1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 Ohio State Senate election results, district by district
Every Ohio State Senate district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 12 · R 21
Races18
Changed party2
Unopposed6%1 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 9 · R 9
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Lynn R. Wachtmann (R) | 31.8 | |
| SD-3 | Bruce E. Johnson (R) | 9.6 | |
| SD-5 | Rhine L. McLin (D) | 22.2 | |
| SD-7 | Richard H. Finan (R) | 41.5 | |
| SD-9 | Mark L. Mallory (D) | 18.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-11 | Linda Furney (D) | 48.6 | |
| SD-13 | Jeffry J. Armbruster (R) | 0.8 | Flipped |
| SD-15 | Ben Espy (D) | 46.2 | |
| SD-17 | Michael C. Shoemaker (D) | 23.1 | |
| SD-19 | Richard P. Schafrath (R) | 27.3 | |
| SD-21 | C. J. Prentiss (D) | 72.0 | |
| SD-23 | Dan Brady (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Eric D. Fingerhut (D) | 60.9 | |
| SD-26 | Larry A. Mumper (R) | 23.6 | |
| SD-27 | Roy L. Ray (R) | 11.4 | |
| SD-29 | Scott Oelslager (R) | 39.9 | |
| SD-31 | Jay Hottinger (R) | 17.7 | |
| SD-33 | Robert F. Hagan (D) | 45.3 |
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