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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in Ohio

Howard M. Metzenbaum (Democrat) beat George V Voinovich (Republican) in Ohio in 1988, 57.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 14.0 points and 607,322 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1982, when Howard M. Metzenbaum also won.

Democrats led in 54 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 34. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 601,028 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.0 points. The closest was Licking, 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Howard M. Metzenbaum won	Democratic	2,480,038	57.0%
George V Voinovich	Republican	1,872,716	43.0%
All other candidates		151	0.0%
Total		4,352,905

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cuyahoga	399,651 66.5%	201,368 33.5%	9	601,028	D+33.0
Hamilton	191,236 51.9%	177,351 48.1%		368,587	D+3.8
Franklin	191,196 52.6%	172,171 47.4%	1	363,368	D+5.2
Montgomery	133,598 59.1%	92,558 40.9%	1	226,157	D+18.1
Summit	136,127 63.3%	79,048 36.7%	1	215,176	D+26.5
Lucas	119,758 68.2%	55,857 31.8%	1	175,616	D+36.4
Stark	87,538 55.1%	71,400 44.9%		158,938	D+10.2
Mahoning	86,162 71.3%	34,682 28.7%	58	120,902	D+42.6
Butler	52,867 48.4%	56,433 51.6%		109,300	R+3.3
Lorain	66,710 62.1%	40,659 37.9%		107,369	D+24.3
Trumbull	68,557 69.8%	29,664 30.2%	55	98,276	D+39.6
Lake	46,612 51.3%	44,205 48.7%	2	90,819	D+2.7
Clark	33,308 59.2%	22,918 40.7%	21	56,247	D+18.5
Clermont	24,828 47.2%	27,744 52.8%		52,572	R+5.5
Portage	31,762 60.6%	20,610 39.4%		52,372	D+21.3
Greene	27,156 52.0%	25,112 48.0%		52,268	D+3.9
Licking	25,892 50.0%	25,895 50.0%		51,787	level
Richland	26,766 53.0%	23,740 47.0%		50,506	D+6.0
Medina	25,974 52.5%	23,465 47.5%		49,439	D+5.1
Allen	17,713 39.3%	27,398 60.7%		45,111	R+21.5
Wood	24,285 54.4%	20,323 45.6%		44,608	D+8.9
Columbiana	26,339 61.2%	16,711 38.8%		43,050	D+22.4
Warren	19,368 45.6%	23,084 54.4%		42,452	R+8.8
Fairfield	19,624 46.6%	22,470 53.4%		42,094	R+6.8
Ashtabula	23,855 61.8%	14,772 38.2%		38,627	D+23.5
Wayne	17,572 48.4%	18,751 51.6%		36,323	R+3.2
Miami	18,698 51.5%	17,620 48.5%		36,318	D+3.0
Jefferson	25,483 71.0%	10,431 29.0%		35,914	D+41.9
Geauga	15,342 44.6%	19,026 55.4%		34,368	R+10.7
Tuscarawas	18,720 57.7%	13,732 42.3%		32,452	D+15.4
Belmont	23,426 73.9%	8,278 26.1%		31,704	D+47.8
Muskingum	16,236 52.2%	14,869 47.8%		31,105	D+4.4
Erie	17,678 57.7%	12,946 42.3%		30,624	D+15.5
Scioto	18,262 60.1%	12,136 39.9%		30,398	D+20.2
Delaware	11,415 40.3%	16,880 59.7%		28,295	R+19.3
Hancock	10,158 37.8%	16,699 62.2%		26,857	R+24.4
Marion	13,435 54.0%	11,440 46.0%		24,875	D+8.0
Lawrence	15,456 63.2%	8,994 36.8%		24,450	D+26.4
Sandusky	13,976 57.9%	10,162 42.1%		24,138	D+15.8
Ross	13,109 55.1%	10,661 44.9%		23,770	D+10.3
Washington	11,336 47.9%	12,338 52.1%		23,674	R+4.2
Seneca	12,199 52.2%	11,177 47.8%		23,376	D+4.4
Darke	11,169 51.1%	10,698 48.9%		21,867	D+2.2
Huron	11,273 54.4%	9,468 45.6%		20,741	D+8.7
Athens	12,581 62.4%	7,577 37.6%		20,158	D+24.8
Knox	9,576 50.8%	9,285 49.2%		18,861	D+1.5
Ashland	8,769 46.5%	10,086 53.5%		18,855	R+7.0
Crawford	8,904 47.6%	9,791 52.4%	1	18,696	R+4.7
Auglaize	7,125 39.0%	11,137 61.0%		18,262	R+22.0
Ottawa	10,979 62.5%	6,586 37.5%		17,565	D+25.0
Shelby	7,965 46.0%	9,363 54.0%		17,328	R+8.1
Mercer	6,821 42.0%	9,435 58.0%		16,256	R+16.1
Logan	7,183 45.8%	8,496 54.2%		15,679	R+8.4
Pickaway	7,523 48.2%	8,101 51.8%		15,624	R+3.7
Williams	6,650 43.2%	8,731 56.8%		15,381	R+13.5
Preble	8,444 55.1%	6,887 44.9%	1	15,332	D+10.2
Fulton	7,634 49.9%	7,673 50.1%		15,307	R+0.3
Putnam	5,585 36.6%	9,695 63.4%		15,280	R+26.9
Defiance	7,099 47.2%	7,929 52.8%		15,028	R+5.5
Guernsey	7,781 53.8%	6,691 46.2%		14,472	D+7.5
Coshocton	7,904 54.9%	6,481 45.1%		14,385	D+9.9
Van Wert	4,450 33.3%	8,914 66.7%		13,364	R+33.4
Champaign	6,811 51.1%	6,518 48.9%		13,329	D+2.2
Highland	6,835 52.0%	6,320 48.0%		13,155	D+3.9
Clinton	6,234 49.2%	6,435 50.8%		12,669	R+1.6
Brown	7,281 58.1%	5,254 41.9%		12,535	D+16.2
Henry	5,716 46.1%	6,676 53.9%		12,392	R+7.7
Union	4,989 41.3%	7,101 58.7%		12,090	R+17.5
Gallia	6,272 52.1%	5,763 47.9%		12,035	D+4.2
Madison	5,577 47.4%	6,191 52.6%		11,768	R+5.2
Perry	7,161 60.9%	4,601 39.1%		11,762	D+21.8
Hardin	5,422 46.9%	6,150 53.1%		11,572	R+6.3
Jackson	6,043 54.2%	5,097 45.8%		11,140	D+8.5
Carroll	6,136 56.1%	4,808 43.9%		10,944	D+12.1
Pike	6,519 60.1%	4,320 39.9%		10,839	D+20.3
Morrow	5,388 49.9%	5,403 50.1%		10,791	R+0.1
Adams	5,110 52.5%	4,624 47.5%		9,734	D+5.0
Hocking	5,325 57.5%	3,936 42.5%		9,261	D+15.0
Meigs	4,724 51.3%	4,492 48.7%		9,216	D+2.5
Wyandot	4,323 47.0%	4,872 53.0%		9,195	R+6.0
Fayette	4,128 46.6%	4,732 53.4%		8,860	R+6.8
Paulding	3,713 44.1%	4,701 55.9%		8,414	R+11.7
Holmes	3,038 41.2%	4,342 58.8%		7,380	R+17.7
Harrison	4,768 65.9%	2,472 34.1%		7,240	D+31.7
Monroe	4,960 73.4%	1,800 26.6%		6,760	D+46.7
Morgan	2,870 49.6%	2,920 50.4%		5,790	R+0.9
Noble	2,892 54.9%	2,376 45.1%		5,268	D+9.8
Vinton	3,005 59.9%	2,010 40.1%		5,015	D+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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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