2016 Ohio Senate election

none December 2025 December 2025 2016 Ohio Senate election Ohio Legislative Popular No 2014 Ohio Senate election 2014 2018 Ohio Senate election 2018 16 out of 33 seats in the Ohio Senate 17 November 8, 2016 150x150px Ohio Senate 130th General Asselmbly 2013-2014 - DPLA - 4dd33bcc8c6b71853ab731d33616f568 (page 2) (cropped).jpg Keith Faber(term-limited) Republican Party (United States) January 7, 2013 District 12 23 24 1 1,633,059 66.52% File:Joe_Schiavoni_Ohio_(cropped).jpg Joe Schiavoni Democratic Party (United States) January 14, 2014 District 33 10 9 1 821,822 33.48% President of the Senate Keith Faber Republican Party (United States) Larry Obhof Republican Party (United States) The 2016 Ohio Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Ohio Senate for the following two years in the 132nd Ohio General Assembly. The 16 even numbered seats out of the 33 seats in the Ohio Senate were up for election and the primary was held on March 15, 2016. Prior to the election, 23 seats were held by Republicans and 10 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw Republicans expanding their majority in the State Senate by a single seat.https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_State_Senate_elections,_2016 Ohio State Senate elections, 2016 ballotpedia.org December 3, 2025https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/election-results-and-data/2016-official-elections-results/ 2016 Official Elections Results ohiosos.gov December 3, 2025 Predictions SourceRankingAs of GoverningCournoyer Caroline October 12, 2016 November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-2016-legislative-handicapping-october.html December 3, 2025 Governing en | Likely R October 12, 2016 Retirements Democrats District 28: Thomas Sawyer was term-limited. District 32: Capri Cafaro was term-limited. Republicans District 8: Bill Seitz was term-limited. District 12: Keith Faber was term-limited. District 16: Jim Hughes was term-limited. District 24: Tom Patton was term-limited. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: red District 30, 5.80% (gain) Results District 2 District 2 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Randy Gardner (incumbent) 118,232 66.38% Democratic Party (United States) Kirk Halliday 59,882 33.62% 178,114 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Bill Coley (incumbent) 105,810 67.66% Democratic Party (United States) John Kinne 50,580 32.34% 156,390 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Peggy Lehner (incumbent) 114,168 68.06% Democratic Party (United States) Albert Griggs 53,584 31.94% 167,752 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Louis Terhar 106,215 62.88% Democratic Party (United States) Mary Rose Lierman 62,693 37.12% 168,908 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Bob Hackett (incumbent) 99,477 65.14% Democratic Party (United States) Matthew Kirk 53,239 34.86% 152,716 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Matt Huffman 120,090 100.0% 120,090 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Joe Uecker (incumbent) 112,706 71.91% Democratic Party (United States) Charlie Carlier 44,014 28.09% 156,720 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Stephanie Kunze 109,454 58.99% Democratic Party (United States) Cathy Johnson 76,077 41.01% 185,531 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) John Eklund (incumbent) 107,972 65.27% Democratic Party (United States) Wiley Runnestrand 57,446 34.73% 165,418 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Troy Balderson (incumbent) 111,883 100.0% 111,883 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Larry Obhof (incumbent) 113,666 69.78% Democratic Party (United States) Christopher King 49,218 30.22% 162,884 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Matt Dolan 107,500 58.14% Democratic Party (United States) Emily Hagan 77,383 41.86% 184,883 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) David Burke (incumbent) 107,351 100.0% 107,351 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Vernon Sykes 83,805 61.21% Republican Party (United States) Jonathan Schulz 53,117 38.79% 136,922 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 2016 Republican Party (United States) Frank Hoagland 84,747 52.90% Democratic Party (United States) Lou Gentile (incumbent) 75,450 47.10% 160,197 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Sean O'Brien 78,451 56.39% Republican Party (United States) Robert Allen 60,671 43.61% 139,122 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) References Category:2016 elections in Ohio Category:Ohio Senate elections Category:November 2016 in the United States Category:2016 state legislature elections in the United States