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The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus , first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the seats are contested at each election. [ 1 ]
The legislative branch, the Ohio General Assembly, is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is composed of 99 members elected from single-member districts of equal population. Each of the 33 senate districts is formed by combining three house districts.
The 2024 Ohio Senate elections was held on November 5, 2024, to elect senators in 16 even-numbered districts of the Ohio Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. In addition, there was a special election in District 33 for the remainder of that district's term ending in 2026.
Beth Liston is a Democrat running for the Ohio Senate 16th District seat. Democrat State Rep. Liston is hoping her experience in the legislature will help earn a seat in the state's higher chamber.
A special election to fill the remainder of the term is then held concurrently with that regular state election, which in this case would be the one on November 3, 2026. [2] [3] Governor Mike DeWine chose Jon Husted to replace Vance in the Senate. This will be the first U.S. Senate special election in Ohio since the one to this seat in 1954.
The Ohio House and Ohio Senate use slightly different methods to fill vacant seats. In both chambers, a replacement is first elected by the members of the relevant chamber who are affiliated with the same party as the departing member. In the House, the replacement will serve for the remainder of the term.
The "Hillbilly Elegy" author was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022, with no prior political experience, and would be one of the youngest vice presidents in history if elected.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a second set of four-year maps for state House and Senate districts on Jan. 22, 2022.