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Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2018

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General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marcy Kaptur (D)	67.8	157,219
	Steven Kraus (R)	32.2	74,670
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	48

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 231,937 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Elections in Ohio, 2018

General election: Nov. 6
Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
Early voting: Oct. 10 - Nov. 5
Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6

Online registration:Yes
Same-day registration: No
Voter ID: Non-photo ID required
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

On the ballot:U.S. Senate • U.S. House • Congressional special elections • Governor • Attorney General • Secretary of State • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Supreme court • Appellate courts • Local judges • State ballot measures • Local ballot measures • Municipal • Democratic primaries •Republican primaries

Ohio's 9th Congressional District
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 7, 2018
Primary: May 8, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent: Marcy Kaptur (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in Ohio
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): D+14 Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
See also
Ohio's 9th Congressional District U.S. Senate •1st •2nd •3rd •4th •5th •6th •7th •8th •9th •10th •11th •12th •13th •14th •15th •16th •12th (special) Ohio elections, 2018 U.S. Congress elections, 2018 U.S. Senate elections, 2018 U.S. House elections, 2018

AllU.S. congressional districts, including the9th Congressional District of Ohio, held elections in 2018.

Heading into the election the incumbent wasMarcy Kaptur (D), who was first elected in 1982.

As of the2010 redistricting cycle,Ohio's 9th Congressional District was located in the northernmost portion of thestate and included portions of Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Lucas and Ottawa counties.^[1]

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9

IncumbentMarcy Kaptur defeatedSteven Kraus in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marcy Kaptur (D)	67.8	157,219
	Steven Kraus (R)	32.2	74,670
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	48

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 231,937 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9

IncumbentMarcy Kaptur defeatedJoshua Garcia in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 8, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marcy Kaptur	85.5	41,502
	Joshua Garcia	14.5	7,029

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 48,531
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9

Steven Kraus defeatedKeith Colton andW. Benjamin Franklin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Kraus	49.4	10,373
	Submit photo	Keith Colton	29.9	6,263
	Submit photo	W. Benjamin Franklin	20.7	4,342

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,978
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District analysis

See also:The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also:FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+14, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Ohio's 9th Congressional District the 100th most Democratic nationally.^[2]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.^[3]

Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to theFederal Election Commission.

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Marcy Kaptur	Democratic Party	$772,003	$677,411	$661,799	As of December 31, 2018
Steven Kraus	Republican Party	$41,064	$40,950	$114	As of December 31, 2018
Source:Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." *According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Name

Party

Receipts*

Disbursements**

Cash on hand

Date

Marcy Kaptur

Democratic Party

$772,003

$677,411

$661,799

As of December 31, 2018

Steven Kraus

Republican Party

$41,064

$40,950

$114

As of December 31, 2018

Source:Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

*According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
**According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

District history

2016

See also:Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpediarated this race as safely Democratic. IncumbentMarcy Kaptur (D) defeatedDonald Philip Larson (R) in the general election. Kaptur was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Larson defeatedSteven Kraus andJoel Lieske in the Republican primary on March 15, 2016.^[4]

**U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marcy KapturIncumbent	68.7%	193,966
	Republican	Donald Philip Larson	31.3%	88,427
	N/A	Write-in	0%	5
Total Votes				282,398
Source:Ohio Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Ohio District 9 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Donald Philip Larson	44.3%	20,859
Steven Kraus	36%	16,966
Joel Lieske	19.7%	9,262
Total Votes		47,087
Source:Ohio Secretary of State

2014

See also:Ohio's 9th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 9th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. IncumbentMarcy Kaptur (D) defeatedRichard May (R) in the general election.

**U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marcy KapturIncumbent	67.7%	108,870
	Republican	Richard May	32.2%	51,704
	Write-in	Cory Hoffman (write-in)	0.1%	112
	Write-in	George A. Skalsky (write-in)	0%	29
Total Votes				160,715
Source:Ohio Secretary of State

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

Nine of 88 Ohio counties—10.2 percent—arePivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Ashtabula County, Ohio	18.80%	12.78%	13.54%
Erie County, Ohio	9.48%	12.29%	13.86%
Montgomery County, Ohio	0.73%	4.62%	6.22%
Ottawa County, Ohio	19.51%	4.30%	6.24%
Portage County, Ohio	9.87%	5.52%	8.99%
Sandusky County, Ohio	22.58%	2.71%	4.64%
Stark County, Ohio	17.17%	0.47%	5.46%
Trumbull County, Ohio	6.22%	23.00%	22.43%
Wood County, Ohio	7.99%	4.84%	7.13%

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Ohio with 51.7 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Ohio cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 93.3 percent of the time (28 out of 30 elections), more than any other state in the country. In that same time frame, Ohio supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 60 to 40 percent. Between 2000 and 2016, Ohio voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Ohio. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.^[5]^[6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 35.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 33 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 34 points. Clinton won seven districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 60 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 17.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	38.79%	59.24%	R+20.5	30.29%	65.04%	R+34.7	R
2	39.31%	58.68%	R+19.4	29.22%	66.46%	R+37.2	R
3	51.29%	46.45%	D+4.8	42.61%	50.69%	R+8.1	R
4	37.14%	61.16%	R+24	29.02%	66.54%	R+37.5	R
5	43.04%	54.83%	R+11.8	26.99%	68.78%	R+41.8	R
6	47.63%	51.35%	R+3.7	49.34%	47.10%	D+2.2	R
7	47.89%	50.80%	R+2.9	43.80%	52.04%	R+8.2	R
8	81.58%	17.75%	D+63.8	81.13%	16.64%	D+64.5	D
9	85.23%	14.11%	D+71.1	86.73%	10.91%	D+75.8	D
10	89.62%	9.61%	D+80	85.79%	11.52%	D+74.3	D
11	88.72%	10.64%	D+78.1	83.99%	13.93%	D+70.1	D
12	84.03%	15.46%	D+68.6	82.01%	15.91%	D+66.1	D
13	76.21%	22.24%	D+54	72.94%	22.56%	D+50.4	D
14	63.03%	35.54%	D+27.5	53.61%	42.03%	D+11.6	D
15	59.18%	39.28%	D+19.9	48.53%	46.89%	D+1.6	D
16	49.37%	49.54%	R+0.2	50.78%	45.09%	D+5.7	R
17	61.41%	36.78%	D+24.6	53.34%	41.75%	D+11.6	D
18	70.04%	27.78%	D+42.3	73.61%	20.76%	D+52.8	D
19	47.99%	50.56%	R+2.6	51.84%	42.94%	D+8.9	R
20	57.45%	41.22%	D+16.2	54.13%	41.35%	D+12.8	D
21	48.03%	50.52%	R+2.5	54.17%	40.64%	D+13.5	R
22	65.70%	32.50%	D+33.2	67.15%	27.74%	D+39.4	D
23	48.63%	49.65%	R+1	44.07%	50.55%	R+6.5	R
24	48.32%	50.18%	R+1.9	52.82%	42.02%	D+10.8	R
25	84.94%	13.90%	D+71	82.21%	14.45%	D+67.8	D
26	82.21%	16.89%	D+65.3	78.59%	18.45%	D+60.1	D
27	37.72%	60.95%	R+23.2	44.19%	50.48%	R+6.3	R
28	47.68%	51.09%	R+3.4	49.74%	45.54%	D+4.2	R
29	36.38%	61.99%	R+25.6	32.63%	63.29%	R+30.7	R
30	29.86%	68.57%	R+38.7	29.47%	65.80%	R+36.3	R
31	68.65%	29.81%	D+38.8	69.01%	26.01%	D+43	D
32	77.38%	21.44%	D+55.9	76.98%	19.40%	D+57.6	D
33	74.59%	24.41%	D+50.2	74.33%	22.24%	D+52.1	D
34	77.67%	21.29%	D+56.4	74.56%	22.10%	D+52.5	D
35	65.71%	32.53%	D+33.2	54.68%	40.82%	D+13.9	D
36	51.22%	47.16%	D+4.1	43.84%	51.40%	R+7.6	R
37	48.21%	50.59%	R+2.4	48.22%	47.58%	D+0.6	R
38	45.12%	53.31%	R+8.2	39.47%	56.20%	R+16.7	R
39	83.01%	15.69%	D+67.3	77.40%	18.70%	D+58.7	D
40	42.26%	56.01%	R+13.7	37.44%	58.22%	R+20.8	R
41	41.76%	56.43%	R+14.7	41.26%	53.19%	R+11.9	R
42	37.30%	61.04%	R+23.7	34.78%	60.50%	R+25.7	R
43	52.03%	46.30%	D+5.7	44.83%	51.71%	R+6.9	R
44	85.18%	13.57%	D+71.6	78.27%	17.63%	D+60.6	D
45	67.48%	30.35%	D+37.1	54.70%	38.87%	D+15.8	D
46	61.17%	36.89%	D+24.3	51.98%	42.46%	D+9.5	D
47	44.22%	54.03%	R+9.8	39.17%	55.41%	R+16.2	R
48	45.37%	52.95%	R+7.6	38.85%	56.51%	R+17.7	R
49	63.88%	33.96%	D+29.9	50.58%	44.46%	D+6.1	D
50	42.15%	56.06%	R+13.9	32.22%	63.32%	R+31.1	R
51	39.52%	58.86%	R+19.3	34.67%	60.85%	R+26.2	R
52	32.15%	66.62%	R+34.5	34.41%	61.10%	R+26.7	R
53	37.68%	60.48%	R+22.8	31.90%	64.04%	R+32.1	R
54	33.88%	64.77%	R+30.9	35.15%	59.94%	R+24.8	R
55	54.00%	44.36%	D+9.6	46.06%	49.11%	R+3	R
56	66.42%	31.87%	D+34.5	56.04%	39.48%	D+16.6	D
57	45.16%	52.88%	R+7.7	33.67%	61.31%	R+27.6	R
58	77.98%	20.84%	D+57.1	63.99%	32.77%	D+31.2	D
59	51.32%	47.23%	D+4.1	39.03%	57.44%	R+18.4	D
60	53.77%	44.35%	D+9.4	43.53%	51.59%	R+8.1	D
61	44.47%	54.03%	R+9.6	37.08%	58.60%	R+21.5	R
62	27.91%	70.65%	R+42.7	24.13%	71.55%	R+47.4	R
63	60.72%	37.58%	D+23.1	44.17%	51.91%	R+7.7	D
64	59.27%	38.87%	D+20.4	44.19%	51.55%	R+7.4	D
65	31.46%	66.93%	R+35.5	28.92%	66.19%	R+37.3	R
66	33.65%	64.53%	R+30.9	23.17%	73.04%	R+49.9	R
67	38.37%	60.33%	R+22	39.82%	55.21%	R+15.4	R
68	36.74%	61.59%	R+24.9	34.19%	61.06%	R+26.9	R
69	41.18%	57.12%	R+15.9	35.30%	60.15%	R+24.9	R
70	39.57%	58.40%	R+18.8	28.98%	66.22%	R+37.2	R
71	44.17%	53.76%	R+9.6	36.24%	58.84%	R+22.6	R
72	41.74%	56.02%	R+14.3	26.53%	69.18%	R+42.6	R
73	38.72%	59.60%	R+20.9	37.58%	56.86%	R+19.3	R
74	39.24%	59.00%	R+19.8	29.26%	66.33%	R+37.1	R
75	55.14%	42.80%	D+12.3	45.12%	49.88%	R+4.8	D
76	40.16%	58.30%	R+18.1	36.58%	59.26%	R+22.7	R
77	42.94%	55.55%	R+12.6	36.83%	58.45%	R+21.6	R
78	43.27%	54.75%	R+11.5	27.72%	67.97%	R+40.3	R
79	50.25%	48.15%	D+2.1	39.71%	55.79%	R+16.1	R
80	30.58%	67.60%	R+37	23.49%	72.12%	R+48.6	R
81	36.13%	61.79%	R+25.7	23.47%	71.04%	R+47.6	R
82	35.40%	62.61%	R+27.2	23.64%	71.47%	R+47.8	R
83	35.44%	62.41%	R+27	25.53%	68.92%	R+43.4	R
84	22.84%	75.48%	R+52.6	15.84%	80.56%	R+64.7	R
85	34.91%	63.23%	R+28.3	23.23%	72.46%	R+49.2	R
86	40.44%	57.59%	R+17.2	29.69%	64.99%	R+35.3	R
87	37.79%	59.89%	R+22.1	23.50%	71.42%	R+47.9	R
88	48.08%	49.40%	R+1.3	33.72%	59.59%	R+25.9	R
89	53.82%	44.44%	D+9.4	40.79%	54.12%	R+13.3	R
90	45.61%	52.45%	R+6.8	28.10%	68.50%	R+40.4	R
91	37.47%	60.53%	R+23.1	23.48%	72.83%	R+49.3	R
92	44.40%	54.02%	R+9.6	30.49%	65.30%	R+34.8	R
93	38.50%	59.36%	R+20.9	22.81%	73.57%	R+50.8	R
94	52.86%	44.54%	D+8.3	41.52%	53.47%	R+12	R
95	39.50%	58.11%	R+18.6	24.30%	71.52%	R+47.2	R
96	47.46%	50.40%	R+2.9	29.81%	66.31%	R+36.5	D
97	45.24%	52.60%	R+7.4	29.04%	66.33%	R+37.3	R
98	40.54%	57.23%	R+16.7	27.38%	67.61%	R+40.2	R
99	52.60%	45.25%	D+7.4	37.09%	58.30%	R+21.2	D
Total	50.67%	47.69%	D+3	43.69%	51.84%	R+8.2	-
Source:Daily Kos

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Ohio heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Following the2016 elections, Democrats and Republicans each held one U.S. Senate seat in Ohio.
Republicans held 11 of 16U.S. House seats in Ohio.

State executives

As of May 2018, Republicans held six out of six electedstate executive positions.
The governor of Ohio wasRepublican John Kasich.

State legislature

Republicans controlled both chambers of theOhio General Assembly. They had a 23-9 majority in thestate Senate and a 66-32 majority in thestate House.

Trifecta status

Ohio was underRepublican trifecta control since thegovernor was aRepublican and both chambers of theOhio General Assembly were underRepublican control.

2018 elections

See also:Ohio elections, 2018

Ohio held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Ohio
	Ohio	U.S.
Total population:	11,605,090	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	40,861	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	82.4%	73.6%
Black/African American:	12.2%	12.6%
Asian:	1.9%	5.1%
Native American:	0.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.5%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	3.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	89.1%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	26.1%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$49,429	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	19.6%	11.3%
Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Ohio. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

As of July 2017, Ohio had a population of 11,700,000 people, with its three largest cities being Columbus (pop. est. 860,000), Cleveland (pop. est. 390,000), and Cincinnati (pop. est. 300,000).^[7]^[8]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Ohio from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from theOhio Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Ohio every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Ohio 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Donald Trump	52.1%	Hillary Clinton	43.5%	8.6%
2012	Barack Obama	50.7%	Mitt Romney	47.7%	3.0%
2008	Barack Obama	51.5%	John McCain	46.9%	4.6%
2004	George W. Bush	50.8%	John Kerry	48.7%	2.1%
2000	George W. Bush	50.0%	Al Gore	46.5%	3.5%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Ohio from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Ohio 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Rob Portman	58.0%	Ted Strickland	37.2%	20.8%
2012	Sherrod Brown	50.7%	Josh Mandel	44.7%	6.0%
2010	Rob Portman	56.8%	Lee Fisher	39.4%	17.4%
2006	Sherrod Brown	56.2%	Mike DeWine	43.8%	12.4%
2004	George Voinovich	63.9%	Eric Fingerhut	36.1%	27.8%
2000	Mike DeWine	59.9%	Ted Celeste	35.9%	24.0%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Ohio.

Election results (Governor), Ohio 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	John Kasich	63.6%	Ed Fitzgerald	33.0%	30.6%
2010	John Kasich	49.0%	Ted Strickland	47.0%	2.0%
2006	Ted Strickland	60.5%	Ken Blackwell	36.6%	23.9%
2002	Robert Taft	57.8%	Tim Hagan	38.3%	19.5%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Ohio in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Ohio 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	R+8
2014	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	R+8
2012	12	75.0%	4	25.0%	R+8
2010	13	72.2%	5	27.8%	R+8
2008	8	44.4%	10	55.6%	D+2
2006	11	61.1%	7	38.9%	R+4
2004	12	66.7%	6	33.3%	R+6
2002	12	66.7%	6	33.3%	R+6
2000	11	57.9%	8	42.1%	R+3

Trifectas, 1992-2017

Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Ohio Party Control: 1992-2026
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-eight years of Republican trifectas
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Footnotes

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