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2016 US Senate election in Ohio

Rob Portman (Republican) beat Ted Strickland (Democrat) in Ohio in 2016, 58.0% to 37.2%, a margin of 20.9 points and 1,121,659 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Rob Portman also won.

Republicans led in 84 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 578,376 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.3 points. The closest was Monroe, where 1,711 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
Rob Portman won Republican 3,118,567 58.0%
Ted Strickland Democratic 1,996,908 37.2%
All other candidates 258,689 4.8%
Total5,374,164

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 327,680 56.7% 222,125 38.4% 28,571 578,376 D+18.3
Franklin 292,165 51.4% 252,178 44.4% 23,792 568,135 D+7.0
Hamilton 170,427 42.3% 216,298 53.7% 15,745 402,470 R+11.4
Montgomery 98,101 38.6% 144,700 57.0% 11,023 253,824 R+18.4
Summit 112,591 45.1% 123,025 49.3% 13,980 249,596 R+4.2
Lucas 95,425 49.6% 87,961 45.7% 8,908 192,294 D+3.9
Stark 58,440 33.9% 104,011 60.3% 9,985 172,436 R+26.4
Butler 45,307 26.7% 117,597 69.3% 6,868 169,772 R+42.6
Lorain 56,032 40.8% 73,531 53.5% 7,783 137,346 R+12.7
Warren 23,827 20.8% 85,848 74.9% 4,982 114,657 R+54.1
Mahoning 51,211 45.6% 55,620 49.5% 5,473 112,304 R+3.9
Lake 37,594 33.6% 68,348 61.1% 5,976 111,918 R+27.5
Delaware 29,801 29.0% 69,886 67.9% 3,219 102,906 R+39.0
Clermont 19,062 19.4% 74,623 76.1% 4,406 98,091 R+56.6
Trumbull 38,576 41.1% 50,252 53.5% 5,033 93,861 R+12.4
Medina 25,744 28.9% 58,835 65.9% 4,649 89,228 R+37.1
Licking 23,345 28.5% 54,495 66.5% 4,064 81,904 R+38.0
Greene 22,383 27.5% 55,612 68.3% 3,390 81,385 R+40.8
Portage 27,492 37.4% 41,313 56.2% 4,736 73,541 R+18.8
Fairfield 21,073 29.3% 47,649 66.3% 3,134 71,856 R+37.0
Wood 22,393 35.4% 37,532 59.4% 3,243 63,168 R+24.0
Clark 18,384 30.2% 39,651 65.0% 2,932 60,967 R+34.9
Richland 15,078 27.7% 36,357 66.7% 3,049 54,484 R+39.1
Miami 9,202 17.7% 40,745 78.2% 2,172 52,119 R+60.5
Geauga 13,458 27.2% 33,807 68.3% 2,249 49,514 R+41.1
Wayne 12,697 25.9% 33,604 68.5% 2,724 49,025 R+42.6
Allen 10,900 24.2% 32,085 71.2% 2,062 45,047 R+47.0
Columbiana 11,609 25.9% 30,416 67.9% 2,773 44,798 R+42.0
Tuscarawas 11,147 27.5% 27,032 66.7% 2,367 40,546 R+39.2
Ashtabula 14,097 34.9% 23,443 58.0% 2,853 40,393 R+23.1
Erie 13,610 36.7% 21,268 57.4% 2,164 37,042 R+20.7
Muskingum 8,871 24.3% 25,944 71.1% 1,654 36,469 R+46.8
Hancock 7,761 21.9% 25,928 73.2% 1,736 35,425 R+51.3
Jefferson 10,437 33.3% 18,957 60.5% 1,945 31,339 R+27.2
Scioto 10,271 33.5% 19,336 63.1% 1,054 30,661 R+29.6
Belmont 9,305 30.4% 19,712 64.4% 1,608 30,625 R+34.0
Ross 9,384 31.5% 19,018 63.8% 1,391 29,793 R+32.3
Washington 9,676 33.3% 18,078 62.3% 1,274 29,028 R+28.9
Knox 7,214 25.3% 19,775 69.4% 1,512 28,501 R+44.1
Athens 15,077 54.0% 11,247 40.2% 1,619 27,943 D+13.7
Sandusky 7,715 27.9% 18,075 65.4% 1,829 27,619 R+37.5
Union 5,976 22.1% 19,868 73.5% 1,201 27,045 R+51.4
Marion 7,094 27.4% 17,058 66.0% 1,696 25,848 R+38.5
Lawrence 8,269 32.1% 16,363 63.4% 1,162 25,794 R+31.4
Darke 3,500 14.0% 20,524 81.9% 1,049 25,073 R+67.9
Pickaway 5,943 24.3% 17,387 71.2% 1,082 24,412 R+46.9
Huron 6,094 25.1% 16,493 67.9% 1,717 24,304 R+42.8
Ashland 5,083 21.2% 17,410 72.7% 1,451 23,944 R+51.5
Seneca 6,154 26.2% 16,097 68.4% 1,279 23,530 R+42.3
Shelby 3,163 13.5% 19,370 82.5% 953 23,486 R+69.0
Auglaize 3,044 13.0% 19,414 83.1% 916 23,374 R+70.0
Ottawa 6,608 30.3% 14,097 64.7% 1,068 21,773 R+34.4
Mercer 2,919 13.6% 17,812 83.1% 711 21,442 R+69.5
Logan 3,556 16.6% 16,772 78.4% 1,078 21,406 R+61.7
Fulton 5,210 25.0% 14,605 70.0% 1,043 20,858 R+45.0
Preble 3,424 16.9% 15,900 78.3% 992 20,316 R+61.4
Brown 3,490 18.2% 14,824 77.3% 860 19,174 R+59.1
Crawford 4,113 21.7% 13,741 72.5% 1,095 18,949 R+50.8
Putnam 2,538 13.7% 15,326 82.7% 669 18,533 R+69.0
Clinton 3,342 18.2% 14,311 77.8% 736 18,389 R+59.6
Highland 3,521 19.3% 13,866 76.2% 814 18,201 R+56.8
Champaign 3,796 21.1% 13,100 73.0% 1,059 17,955 R+51.8
Defiance 4,908 27.7% 11,899 67.1% 925 17,732 R+39.4
Madison 3,895 22.7% 12,351 72.0% 905 17,151 R+49.3
Williams 3,692 21.8% 12,224 72.0% 1,057 16,973 R+50.3
Morrow 3,453 21.1% 11,957 73.0% 959 16,369 R+52.0
Guernsey 3,836 23.7% 11,639 71.8% 744 16,219 R+48.1
Coshocton 3,565 23.2% 10,923 71.2% 852 15,340 R+48.0
Perry 4,066 27.3% 10,011 67.1% 836 14,913 R+39.9
Henry 3,110 22.6% 9,976 72.5% 672 13,758 R+49.9
Jackson 3,574 26.6% 9,310 69.2% 571 13,455 R+42.6
Van Wert 2,727 20.3% 9,782 73.0% 897 13,406 R+52.6
Carroll 2,851 22.4% 9,011 70.7% 890 12,752 R+48.3
Gallia 3,523 27.8% 8,613 68.0% 531 12,667 R+40.2
Hocking 3,753 29.7% 8,246 65.2% 649 12,648 R+35.5
Hardin 2,505 20.8% 8,852 73.6% 671 12,028 R+52.8
Pike 3,839 32.9% 7,354 63.0% 482 11,675 R+30.1
Adams 2,181 19.6% 8,489 76.3% 455 11,125 R+56.7
Fayette 2,442 22.2% 8,097 73.6% 464 11,003 R+51.4
Holmes 1,575 14.4% 8,851 80.9% 521 10,947 R+66.5
Wyandot 2,124 20.5% 7,735 74.8% 481 10,340 R+54.3
Meigs 2,756 28.8% 6,415 67.0% 409 9,580 R+38.2
Paulding 2,576 29.1% 5,743 64.8% 547 8,866 R+35.7
Harrison 1,823 26.1% 4,780 68.5% 373 6,976 R+42.4
Monroe 2,270 34.3% 3,981 60.1% 371 6,622 R+25.8
Morgan 1,691 26.8% 4,336 68.6% 290 6,317 R+41.9
Noble 1,228 21.3% 4,259 74.0% 271 5,758 R+52.6
Vinton 1,546 29.0% 3,478 65.2% 308 5,332 R+36.2

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