1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Ohio election results
Every race on Ohio's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races138
Changed party4
Unopposed18%25 races
Incumbents defeated3
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | George H.w. Bush (R) | 10.9 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | 14.0 |
U.S. House
D 11 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH-1 | Thomas Luken (D) | 12.9 | |
| OH-2 | Willis Gradison (R) | 44.6 | |
| OH-3 | Tony Hall (D) | 53.8 | |
| OH-4 | Michael Oxley (R) | Unopposed | |
| OH-5 | Paul Gillmor (R) | 21.2 | |
| OH-6 | Bob McEwen (R) | 48.6 | |
| OH-7 | Michael DeWine (R) | 47.8 | |
| OH-8 | Donald Lukens (R) | 51.7 | |
| OH-9 | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 62.6 | |
| OH-10 | Clarence Miller (R) | 43.3 | |
| OH-11 | Dennis Eckart (D) | 23.0 | |
| OH-12 | John Kasich (R) | 60.3 | |
| OH-13 | Donald Pease (D) | 39.6 | |
| OH-14 | Thomas Sawyer (D) | 49.5 | |
| OH-15 | Chalmers Wylie (R) | 50.3 | |
| OH-16 | Ralph Regula (R) | 57.1 | |
| OH-17 | James Traficant (D) | 54.5 | |
| OH-18 | Douglas Applegate (D) | 55.2 | |
| OH-19 | Edward Feighan (D) | 41.0 | |
| OH-20 | Mary Oakar (D) | 65.2 | |
| OH-21 | Louis Stokes (D) | 71.4 |
Ohio State Senate
D 3 · R 13 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Betty D. Montgomery (R) | 18.5 | |
| SD-4 | Barry Levey (R) | 35.0 | |
| SD-6 | Charles F. Horn (R) | 19.1 | |
| SD-8 | Stanley J. Aronoff (R) | 50.7 | |
| SD-10 | David Hobson (R) | 30.9 | |
| SD-12 | Bob Cupp (R) | 30.4 | |
| SD-14 | Cooper Snyder (R) | 9.8 | |
| SD-16 | Eugene Watts (R) | 16.1 | |
| SD-18 | Robert J. Boggs (D) | 27.7 | |
| SD-20 | Robert Ney (R) | 48.3 | |
| SD-22 | Grace L. Drake (R) | 28.2 | |
| SD-24 | Gary C. Suhadolnik (R) | 6.0 | |
| SD-26 | Paul E. Pfeifer (R) | 24.7 | |
| SD-28 | Robert D. Nettle (D) | 43.5 | |
| SD-30 | Robert L. Burch (D) | 44.4 | |
| SD-32 | Charles Henry (R) | 8.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
Ohio House of Representatives
D 59 · R 40 · 3 changed party
Ohio
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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab