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2020 Ohio House of Representatives election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ96417466 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2020 Ohio House of Representatives Election was held on November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on April 28, 2020. Ohio voters elected state representatives in the 99 Ohio House of Representatives districts. State representatives elected in 2020 will be eligible to serve a two-year term beginning January 2021 and ending December 2022. These elections will coincide with elections for U.S. President and the Ohio Senate.

Democrats hoped they could break the Republican supermajority in the chamber given their strength in suburban districts in 2018 and the fallout of the Ohio nuclear bribery scandal. However, further Democratic gains failed to materialize and Republicans picked up four seats along the state's eastern border, further consolidating their control.

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Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 64, 0.8%

District 16, 1.4% gain

District 60, 1.4%

District 75, 2.2% gain

District 6, 2.8%

District 37, 2.8%

District 28, 3.4%

District 15, 4.4%

District 36, 4.6%

District 27, 6.2%

District 43, 8.4%

District 63, 8.4% gain

District 49, 8.8%

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See also

2020 Ohio elections

Notes

References

External links

"League of Women Voters of Ohio".

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