1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Ohio State Senate election results, district by district
Every Ohio State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 17 · R 16
Races17
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
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 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