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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Ohio

Howard M. Metzenbaum (Democrat) beat Paul E. Pfeifer (Republican) in Ohio in 1982, 56.7% to 41.1%, a margin of 15.5 points and 526,977 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Howard M. Metzenbaum also won.

Democrats led in 51 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 37. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 489,013 votes and went to the Democrat by 39.5 points. The closest was Defiance, where 3 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 1,923,767 56.7%
Paul E. Pfeifer Republican 1,396,790 41.1%
All other candidates 74,906 2.2%
Total3,395,463

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 336,954 68.9% 143,694 29.4% 8,365 489,013 D+39.5
Franklin 136,644 48.2% 132,480 46.7% 14,447 283,571 D+1.5
Hamilton 142,274 51.5% 129,100 46.8% 4,713 276,087 D+4.8
Summit 103,066 61.2% 62,637 37.2% 2,660 168,363 D+24.0
Montgomery 101,461 61.1% 61,863 37.3% 2,608 165,932 D+23.9
Lucas 87,816 59.9% 53,363 36.4% 5,308 146,487 D+23.5
Stark 71,698 53.0% 61,005 45.1% 2,534 135,237 D+7.9
Mahoning 71,962 70.8% 27,607 27.2% 2,041 101,610 D+43.7
Lorain 51,932 62.2% 29,976 35.9% 1,568 83,476 D+26.3
Trumbull 55,650 69.3% 23,247 28.9% 1,456 80,353 D+40.3
Butler 35,042 49.8% 34,125 48.5% 1,142 70,309 D+1.3
Lake 39,177 60.1% 24,121 37.0% 1,852 65,150 D+23.1
Clark 26,919 59.6% 17,563 38.9% 722 45,204 D+20.7
Richland 19,167 46.0% 21,985 52.8% 482 41,634 R+6.8
Licking 20,032 48.4% 20,740 50.2% 580 41,352 R+1.7
Greene 22,584 56.4% 16,875 42.1% 577 40,036 D+14.3
Portage 22,687 58.4% 15,425 39.7% 705 38,817 D+18.7
Allen 16,854 46.8% 18,434 51.2% 712 36,000 R+4.4
Columbiana 21,489 61.8% 12,702 36.5% 577 34,768 D+25.3
Medina 16,930 49.1% 16,917 49.1% 640 34,487 level
Ashtabula 21,343 64.4% 11,091 33.5% 692 33,126 D+30.9
Wood 16,052 48.8% 16,267 49.4% 603 32,922 R+0.7
Fairfield 14,871 45.5% 17,382 53.1% 457 32,710 R+7.7
Clermont 15,047 48.2% 15,585 49.9% 593 31,225 R+1.7
Jefferson 22,121 73.0% 7,544 24.9% 647 30,312 D+48.1
Miami 14,846 53.4% 12,509 45.0% 468 27,823 D+8.4
Wayne 13,448 48.8% 13,673 49.7% 415 27,536 R+0.8
Warren 13,050 48.7% 13,270 49.6% 451 26,771 R+0.8
Belmont 18,653 70.1% 7,576 28.5% 366 26,595 D+41.7
Scioto 17,018 64.6% 9,055 34.4% 287 26,360 D+30.2
Tuscarawas 13,672 55.6% 10,568 43.0% 351 24,591 D+12.6
Erie 13,503 56.7% 9,384 39.4% 917 23,804 D+17.3
Muskingum 12,472 52.5% 11,009 46.4% 253 23,734 D+6.2
Geauga 11,004 47.3% 11,164 48.0% 1,099 23,267 R+0.7
Marion 11,290 49.6% 11,301 49.6% 186 22,777 level
Hancock 8,652 41.3% 11,917 56.9% 377 20,946 R+15.6
Lawrence 12,799 61.8% 7,618 36.8% 289 20,706 D+25.0
Sandusky 9,528 47.3% 10,327 51.2% 309 20,164 R+4.0
Delaware 7,637 38.3% 12,016 60.2% 299 19,952 R+21.9
Ross 9,797 49.8% 8,549 43.5% 1,313 19,659 D+6.3
Seneca 7,453 40.1% 10,849 58.4% 281 18,583 R+18.3
Washington 8,705 49.8% 8,484 48.5% 287 17,476 D+1.3
Darke 9,320 54.1% 7,690 44.6% 226 17,236 D+9.5
Crawford 5,883 36.3% 10,092 62.3% 212 16,187 R+26.0
Athens 9,567 61.2% 5,800 37.1% 259 15,626 D+24.1
Huron 7,464 48.8% 7,551 49.4% 278 15,293 R+0.6
Auglaize 7,007 47.7% 7,335 49.9% 352 14,694 R+2.2
Shelby 8,081 55.2% 6,305 43.0% 262 14,648 D+12.1
Ashland 5,920 40.7% 7,455 51.2% 1,180 14,555 R+10.5
Knox 6,643 46.7% 7,412 52.1% 173 14,228 R+5.4
Ottawa 7,386 55.0% 5,793 43.1% 260 13,439 D+11.9
Preble 6,703 54.0% 5,532 44.5% 186 12,421 D+9.4
Logan 5,638 46.3% 6,391 52.5% 148 12,177 R+6.2
Defiance 5,949 48.9% 5,946 48.9% 275 12,170 level
Mercer 6,145 51.9% 5,484 46.3% 206 11,835 D+5.6
Putnam 5,405 46.1% 5,991 51.1% 323 11,719 R+5.0
Fulton 4,922 42.2% 6,589 56.5% 156 11,667 R+14.3
Guernsey 6,303 54.6% 5,089 44.1% 159 11,551 D+10.5
Pickaway 4,974 43.4% 5,514 48.1% 982 11,470 R+4.7
Champaign 5,395 48.8% 5,501 49.7% 162 11,058 R+1.0
Coshocton 5,007 45.9% 5,101 46.7% 810 10,918 R+0.9
Williams 4,743 43.6% 5,916 54.4% 210 10,869 R+10.8
Highland 5,728 52.9% 5,009 46.3% 90 10,827 D+6.6
Union 4,007 38.9% 6,150 59.7% 139 10,296 R+20.8
Hardin 4,408 44.9% 4,605 46.9% 797 9,810 R+2.0
Clinton 4,743 48.9% 4,833 49.8% 121 9,697 R+0.9
Van Wert 4,539 47.4% 4,846 50.6% 184 9,569 R+3.2
Perry 5,284 55.5% 4,120 43.3% 114 9,518 D+12.2
Madison 4,278 45.5% 5,006 53.3% 111 9,395 R+7.7
Brown 5,331 57.5% 3,781 40.8% 154 9,266 D+16.7
Gallia 4,901 53.2% 4,157 45.2% 146 9,204 D+8.1
Henry 3,585 39.0% 5,475 59.5% 134 9,194 R+20.6
Jackson 4,932 54.5% 3,962 43.8% 148 9,042 D+10.7
Pike 5,332 61.5% 3,258 37.6% 79 8,669 D+23.9
Morrow 3,703 44.3% 4,563 54.6% 92 8,358 R+10.3
Carroll 4,221 50.8% 3,976 47.8% 114 8,311 D+2.9
Adams 4,056 54.2% 3,350 44.7% 83 7,489 D+9.4
Meigs 3,902 52.4% 3,407 45.8% 135 7,444 D+6.6
Wyandot 2,816 38.1% 4,470 60.5% 102 7,388 R+22.4
Hocking 4,033 55.7% 3,109 43.0% 94 7,236 D+12.8
Fayette 3,060 44.4% 3,755 54.5% 72 6,887 R+10.1
Paulding 3,421 52.3% 2,983 45.6% 134 6,538 D+6.7
Harrison 3,371 59.0% 2,236 39.1% 107 5,714 D+19.9
Monroe 3,464 69.2% 1,490 29.8% 52 5,006 D+39.4
Holmes 2,104 43.5% 2,672 55.3% 60 4,836 R+11.7
Noble 2,437 53.2% 2,058 45.0% 82 4,577 D+8.3
Morgan 2,134 47.4% 2,308 51.3% 56 4,498 R+3.9
Vinton 2,223 55.5% 1,727 43.1% 58 4,008 D+12.4

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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