This is the 1988 race. The latest: 2024 →

1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Ohio Senate District 32

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Charles Henry (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Thomas E. Carney (D) by 8.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Charles HenryRepublican · winner
54.2%69,037
Thomas E. CarneyDemocrat · incumbent
45.8%58,405
127,442 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+36.51976D+25.11984R+8.31988D+2.01992D+23.21996D+15.42000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET