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2000 Senate elections · Ohio history

Ohio U.S. Senate election 2000

Mike DeWine REP +24.1 · Class I seat · held 11/7/00

Votes counted
4,448,801
Margin
24.1 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld
President in OH
R+3.6same year

General election 11/7/00

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Mike DeWine WonREP2,665,51259.92%
Ted CelesteDEM1,595,06635.85%
John R. McAlisterLIB116,7242.62%
John EastmanNLP70,7131.59%
Write-in—7860.02%
Total4,448,801

Official source: Election-Statistics

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

Full Ohio Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2000 Ohio Senate race?

Mike DeWine (REP) won with 59.9% of the vote, ahead of Ted Celeste (35.9%), a margin of 24.1 points.

Did the Ohio Senate seat change party in 2000?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2000 Ohio Senate race?

4,448,801 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.