DemocraticIncumbent
Desiree Tims
Incumbent representative (2025–present)
- Experience
- State legislature
Ohio › Ohio House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Ohio House District 38
Desiree Tims has no major-party opponent.
Desiree Tims has no major-party opponent.
The candidates
The district
Lean D+51: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 131,712
- People per km²
- 769
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 20%
- White, no degree
- 34%of adults
- White 43%
- Hispanic 4%
- Black 47%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 6%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
34,877 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Desiree Tims (D)100.0%
2024 President Vote in this district
43,617 two-party votes · D+50.0 · D+51.5 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)75.0%
Donald Trump (R)25.0%
2022 Earlier district lines
20,205 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Willis E Blackshear Jr (D)100.0%
2020 Earlier district lines
63,860 votes · R+21.1✓ Bill Roemer (R)60.6%
Joe Campbell (D)39.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
49,635 two-party votes · D+55.0 · D+50.4 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)77.5%
Donald Trump (R)22.5%
2016 President Vote in this district
51,579 two-party votes · D+57.4 · D+55.2 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)78.7%
Donald Trump (R)21.3%