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1994 Senate elections · Ohio history

Ohio U.S. Senate election 1994

Mike DeWine REP +14.2 gain · Class I seat · held 11/8/94

Votes counted
3,436,884
Margin
14.2 pts
Seat held by
Democraticchanged party

General election 11/8/94

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Mike DeWine WonREP1,836,55653.44%
Joel HyattDEM1,348,21339.23%
Joseph SlovenecIND252,0317.33%
Write-in—840.00%
Total3,436,884

Official source: data

Other Ohio Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IBernie Moreno3.6
2022Class IIIJD Vance6.1
2018Class ISherrod Brown6.9
2016Class IIIRob Portman20.9
2012Class ISherrod Brown6.0
2010Class IIIRob Portman17.4
2006Class ISherrod Brown12.4
2004Class IIIGeorge V. Voinovich27.7
2000Class IMike DeWine24.1
1998Class IIIGeorge V. Voinovich12.9
1994Class IMike DeWine14.2
1992Class IIIJohn Glenn8.7

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1994 Ohio Senate race?

Mike DeWine (REP) won with 53.4% of the vote, ahead of Joel Hyatt (39.2%), a margin of 14.2 points.

Did the Ohio Senate seat change party in 1994?

Yes. It moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

How many votes were cast in the 1994 Ohio Senate race?

3,436,884 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.