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2006Final results

2006 election for Ohio Senate District 5

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Tom Roberts (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Donald K. McLaurin (R) by 22.0 points.

Tom RobertsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%59,766
39.0%38,248
98,014 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+3.01994D+22.21998D+4.92002D+22.02006R+1.72010R+14.12014

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