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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio Senate District 18

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Robert A. Gardner (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Donna McNamee (D) by 19.0 points.

Robert A. GardnerRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.9%73,529
38.9%49,385
Bart HildebrantLibertarian
3.2%4,091
127,005 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+27.71988D+1.11992R+3.51996R+19.02000R+19.22004R+9.42012

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

The candidates

Robert A. Gardner (R)Donna McNamee (D)

Also on the ballot: Bart Hildebrant (Libertarian), 3.2%