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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio Senate District 20

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Jim Carnes (R) won with 64.4% of the vote, defeating Randy Williams (D) by 28.7 points.

Jim CarnesRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.4%84,280
35.6%46,644
130,924 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

EvenR+48.31988R+28.61992R+12.21996R+28.72000R+7.42004R+14.42008

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