DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2020

Vernon Sykes

Last held office: Ohio State Senate, District 28 (2016–2024). Ran in 14 elections between 1984 and 2020, winning 14.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Sykes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Sykes finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2020	Ohio State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Michael Downey (R)	59.8%	D+19.7
2016	Ohio State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Jonathan Schulz (R)	61.2%	D+22.4
2012	Ohio House of Representatives, District 34	General	Won	Ronya Habash (R)	81.4%	D+62.8
2010	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Josh Sines (R), Kurtis Liston (L)	77.7%	D+58.0
2008	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
2006	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Joseph D. Crawford (R)	80.8%	D+61.6
1998	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Charles Sparks (R)	82.5%	D+65.0
1996	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Larry Davis (R)	78.8%	D+57.7
1994	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Larry Davis (R)	75.5%	D+51.0
1992	Ohio House of Representatives, District 44	General	Won	Donna Denholm (R)	73.6%	D+47.2
1990	Ohio House of Representatives, District 42	General	Won	David C. Wigle (R)	65.5%	D+31.0
1988	Ohio House of Representatives, District 42	General	Won	Bryan C. Williams (R)	60.3%	D+20.6
1986	Ohio House of Representatives, District 42	General	Won	Michael T. Callahan (R)	65.5%	D+31.0
1984	Ohio House of Representatives, District 42	General	Won	Leach Jr. (R)	69.4%	D+38.8