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2004Final results

2004 election for Ohio Senate District 20

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Joy Padgett (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Terry Anderson (D) by 7.4 points.

Joy PadgettRepublican · winner
53.7%85,721
46.3%73,872
159,593 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenR+28.61992R+12.21996R+28.72000R+7.42004R+14.42008R+19.02012

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