1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Ohio election results
Every race on Ohio's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races139
Changed party1
Unopposed2%3 races
Incumbents defeated8
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | 15.5 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | Richard F. Celeste (D) | 20.6 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 10 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH-1 | Thomas Luken (D) | 29.8 | |
| OH-2 | Willis Gradison (R) | 28.5 | |
| OH-3 | Tony Hall (D) | 75.4 | |
| OH-4 | Michael Oxley (R) | 29.2 | |
| OH-5 | Delbert L. Latta (R) | 10.4 | |
| OH-6 | Bob McEwen (R) | 18.4 | |
| OH-7 | Michael DeWine (R) | 14.3 | |
| OH-8 | Thomas N. Kindness (R) | 32.8 | |
| OH-9 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 18.7 | |
| OH-10 | Clarence Miller (R) | 26.6 | |
| OH-11 | Dennis Eckart (D) | 23.9 | |
| OH-12 | John Kasich (R) | 3.2 | |
| OH-13 | Donald Pease (D) | 25.8 | |
| OH-14 | John F. Seiberling (D) | 41.0 | |
| OH-15 | Chalmers Wylie (R) | 36.5 | |
| OH-16 | Ralph Regula (R) | 31.6 | |
| OH-17 | Lyle Williams (R) | 10.1 | |
| OH-18 | Douglas Applegate (D) | Unopposed | |
| OH-19 | Edward Feighan (D) | 20.6 | |
| OH-20 | Mary Oakar (D) | 74.3 | |
| OH-21 | Louis Stokes (D) | 72.3 |
Ohio State Senate
D 11 · R 6
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | M. Ben Gaeth (R) | 9.8 | |
| SD-3 | Theodore M. Gray (R) | 32.6 | |
| SD-5 | Neal F. Zimmers (D) | 15.8 | |
| SD-7 | Richard H. Finan (R) | 30.8 | |
| SD-9 | William F. Bowen (D) | 38.9 | |
| SD-11 | Marigene Valiquette (D) | 7.4 | |
| SD-13 | Alan J. Zaleski (D) | 8.6 | |
| SD-15 | Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. (D) | 28.4 | |
| SD-17 | Oakley C. Collins (R) | 6.8 | |
| SD-19 | Lowell Steinbrenner (R) | 3.8 | |
| SD-21 | M. Morris Jackson (D) | 76.1 | |
| SD-23 | Charles L. Butts (D) | 27.8 | |
| SD-25 | Lee I. Fisher (D) | 33.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-27 | Oliver Ocasek (D) | 40.8 | |
| SD-29 | Thomas F. Walsh (R) | 3.3 | |
| SD-31 | Eugene Branstool (D) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-33 | Harry Meshel (D) | 52.3 |
Ohio House of Representatives
D 62 · R 37
Ohio
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab