Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman .
Not counting Vermont and Maine, where independents have caucused with the Democrats since 2001 and 2013, Ohio had the longest current split delegation, having had two senators from the opposite parties from 2007 until 2025. John Sherman was Ohio's longest-serving senator (1861–1877; 1881–1897).
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon Ohio's admission to the Union in 1803, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1803 .
Incumbent Republican senator Rob Portman announced he was retiring. [1]Republican and Democratic primaries were held on May 3, 2022. U.S. Senate 2022 candidates elected during the primary were Congressman Tim Ryan (D) and J.D. Vance (R). [2]
"When you talk about a like community, taking (Ohio Senate) District 2 (as an example), you have hardcore urban (in Toledo), and you also have hardcore rural because that district goes south past ...
Senator Party Term Notes Paul Gillmor: Republican: January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1988 Gillmor won election to the United States Congress. [1] Betty Montgomery: Republican: January 3, 1989 – January 2, 1995 Montgomery won election as Ohio Attorney General. [2] Tim Greenwood: Republican: January 3, 1995 – October 5, 1995
Ohio is divided into 15 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 census , Ohio, which up until then had 18 districts, lost two House seats due to slow population growth compared to the national average, [ 1 ] and a new map was signed into law on September 26, 2011.
The district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election. On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose a United States representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative.