2016 Ohio House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2016 Ohio House of Representatives election
Country:	Ohio
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Ohio House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2018 Ohio House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2018
Seats For Election:	All 99 seats of the Ohio House of Representatives 50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout:	71.33%
Leader1:	Cliff Rosenberger
Party1:	Ohio Republican Party
Leader Since1:	January 5, 2015
Leaders Seat1:	District 91
Last Election1:	65
Seats Before1:	64
Seats1:	66
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	2,836,624
Percentage1:	58.54%
Leader2:	Fred Strahorn
Leader Since2:	January 5, 2015
Party2:	Ohio Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	District 39
Last Election2:	34
Seats Before2:	34
Seats2:	33
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	1,961,329
Percentage2:	40.47%
Speaker
Before Election:	Cliff Rosenberger
Before Party:	Ohio Republican Party
After Election:	Cliff Rosenberger
After Party:	Ohio Republican Party

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016.

Republicans consolidated their supermajority in the House by gaining one seat, winning 66 seats compared to 33 seats for the Democrats.

Results

Statewide

Party	Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
No.	Candi- dates	%	No.	+/– !	%
		91		2,836,624	58.54%	66	1	66.67%
		80	1,961,329	40.47%	33	1	33.33%
		4	44,090	0.91%	0		0.00%
		1	3,857	0.08%	0		0.00%
		5	58	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total	181	4,845,958	100.00%	99		100.00%

District

Results of the 2016 Ohio House of Representatives election by district:^[1]

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2	!	scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	-	-	31,342	67.35%	15,195	32.65%	46,537	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,725	30.28%	36,186	69.68%	20	0.04%	51,931	100.00%	Republican Hold
	25,131	41.25%	35,795	58.75%	-	-	60,926	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	34,564	100.00%	-	-	34,564	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,949	28.89%	31,874	71.11%	-	-	44,823	100.00%	Republican Hold
	25,405	38.91%	39,887	61.09%	-	-	65,292	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	39,725	100.00%	-	-	39,725	100.00%	Republican Hold
	40,634	79.81%	10,280	20.19%	-	-	50,914	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	48,085	84.43%	8,870	15.57%	-	-	56,955	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	29,633	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,633	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	31,600	85.72%	5,263	14.28%	-	-	36,863	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	39,258	100.00%	-	-	-	-	39,258	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	28,336	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,336	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	29,380	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,380	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	24,881	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,881	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,475	43.69%	34,124	56.31%	-	-	60,599	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,039	54.38%	15,953	45.57%	16	0.05%	35,008	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	36,519	65.30%	15,551	27.81%	3,857	6.90%	55,927	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	27,131	42.10%	37,312	57.90%	-	-	64,443	100.00%	Republican Hold
	29,458	53.67%	25,431	46.33%	-	-	54,889	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,252	40.83%	38,044	59.17%	-	-	64,296	100.00%	Republican Hold
	34,895	67.94%	16,467	32.06%	-	-	51,362	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	22,662	42.35%	30,847	57.65%	-	-	53,509	100.00%	Republican Hold
	25,683	39.41%	39,485	60.59%	-	-	65,168	100.00%	Republican Hold
	33,826	70.79%	7,100	14.86%	6,855	14.35%	47,781	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	40,268	79.61%	10,314	20.39%	-	-	50,582	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	22,447	35.63%	40,556	64.37%	-	-	63,003	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,808	42.62%	36,098	57.38%	-	-	62,906	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	37,138	100.00%	-	-	37,138	100.00%	Republican Hold
	14,975	26.89%	40,718	73.11%	-	-	55,693	100.00%	Republican Hold
	34,581	68.06%	16,231	31.94%	-	-	50,812	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	37,595	76.88%	11,308	23.12%	-	-	48,903	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	40,005	73.54%	14,396	26.46%	-	-	54,401	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	35,154	77.14%	10,420	22.86%	-	-	45,574	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	22,997	62.50%	13,796	37.50%	-	-	36,793	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,935	36.48%	34,718	63.52%	-	-	54,653	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,675	42.90%	35,503	57.10%	-	-	62,178	100.00%	Republican Hold
	20,622	36.89%	35,279	63.11%	-	-	55,901	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,558	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,558	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	18,887	35.88%	33,750	64.12%	-	-	52,637	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,680	36.85%	37,157	63.15%	-	-	58,837	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,939	36.97%	33,997	63.03%	-	-	53,936	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,860	40.13%	32,614	59.87%	-	-	54,474	100.00%	Republican Hold
	34,113	82.10%	7,440	17.90%	-	-	41,553	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	27,449	63.32%	15,901	36.68%	-	-	43,350	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	28,932	57.77%	21,149	42.23%	-	-	50,081	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	23,449	39.15%	36,446	60.85%	-	-	59,895	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	45,725	100.00%	-	-	45,725	100.00%	Republican Hold
	24,064	56.52%	18,512	43.48%	-	-	42,576	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	14,103	27.18%	37,782	72.82%	-	-	51,885	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,509	34.62%	29,286	65.38%	-	-	44,795	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	47,448	100.00%	-	-	47,448	100.00%	Republican Hold
	17,627	34.80%	33,020	65.20%	-	-	50,647	100.00%	Republican Hold
	17,571	31.91%	37,498	68.09%	-	-	55,069	100.00%	Republican Hold
	20,077	39.36%	30,937	60.64%	-	-	51,014	100.00%	Republican Hold
	31,025	63.79%	17,608	36.21%	-	-	48,633	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	20,617	38.07%	33,539	61.93%	-	-	54,156	100.00%	Republican Hold
	28,828	59.61%	11,001	22.75%	8,531	17.64%	48,360	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	36,661	58.44%	26,068	41.56%	-	-	62,729	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,143	54.82%	21,550	45.18%	-	-	47,693	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	20,862	35.13%	38,530	64.87%	-	-	59,392	100.00%	Republican Hold
	13,184	21.40%	48,427	78.60%	-	-	61,611	100.00%	Republican Hold
	29,798	59.76%	20,068	40.24%	-	-	49,866	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	24,579	55.43%	19,767	44.57%	-	-	44,346	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	16,156	26.78%	44,166	73.22%	-	-	60,322	100.00%	Republican Hold
	11,358	21.54%	41,372	78.46%	-	-	52,730	100.00%	Republican Hold
	22,588	34.77%	42,377	65.23%	-	-	64,965	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,838	32.43%	41,321	67.54%	20	0.03%	61,179	100.00%	Republican Hold
	18,639	31.27%	40,972	68.73%	-	-	59,611	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	34,431	71.82%	13,511	28.18%	47,942	100.00%	Republican Hold
	17,513	32.09%	37,067	67.91%	-	-	54,580	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,075	28.27%	38,259	71.73%	-	-	53,334	100.00%	Republican Hold
	18,832	33.54%	37,323	66.46%	-	-	56,155	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,189	33.21%	32,558	66.79%	-	-	48,747	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,784	54.88%	22,842	45.12%	-	-	50,626	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	18,049	31.19%	39,817	68.81%	-	-	57,866	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,935	31.59%	36,674	68.41%	-	-	53,609	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	37,755	100.00%	-	-	37,755	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,360	39.47%	29,687	60.53%	-	-	49,047	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	48,251	100.00%	-	-	48,251	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	42,423	100.00%	-	-	42,423	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	39,457	100.00%	-	-	39,457	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,264	25.25%	36,302	74.75%	-	-	48,566	100.00%	Republican Hold
	9,607	16.62%	48,191	83.38%	-	-	57,798	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	37,416	100.00%	-	-	37,416	100.00%	Republican Hold
	13,611	28.78%	33,685	71.22%	-	-	47,296	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	36,861	100.00%	-	-	36,861	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	36,470	100.00%	-	-	36,470	100.00%	Republican Hold
	22,464	39.28%	34,721	60.72%	-	-	57,185	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	36,622	100.00%	-	-	36,622	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	38,115	100.00%	-	-	38,115	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	34,003	100.00%	-	-	34,003	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	38,198	100.00%	-	-	38,198	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,802	42.19%	29,872	57.81%	-	-	51,674	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	20,699	38.07%	33,666	61.93%	-	-	54,365	100.00%	Republican Hold
	37,601	100.00%	-	-	-	-	37,601	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	37,485	100.00%	-	-	37,485	100.00%	Republican Hold
	13,354	29.14%	32,470	70.86%	-	-	45,824	100.00%	Republican Hold
	32,077	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,077	100.00%	Democratic Hold
Total	1,961,329	40.47%	2,836,624	58.54%	48,005	0.99%	4,845,958	100.00%

Notes and References

Web site: November 8, 2016 General Election Official Canvass: General Assembly . Office of the Secretary of State, State of Ohio . October 19, 2018 . Columbus, U.S.A..