RepublicanNot in office · last served 2028Last on a ballot: Nov 2024
Louis W. Blessing III
Last held office: Ohio State Senate, District 8 (2020–2028). Ran in 8 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 8.
- Last margin
- +13.4
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 8
- 2010–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Blessing was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
20102012201420162018202020222024202620282030Ohio House of Representatives, District 29Ohio State Senate, District 8
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Blessing has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Blessing won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State Senate, District 8 | General | Won | Ty Hogan (D) | 56.7% | R+13.4 | R+9.9 | |
| 2020 | Ohio State Senate, District 8 | General | Won | Daniel Brown (D) | 60.1% | R+20.2 | — | |
| 2018 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | General | Won | Carrie R. Davis (D) | 64.4% | R+28.9 | — | |
| 2016 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2014 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | General | Won | Tammy Simendinger (D), Nathan D. Lane (G) | 67.3% | R+38.6 | — | |
| 2014 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2012 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | General | Won | Hubert Brown (D) | 61.3% | R+22.5 | — | |
| 2010 | Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 | General | Won | Liz Ping (D) | 60.1% | R+20.1 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Blessing has held
- Ohio State Senate, District 8 · 2020–2028
- Ohio House of Representatives, District 29 · 2010–2020
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Blessing has run against
- Ty Hogan (D) · 2024 election, won
- Daniel Brown (D) · 2020 election, won
- Carrie R. Davis (D) · 2018 election, won
- Tammy Simendinger (D) · 2014 election, won
- Hubert Brown (D) · 2012 election, won
- Liz Ping (D) · 2010 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive