 6,609 62.5% 3,687 34.9% 283 10,579 D+27.6
Perry 7,118 68.9% 3,000 29.0% 215 10,333 D+39.9
Morrow 6,027 61.6% 3,596 36.8% 160 9,783 D+24.8
Jackson 6,033 62.0% 3,544 36.4% 161 9,738 D+25.6
Carroll 5,900 61.0% 3,494 36.1% 285 9,679 D+24.9
Adams 6,151 64.7% 3,207 33.8% 144 9,502 D+31.0
Pike 6,613 70.2% 2,709 28.8% 93 9,415 D+41.5
Wyandot 4,870 54.1% 3,957 43.9% 183 9,010 D+10.1
Fayette 5,428 61.9% 3,239 36.9% 109 8,776 D+24.9
Hocking 6,109 70.4% 2,445 28.2% 129 8,683 D+42.2
Meigs 5,303 62.8% 2,945 34.9% 198 8,446 D+27.9
Paulding 3,817 46.1% 4,272 51.6% 186 8,275 R+5.5
Harrison 4,592 68.8% 1,913 28.7% 167 6,672 D+40.2
Monroe 5,026 80.4% 1,082 17.3% 141 6,249 D+63.1
Holmes 4,132 66.6% 1,959 31.6% 110 6,201 D+35.0
Morgan 2,916 57.3% 2,073 40.8% 98 5,087 D+16.6
Noble 3,209 63.5% 1,737 34.4% 108 5,054 D+29.1
Vinton 3,030 62.3% 1,740 35.8% 95 4,865 D+26.5

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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