2012 general · November 6, 2012
2012 Ohio State Senate election results, district by district
Every Ohio State Senate district in the 2012 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 10 · R 23
Races18
Changed party0
Unopposed28%5 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 3 · R 15
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Cliff Hite (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Randall Gardner (R) | 16.6 | |
| SD-4 | Bill Coley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Peggy Lehner (R) | 24.8 | |
| SD-8 | Bill Seitz (R) | 22.9 | |
| SD-10 | Chris Widener (R) | 22.6 | |
| SD-12 | Keith Faber (R) | 57.7 | |
| SD-14 | Joe Uecker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Jim Hughes (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Bob Peterson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | John J. Eklund (R) | 9.4 | |
| SD-20 | Troy Balderson (R) | 19.0 | |
| SD-22 | Larry J. Obhof (R) | 18.7 | |
| SD-24 | Tom Patton (R) | 17.9 | |
| SD-26 | Dave Burke (R) | 20.5 | |
| SD-28 | Thomas C. Sawyer (D) | 43.8 | |
| SD-30 | Lou Gentile (D) | 4.8 | |
| SD-32 | Capri Cafaro (D) | 34.3 |
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