1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 Ohio State Senate election results, district by district
Every Ohio State Senate district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 21 · R 12
Races18
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 13 · R 5
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | M. Ben Gaeth (R) | 9.5 | |
| SD-3 | Theodore M. Gray (R) | 22.8 | |
| SD-5 | Neal F. Zimmers (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-7 | Michael J. Maloney (R) | 36.3 | |
| SD-9 | William F. Bowen (D) | 34.4 | |
| SD-11 | Marigene Valiquette (D) | 47.6 | |
| SD-13 | Donald Pease (D) | 23.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-15 | Robert E. Oshaughnessy (D) | 1.9 | |
| SD-17 | Oakley C. Collins (R) | 2.7 | |
| SD-19 | Thomas A. Vanmeter (R) | 30.8 | |
| SD-21 | M. Morris Jackson (D) | 55.6 | |
| SD-23 | Charles L. Butts (D) | 38.1 | |
| SD-25 | Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. (D) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-26 | Gene Slagle (D) | 17.5 | |
| SD-27 | Oliver Ocasek (D) | 53.8 | |
| SD-29 | Robert D. Freeman (D) | 1.7 | |
| SD-31 | John Timothy McCormack (D) | 21.8 | |
| SD-33 | Harry Meshel (D) | 29.8 |
Ohio State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner