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Jim Renacci


the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio in 2018. He dropped out of the governor's race in January 2018 in order to run for U.S. Senate. In January 2018, Renacci announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. On May 8, 2018, he won the Republican primary, becoming the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Ohio. In his campaign, Renacci was endorsed by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Renacci was defeated by incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown in the November 6, 2018, general
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Troy Balderson


efficiency regulations, and served as the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee while in the Senate In November 2016, Balderson ran unopposed for re-election to the Ohio Senate, for a term ending in 2020. He will be term limited and ineligible to run for the Senate seat in 2020. He decided to run for Congress, to represent Ohio's 12th congressional district. Balderson was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 12th congressional district in an August 2018 special election triggered by the resignation of Rep. Pat Tiberi.
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on to defeat Cordray once again in the 2018 race for governor with running mate Jon Husted, the former Secretary of State. Ohio's Secretary of State race featured a contested Republican primary on May 4, 2010 between Jon Husted, an Ohio State Senator and former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, who defeated Sandra O'Brien, a former county auditor in Ashtabula County who secured the support of the Tea Party movement. In the general election, Husted defeated Democrat Maryellen O'Shaughnessy, the Clerk of Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
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2018 Ohio elections


The Ohio general elections, 2018, were held on November 6, 2018, throughout Ohio. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown--the only elected Democratic statewide officeholder in Ohio as of July 2017--won re-election to a third term, defeating Republican U.S. Representative Jim Renacci in the general election. All of Ohio's 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Incumbent Republican governor John Kasich and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor are term-limited and cannot run for a third consecutive term
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2018 Ohio gubernatorial election


The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Ohio, concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. The Republicans nominated Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine and the Democratic nominee was
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Doug White (politician)


Doug White of Manchester, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005. An Adams County Commissioner from 1985-1990, White opted to run against Democrat Harry Mallott in 1990 for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was successful in his run, and was seated in 1991. He won reelection in 1992 and 1994. By 1996, Senator Cooper Snyder announced his retirement from the Ohio Senate after 17 years. Subsequently
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2014 Ohio elections


U.S. Senate election in Ohio in 2014. Republican Senator Rob Portman is a Class III Senator who ran for and won re-election in 2016. Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is a Class I Senator and will be eligible for re-election in 2018. All of Ohio's 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor ran for re-election to a second term in office. Ed FitzGerald, the County Executive of Cuyahoga County,
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Greg Stanton


, bike lanes, and sidewalks while reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions. After incumbent Democratic congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema decided to run for the US Senate in 2018, to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, Stanton – who was term-limited as mayor – decided to run for Sinema's seat in the 2018 election for the 9th District. Per Arizona's resign-to-run laws, Stanton resigned as mayor on May 29, 2018 to focus on his congressional campaign. Stanton ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. On
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Jim Hoops


Jim Hoops is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. As Henry County Auditor, Hoops opted to succeed Lynn Wachtmann, who was running for the Ohio Senate, and won his seat in 1998. He went on to win reelection in 2000, 2002 and in 2004. By 2006, Hoops was term limited, and was unable to seek another term in the House. Instead, he opted to run for the Ohio Senate, to again succeed Wachtmann. However, Steve Buehrer, another Republican term-
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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio


The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the 16 U.S. Representatives from the U.S. state of Ohio, one from each of the state's 16 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio by district: The incumbent is Republican Steve Chabot, who has represented the district since 2011. Chabot was re
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William Green (U.S. labor leader)


UMWA; he became UMWA Ohio district president in 1906. In 1910, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he served as both Senate president "pro tempore" and Democratic floor leader. As Ohio state senator, Green drafted and got passed a model Workmen’s Compensation Act in 1911. His accomplishments as state senator included Progressive Era legislation, including bills to limit the hours of women wage earners, institute a 1% income tax, elect Ohio's US senators by popular vote, and run judicial nonpartisan elections.
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1856 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by California Senator John C. Frémont (R–Georgia), running with Director of New Jersey Senator William L. Dayton, with 48.51% of the popular vote, against Senator James Buchanan (D–Pennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860
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Teresa Fedor


Ohio Women's Democratic Caucus. Fedor is also a member of the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission. In 2018, Fedor opted to again swap chambers and run for her old seat in the state Senate, to succeed Edna Brown who was term limited. She again won the seat and was sworn into office on January 6, 2019. One of Fedor's landmark legislative victories relate to human trafficking. She has stated, "Traffickers have walked away from the halls of justice," and has vowed to help stop
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Steve Huffman (Ohio politician)


seeking another term. Huffman won a three-way primary with 45% of the vote, and won the general election to take the seat with 77% of the vote. In 2018, state Senator Bill Beagle was term-limited, leaving the 5th district an open seat for that year's election. As a result, Huffman opted to forego another term in the Ohio House to run for the Senate seat. A competitive seat, the 5th district was a Democratic stronghold until it was won by Beagle in 2010.
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Matt Patten


Matt Patten (born June 16, 1977) is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Patten was a labor organizer before beginning a career in the political sector. When Representative Tom Patton gave up another term in the House to run for the Ohio Senate, Patten ran for his seat. It was thought that Patten would run against term limited Senator Robert Spada, but an appointment given to Spada by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland changed the favorite of the race. With
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1952 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1952 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty-five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 56.76 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 43.24 percent of
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1860 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 51.24% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 43.30
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1974 United States Senate election in Ohio


The 1974 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 3, 1974. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator Howard Metzenbaum was running for re-election his first full term after he was appointed in 1970 by Ohio governor John J. Gilligan to fill out the Senate term of William B. Saxbe, who had resigned to become United States Attorney General. Metzenbaum lost the primary election to John Glenn, who went on to win the general election and win every county in
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Mike DeWine


and was reelected for a second term in 2014. In the 2018 gubernatorial election, DeWine was elected Governor of Ohio, defeating Cordray in a rematch of their 2010 race. Prior to his being nominated as Voinovich's running mate in the 1990 election, DeWine served as a four-term U.S. Representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district beginning in 1983. He also served a term as an Ohio State Senator. DeWine was born and grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the son of Jean Ruth (Liddle) and Richard
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Pamela A. Barker


, upon her elevation to the federal bench. On September 29, 2017, Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman recommended Barker for a federal judgeship. On April 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Barker to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. On April 12, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Donald C. Nugent, who assumed senior status on January 1,
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Marion County, Ohio


of Representatives, as it is split between the 86th and 87th Ohio House Districts. State Representative Tracy Richardson, elected in 2018, represents the 86th Ohio House district, and Riordan T. McClain, appointed in 2018, serves the 87th Ohio House District. The entirety of Marion County lies within the 26th Ohio Senate District, currently represented by Marion native and Marion Catholic alumnus David E. Burke, who was appointed to the seat in July 2011. Five school districts cover the majority of Marion County: Additionally, Buckeye Valley Local School
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Joe Schiavoni


Senate. Due to term limits, Schiavoni cannot run for reelection in 2018. While in the Senate, Schiavoni has been an outspoken advocate for public education and charter school reform. He has penned legislation to create stronger charter school oversight. In October 2014, Schiavoni proposed a grant program to help Ohio schools create bullying prevention programs. In February 2015, he reintroduced the bullying prevention grant program, along with legislation that would provide additional funding for school safety initiatives. Schiavoni has been a vocal opponent of the controversial Ohio law
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Scott Oelslager


run for his old seat in the Ohio Senate, swapping seats with Kirk Schuring, who preceded Oelslager in the House. Oelslager defeated his opponent, Richard Reinbold, with 59% of the vote. In his return to the Senate, Oelslager served as chairman of the Health & Human Services Committee for the 129th Ohio General Assembly. For the 130th Ohio General Assembly, Oelslager was named chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the committee tasked with amending the Governor's budget. He was re-elected easily in 2014, attaining
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Sandra Williams


House and decided to run for the Ohio Senate to replace Senator Shirley Smith, who was also term-limited. In the Democratic primary, Williams pulled 84.45% of the vote in a three-way race, and went on to win the general election with 86% of the vote. As a member of the Senate, Williams is serving on a new task force seeking to improve relations between Ohio communities and their police departments, formed by Ohio Governor John Kasich. Williams has been a vocal critic of Governor John Kasich
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Matt Huffman


a member of the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, and on the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Huffman won a fourth term in 2012 with 67% of the vote against Democrat Robert Huenke. Sitting out two years from elected office, Huffman decided to run for the Ohio Senate in 2016 to succeed term-limited President of the Ohio Senate Keith Faber, who in term was running for the House. Facing John Adams in the Republican primary, a former ally and friend from his House days, Huffman won the nomination with nearly 64
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2010 Ohio elections


, and Charlie Earl, a Libertarian. Incumbent Jennifer Brunner sought the Democratic nomination for United States Senator instead of running for re-election, but lost to incumbent Lt. Governor Lee Fisher. Husted would later go on to run for Lieutenant Governor on Mike DeWine’s ticket which defeated Richard Cordray in the 2018 election. In the Treasurer race, Democratic incumbent Kevin Boyce was defeated by Republican Josh Mandel, a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives and a two tour veteran of the Iraq War, and Matthew Cantrell,
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Thomas C. Sawyer


then-Congressman Sherrod Brown in the 13th district, after Brown vacated the seat to run for the US Senate. However, former State Representative Betty Sutton won an 8-way primary and went on to win the general election with support from national Democrats and EMILY's List. When Akron-based State Senator Kim Zurz was appointed to run the Ohio Department of Commerce in Spring of 2007, Sawyer was selected by legislative leaders to fill the vacancy. As a member of the Ohio Senate Controlling Board, Sawyer voted to adopt Medicaid expansion
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Tom Ganley


his involvement in the business community in Ohio, had name recognition in northern Ohio. He said that America needs businessmen in Washington, D.C. and that he believed the time of the career politician may be ending. On February 18, 2010 Ganley abruptly made the decision to end his bid for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. After ending his race for the US Senate and instead devoted his energy to running for the US House of Representatives, in the 13th District of Ohio against incumbent Democrat Betty Sutton. Ganley filed a
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2010 United States Senate election in Ohio


The 2010 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 2, 2010, as one of many Ohio elections in 2010. Incumbent two-term Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich decided to retire instead of seeking a third term. Republican Rob Portman won the open seat. Congressman Tim Ryan, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher were considered leading contenders to run against George Voinovich. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland urged Jennifer Brunner to run for re-election rather than run for the Senate. Cuyahoga County Commissioner
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2016 United States Senate election in Ohio


reelection to his second and final term. Republican Senator Rob Portman is running for re-election to a second term in office. He considered running for president in 2016, but ruled out running for two offices at the same time, even though Ohio law does allow it. He ultimately declined to run for president. The National Organization for Marriage and other socially conservative groups, unhappy with Portman's public backing for same-sex marriage, have pledged to back a primary challenger. Tea Party groups, who heavily backed Portman
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Kevin Bacon (politician)


Kevin Bacon (born November 27, 1971) is a former state senator for the 3rd District of the Ohio Senate, who served from 2011 to 2018. Formerly, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010, and as a Blendon Township Trustee. Bacon represents the portions of Franklin County including Westerville, New Albany, Gahanna, Whitehall, Reynoldsburg, Canal Winchester, Obetz, Valley View, Marble Cliff and portions of Columbus. An attorney, Bacon also served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Civil
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Allen G. Thurman


to Chillicothe, Ohio. He attended Chillicothe Academy, an academy run by his mother, and then studied law as an apprentice to his uncle, William Allen (who later became a Senator from Ohio). At the age of eighteen, Thurman worked on a land survey, and at twenty-one became private secretary to the Governor of Ohio, Robert Lucas. In 1835 he was admitted to the Ohio bar and became his uncle's law partner. In 1837 his uncle entered the Senate. On November 14, 1844
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Steve Wilson (Ohio politician)


Association and the Ohio Bankers Association, and served as a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Wilson resides in Maineville, Ohio. He has four children and five grandchildren. In 2016, Senator Shannon Jones who had served in the Senate since 2009, announced that she would forego her last two years before being term-limited to run for county commissioner in Warren County. Winning that seat, she resigned from the Senate effective December 31, 2016, prior to the beginning of the new General Assembly. As
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Bob Gibbs


from Sullivan, Ohio. Gibbs began his third term in the Ohio House of Representatives on January 2, 2007 and decided to run for Ohio Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by state senator Ron Amstutz, due to term limits. In 2006 Gibbs was appointed to serve as a member of the special task force to study eminent domain and its use and application in Ohio. The committee spent most of the year studying the issue and issued its final report in August 2006 with recommendations to the General Assembly. During his
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Bill Dean (politician)


-in-law, Ron Hood, is credited for encouraging Dean to run for office. In 2016, Dean filed to run for the 74th District of the Ohio House of Representatives to replace Bob Hackett, who was term limited. Dean was one of four to file for the Republican primary in a district that leaned overwhelmingly Republican. Against his three opponents, Dean went on to win the nomination with nearly 38% of the vote. When Senator Chris Widener resigned from his seat in the Ohio Senate prior the expiration of
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Josh Mandel


Joshua Aaron Mandel (born September 27, 1977) is an American Republican politician who served as the State Treasurer of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. Mandel is a former city councilman and member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was the unsuccessful Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown in the 2012 U.S. Senate election. In 2016, he announced his intention to again challenge Brown in 2018; he withdrew on January 5, 2018, citing family health reasons. Mandel was born on September 27, 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio
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1914 United States Senate election in Ohio


The 1914 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1914. Republican nominee Warren G. Harding, future President of the United States, defeated Democratic nominee Timothy S. Hogan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Senator Theodore E. Burton. Initially, Harding was not interested in running for U.S. Senate, due to the divisive remnants of the 1912 elections between the conservative and progressive factions of the Republican party. Harry Daugherty, an Ohio political boss, was interested in running for the seat himself upon learning of incumbent Senator Theodore Burton
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Amy McGrath


was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the 2018 election, narrowly losing to Republican incumbent Andy Barr. In July 2019, she announced her campaign to run for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the 2020 elections. McGrath was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up in Edgewood, Kentucky, just outside of Covington, the youngest of three children. She has an older sister and brother. Her father, Donald McGrath, was a retired teacher who taught high school English in Cincinnati for
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William McKinley


political efforts in Ohio were rewarded with the election in November 1895 of a Republican successor as governor, Asa Bushnell, and a Republican legislature that elected Foraker to the Senate. McKinley supported Foraker for Senate and Bushnell (who was of Foraker's faction) for governor; in return, the new senator-elect agreed to back McKinley's presidential ambitions. With party peace in Ohio assured, McKinley turned to the national arena. It is unclear when William McKinley began to seriously prepare a run for president. As Phillips notes,
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1988 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1988 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 8, 1988. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty-three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Ohio was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
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1996 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1996 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1996. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty-one electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Ohio was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman
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Jerry O'Shaughnessy


Jerry O'Shaughnessy (October 7, 1906 – December 15, 1972) was a Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. O'Shaugnessy began his political career as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in the 1960s. In 1966, he opted to run for the newly districted 15th District of the Ohio Senate, but lost by a mere 249 votes to Republican John W. Bowen. In 1970, O'Shaughnessy again ran for the Senate seat, however, this time he was successful. He defeated Bowen, and took
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Haraz Ghanbari


Haraz Ghanbari is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd district. Having previously sought appointment in 2016 he was successfully appointed to the post in March 2019 to replace Theresa Gavarone, who was appointed State Senator for the 2nd District of the Ohio Senate. Ghanbari had served on the city council of Perrysburg, Ohio since 2016, and was intending to run for re-election to the council when he was appointed to the House of Representatives. He had previously worked as the Director of Military and Veterans
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2018 United States Senate elections


in the 2016 presidential election. Seats in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, all of which voted for Trump in 2016, were also targeted by Republicans. The Democratic-held seat in New Jersey was also considered unexpectedly competitive due to the corruption allegations surrounding incumbent Bob Menendez. Among the 33 Class 1 Senate seats up for regular election in 2018, twenty-three were held by Democrats, two by independents who caucused with the Senate Democrats and eight by Republicans. Class Two seats in Minnesota and Mississippi held
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2018 United States Senate election in Arizona


The 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Arizona and replace incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Flake, who did not run for reelection to a second term. It was held concurrently with a gubernatorial election, other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, as well as various other state and local elections. The candidate filing deadline was May 30, 2018, and the primary election
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Cooper Snyder


Cooper Snyder is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio Senate. When Bill Mussey resigned from the Senate in 1979 to take a spot on the Ohio Industrial Commission, Snyder was appointed to his seat. He was elected to his own full term a year later, in 1980. He won reelection to a second term in 1984. In 1988, Snyder initially sought to run for the United States House of Representatives, but instead remained in the Senate, winning a third term. He won a fourth term in the
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2020 United States Senate elections


the Democratic nomination. Among Democrats, state senator Jeff Yarbro is a possible candidate. Three-term incumbent Republican John Cornyn was re-elected in 2014 by a wide margin. He is running for re-election. MJ Hegar, an Air Force combat veteran who served as the 2018 Democratic nominee for Texas's 31st congressional district, is running. Sema Hernandez, a former candidate for U.S Senate in 2018, is also seeking the Democratic nomination. Potential Democratic candidates include state Senator Royce West, former state senator Wendy Davis
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Tim Schaffer


January 3, 2005. Schaffer is not eligible to run for re-election to the Senate in 2014 due to term limits. He is instead running for District 77 in the Ohio House of Representatives. Since Jay Hottinger was unable to run again for his seat in the Ohio Senate, Schaffer sacrificed a fourth term in the House to run for the Thirty First District of the Senate. In a three-way primary with fellow Representative Ron Hood and Jeff Furr, Schaffer won the nomination with 48.59% of the vote.
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1914 United States Senate election in Ohio


and her father, or that Kling had convinced Harding that it would behoove him to further his business rather than run for public office. Although Daugherty claimed it was him who had convinced Harding to run for the Senate, Harding's friend and attorney Hoke Donithen, who eventually became Harding's campaign manager, may have played a role in his decision to run. Retiring Senator Theodore Burton also claimed credit, saying to his biographer that Daugherty did not agree to throw his support behind Harding until after learning he had backed him.
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Bob Ney


in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983. He was defeated in his reelection bid in November 1982. After his defeat, Ney managed a home security company in Saudi Arabia. He was appointed to the Ohio Senate in 1984 to replace former state senator Sam Speck, who resigned the 20th District seat to accept a presidential appointment. Ney won the seat in November 1984 and then re-election in 1988 and 1992. In November 1994, Ney decided to run for Ohio's 18th congressional district after nine-term
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2018 Pakistani Senate election


short of this criteria during the first count has their points transferred among other preferences in subsequent count(s). This whole exercise is repeated iteratively until all vacant seats are filled. It is pertinent to mention that the points system is only used for senators to be elected from general, women, and technocrat seats in provincial assemblies. For senators who are elected from the National Assembly or are running for a minority/non-Muslim seat in the provinces, only a vote count is used. In a typical election, a total
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spent and the railroad estimated it would take at least $530,000 more to complete the restoration, including $120,000 for the running gear and $115,000 for the boiler. The railroad was soliciting donations from individuals, seeking additional grants, and raising money with "freight photo charters". In January 2018, Maryland state senator Wayne Norman proposed that Allegany County provide $530,000 to complete the restoration. The senator said there would be an economic benefit to the county in tourism, even drawing people from Europe and Asia. The county
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Stephen M. Young


ran for the U.S. Senate against the Republican incumbent, Sen. John W. Bricker (who had been Thomas E. Dewey's running mate in the 1944 U.S. presidential election). Bricker seemed invincible, but Young capitalized on widespread public opposition to the proposed "right to work" amendment to Ohio's constitution, which Bricker had endorsed. Few thought that Young, who was 69 at the time, could win; even members of his own party had doubts, particularly Ohio's other senator, Democrat Sen. Frank J. Lausche. In an
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Kevin Coughlin


from BGSU in 1994. In 1996, he ran for the Ohio House of Representatives after Representative Wayne Jones vacated to run for the Ohio Senate. He won the seat, and was sworn into office on January 3, 1997. He won reelection in 1998 with 63.64%, and again in 2000 with 63.9% of the vote. Coughlin served two and one half terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. After four terms in the Ohio Senate, Senator Roy Ray retired early in 2001, leaving Senate Republicans to appoint someone
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Charleta Tavares


Kenneth Blackwell won the election. However, Tavares was appointed to Columbus City Council in 1999, and won re-election that year. Tavares was asked by the Democratic Party in 2002 to run as Lieutenant Governor with her running mate, Tim Hagan who was nominated to run for Governor. They lost the election. She won re-election to City Council in 2003 and 2007. In 2010, Senator Ray Miller was term limited and unable to run for another term in the Ohio Senate. As a result, Tavares,
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Fred Strahorn


Community College for real estate coursework. He is single. and has one daughter. Strahorn won his election to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000 and was re-elected in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Strahorn was term limited out of running again in his previous district, but chose to run for election in a different district in 2012. In 2009, Strahorn was appointed to the Ohio Senate to replace Tom Roberts, who had been appointed to the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, but lost election to a full term to
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Rick Saccone


U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner dismissed the suit on the grounds of legislative immunity, but criticized the legislature for using state resources to "provide a re-election sound bite for use by members of the General Assembly." In an interview in 2017 with the "Pastors Network of America", Saccone stated that God wants those who have the "fear of God in them" to "rule over us". During his brief 2018 Senate run, Saccone pledged to be a Trump ally if elected to the Senate.
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2016 Ohio elections


The Ohio general elections, 2016 were held on November 8, 2016 throughout Ohio. The close of registration for electors in the primary election was December 16, 2015, and the primary election took place on March 15, 2016. Incumbent Republican Senator Rob Portman is running for re-election to a second term in office. All of Ohio's 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2016. Senate The 16 even-numbered districts out of 33 seats in the Ohio Senate were up for
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Tim Kaine


This is the only election that Kaine has ever lost. Clinton-Kaine did win Virginia, the only Southern state to vote for the Democratic ticket, a victory attributed in part to Kaine. After the 2016 election, Kaine said that he would run for re-election to the Senate in 2018. He expressed his desire to emulate John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years. He added that he would not run for president or vice president in the future. In his 2018 Senate campaign against Republican
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2010 Ohio elections


, was the Republican nominee. His running mate was Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor. Ken Matesz was the Libertarian nominee. His running mate was Ann Leech. Dennis Spisak was the Green nominee. His running mate was Anita Rios. Kasich narrowly defeated Strickland with 49% of the vote. In the Attorney General race, Democratic incumbent Richard Cordray was defeated by Republican Mike DeWine, a former two-term United States Senator from Ohio and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee as well as a former county prosecutor. DeWine would go
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2018 United States Senate elections


The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018. 33 of the 100 seats were contested in regular elections while two others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The winners were elected to six-year terms running from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election (including the seats of two independents who caucus with them) while Senate Republicans had nine seats up for election. To maintain their working majority of 50
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Pavel Fischer


Pavel Fischer (born 26 August 1965) is a Czech politician and diplomat who has been Senator from Prague 12 since 2018. Fischer previously served as Czech Ambassador to France from 2003 to 2010. He was a candidate in the 2018 Czech presidential election and finished in third place with 10.23% of the vote. He was subsequently elected to the Czech Senate in the 2018 Senate elections. Following his election to the Senate he announced his intention to run in the next Czech presidential election. Fischer grew up in Prague and graduated in
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1992 United States Senate election in Ohio


The 1992 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Glenn won re-election to a fourth term, coinciding with the presidential election. Glenn's voting percentage of 51% represented the worst performance of his four runs for the Senate, likely due to the presence of third-party candidate Martha Grevatt of the far-left Workers World Party. As of 2019, this is the last time a Democrat has won the Class 3 Senate Seat from Ohio. DeWine's
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Marc Guthrie


Marc Guthrie (born February 8, 1952) is a Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. Guthrie began his political career as a member of the Heath, Ohio City Council, and went on to serve six years as a Licking County, Ohio Commissioner. When Eugene Branstool opted to give up his seat in Ohio House of Representatives to run for the Ohio Senate, Guthrie entered the race to succeed him. He was successful, and was sworn into office on January 3, 1983. He won reelection
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Jim Renacci


election. Brown received 53% of the vote, while Renacci received 47%. As of 2019, Renacci is the Chairman of Ohio's Future Foundation. A foundation he founded after losing in the 2018 U.S. Senate Race to Incumbent Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown. In 2012, "The Christian Science Monitor" included Renacci in its list of the 10 richest members of Congress, estimating his net worth at $36.67 million. In June 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state of Ohio must refund $359,822
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2018 United States gubernatorial elections


, sought election to a full term. Former Governor Juan Babauta also sought the governorship, running as an independent. Torres won election to a full term. Two-term Governor John Kasich was term-limited, as Ohio does not allow governors to serve three consecutive terms. Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor ran for the Republican nomination, which DeWine won. Former U.S. Representative and Two-Time Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich, Ohio Attorney General and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray, State Senator Joe Schiavoni
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Rick Nowlin


to run unsuccessfully against Gerald Long for the state Senate. Townsend is a nephew and law partner of former State Senator Donald G. Kelly of Natchitoches. Nowlin is the widower of the former Brenda Barr (February 12, 1950 – May 21, 2000). The couple's two children are Jennifer Lauren Nowlin (born 1980), who attended graduate school at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and Matthew Louis Nowlin (born 1983), a 2007 graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He lost
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Patrick Sweeney (politician)


Patrick Anthony Sweeney was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1997 to 1998, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. He was appointed in January 1997 to fill the vacancy caused by Dennis Kucinich, who was elected to Congress. However, in 1998 he opted to not run for election to his Senate seat, and he was succeeded by Dan Brady in 1999. Sweeney holds a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and works at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin
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2020 United States Senate elections


to fill the remainder of Cochran's term, which ends in January 2021. Hyde-Smith is running for a full term for the seat. Other potential Republican candidates include state senator Chris McDaniel, who also sought the seat in 2014 and 2018. Potential Democratic candidates include former U.S secretary of agriculture and 2018 Senate candidate Mike Espy. One-term incumbent Republican Steve Daines was elected to a first term in 2014 after serving two years in the United States House of Representatives. He is running for reelection. Democratic Helena mayor
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Arthur Bowers


Arthur Robert Bowers (February 16, 1919 – May 21, 1988) was a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives. A Steubenville, Ohio, native, Bowers initially won election to a seat in the Ohio House in 1962, when apportionment was still chosen at-large. He won re-election in 1964, but was not a candidate for re-election in 1966. When Representative Douglas Applegate opted to run for the Ohio Senate in 1968, Bowers made a political comeback and again ran for
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Greg Orman


." Orman filed to run as an Independent in the governor's race in 2018, with state senator John Doll. Doll was formerly a Republican House and then Senate member who changed his registration to Independent in 2018, to run as Orman's lieutenant gubernatorial running mate. Although many signatures were deemed ineligible, those gathered for his campaign were deemed sufficient by the state Objections Board, consisting of statewide Republican officials, Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Governor Jeff Colyer, and Secretary of State, Kris Kobach. All three were represented
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Interstate 73 in Virginia


Transportation Act, the Bluefield-to-Huntington Highway Association wanted an Interstate Highway, which would be called I-73, to run from Detroit to Charleston, South Carolina. In West Virginia, the highway would run alongside US 52, which was only two lanes but was still being used to transport coal from mines to barges on the Ohio River. The influential Robert Byrd, at the time West Virginia's senior senator, chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, but even Byrd said funding for such a highway would be hard to find
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Glenn Holmes


elected the Mayor of McDonald, Ohio after serving as a councilmember there prior to that. There, he focused on employee healthcare and responsible budgeting, and when he left office the town had a $2 million surplus. After serving as Mayor for over nine years, Holmes decided to run for an open seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 2016. The seat became open when three-term state Representative Sean O'Brien decided to run for the Ohio Senate, where Senator Capri Cafaro was term-limited. A reliably Democratic
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Sherrod Brown


progressive populism. One of Bernie Sanders's closest allies in the U.S. Senate, Brown nevertheless endorsed Hillary Clinton and campaigned for her in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary in Ohio. He was vetted as a potential vice-presidential running mate for Clinton. The choice came down to Brown and Tim Kaine, who was ultimately selected. Brown had the distinct disadvantage that had Clinton won, Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich would have chosen Brown's replacement in the Senate, whereas Kaine's replacement would be chosen by Democrat and Clinton ally
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Bill Harris (Ohio politician)


. Harris won a full term to the Senate in 2000, facing minimal opposition, and served as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of the more powerful chairmanships in the legislature. In late 2004, ongoing disputes between Senators Randy Gardner and Jeff Jacobson, who were both vying to be the next President of the Senate, left President Doug White's successor unnamed. Both dropped out of the running, leaving darkhorse candidate Harris to take the top position in the Senate in 2005. He served in the capacity for three
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Kenneth Cox


Kenneth R. Cox (born October 8, 1928) is an Ohio Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly. Born in Ohio in 1928, Cox attended the University of Akron. He was serving as mayor of Barberton, Ohio, when he opted to run for an open seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1972. He ended up being reelected in 1974. In 1976, Senator David Headley announced his retirement, and Cox won election to his Ohio Senate seat. In 1982, Cox considered a
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Walter E. Powell


Walter Eugene Powell (born April 25, 1931) was an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1971 to 1975. Powell began his career as the city clerk of Fairfield, Ohio in 1956, and became a member of Fairfield City Council in 1958. In 1960, Powell successfully ran for the Ohio House of Representatives. He was reelected in 1962, and 1964. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided Powell with incentive to run for the Ohio Senate, which he did.
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2008 United States presidential election in Ohio


and one district that simultaneously elected a Democrat. Obama carried 8 districts, including one district held by a Republican incumbent. Technically the voters of Ohio cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Ohio is allocated 20 electors because it has 18 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 20 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the
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2018 United States Senate elections


, but later announced his plans to retire on January 2, 2018. Former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was running for the seat. Professor James Singer was running for the Democratic nomination, but he dropped out and endorsed Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson, who made her Senate bid official on July 17, 2017. Danny Drew also was running, but dropped out and endorsed Jenny Wilson. Mitchell Kent Vice was defeated for the Democratic nomination by Wilson. Mitt Romney was easily elected, defeating Wilson. Two-term
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Alfred Kelley


to run for Ohio Senate in 1844 in order to pass banking reform legislation. Kelley ran for and won office to the state senate in 1844 and 1845. During the 1844-1845 legislative session, Kelley was elected chairman of Ohio Senate's committee on currency and was a member of its committee on finance. On January 7, 1845, he introduced a bill to establish a State Bank of Ohio. The state bank was authorized to establish branches throughout the state to provide new capital to local banks and the public. The
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1920 United States presidential election in Massachusetts


The 1920 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts was won in a landslide by Republican Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, who was running against Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding's running mate was Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of
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2018 Alabama elections


Service Commission will be up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, are both eligible to run for re-election. Every member of the Alabama state legislature is up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama
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Kirk Schuring


Kirk Schuring (born September 17, 1952) is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He served as Interim House Speaker for the 132nd General Assembly, following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resigned amid revelations he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002, and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also previously served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. Schuring was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in
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Jaroslav Kubera


Jaroslav Kubera (born 16 February 1947) is a Czech Civic Democratic politician who has been Senator from Teplice since 2000 and the President of the Senate since 14 November 2018. Previously he served as Mayor of Teplice from 1994 to 2018. He is often described as one of the most interesting members of parliament due to his often comical or controversial statements. Kubera was a potential candidate in the 2018 presidential election, gathering enough support from fellow Senators to register his candidacy, before deciding not to run. Kubera was born in Louny
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2006 United States Senate election in Ohio


concerns that Hackett might not have had enough money after the primary to run the statewide advertising customary for a Senate campaign. Both candidates campaigned as conservative alternatives to DeWine, citing DeWine's support for legal abortion and his role as one of the Republican members of the Gang of 14 who compromised with Democrats in a dispute about judicial appointments. DeWine won 71.82% of the votes. Because this race was targeted by Democrats, it made it all the more important to the GOP, who desired to retain Senate control. John McClelland
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Paul Hackett (politician)


24, 2005, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent United States Senator Mike DeWine after rejecting a second run against Schmidt. Sherrod Brown, a congressman from northern Ohio and two-term Ohio Secretary of State, had rejected efforts by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit him to the race in the summer of 2005 and had on August 17, publicly declared he would not run. But after Hackett's announcement, Brown changed his mind and declared he would run, angering Hackett who claimed Brown had promised
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Sarah D. Morrison


Bureau of Workers' Compensation, where she oversaw the investment of $25 billion and an agency staff of 1,800. On April 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Morrison to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. On April 12, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate. She was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Gregory L. Frost, who retired on May 2, 2016. On October 10, 2018, a hearing
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Shirley Smith (politician)


Shirley A. Smith (born November 29, 1950) is a former state senator for the 21st District of the Ohio Senate. Previously, she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She is a Democrat. Smith has worked in sales and marketing, and as a radio talk-show host for a major radio station in Cleveland, and has also served as an independent consultant for Coca-Cola Bottling Company. When incumbent C. J. Prentiss decided to run for the Ohio Senate, Smith and four other Democrats sought
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Merrill Keiser


Merrill Samuel "Sam" Keiser Jr. is from Fremont, Ohio. He is an owner-operator truck driver and was a candidate in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in May 2006, for the seat held by Republican R. Michael DeWine. Ohio election law requires only 1000 signatures to run for Senate as a major party primary candidate, and Keiser claimed to single-handedly gather these signatures. He lost the primary to Sherrod Brown for the Ohio United States Senate election, 2006, receiving 163,628 votes (21.89%)
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Effects of Hurricane Irma in Florida


FEMA Administrator Brock Long, Scott, and Senator Rubio assessed damage in the Florida Keys, Naples, and Fort Myers. While in Fort Myers, Trump encouraged Scott – who is barred from running for a third term as governor in 2018 – to run for senator in 2018. Scott's response to Irma was overwhelmingly approved of, with a poll conducted by the Florida Chamber of Commerce indicating that 91% of state residents approved of his handling of the disaster. The poll also showed Scott leading potential opponent Nelson by 47%–45%
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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio


Steve Chabot, who was re-elected with 51.3% of the vote in 2018. The 3rd district, located entirely within the borders of Franklin County, includes most of Columbus. The incumbent is Democrat Joyce Beatty, who was re-elected with 73.6% of the vote in 2018. The 6th district runs along the southeast side of the state, bordering Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It stretches from rural Lucasville through Athens and several older Ohio River industrial towns all the way to the Youngstown city limits.
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Jim Renacci


James B. Renacci (born December 3, 1958) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he is a former city council president and two-term Mayor of Wadsworth, Ohio. Renacci was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in the 2018 United States Senate election in Ohio, losing to incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown. James Renacci was born December 3, 1958, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna Marie (Sasko), a nurse,
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Tim Schaffer


Tim Schaffer (born January 25, 1963) is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006, and of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014 and also previously represented the 77th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015 until 2019. Schaffer holds a B.A. in Political Science and Communications from Mount Union College, and has also served as chairman of the Fairfield County, Ohio, Republican Party. With Representative Jon D. Myers unable to run for another
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Ron Amstutz


Senator Grace L. Drake of the 22nd District of the Ohio Senate was also facing term limits. Amstutz ran for her seat, and won. He was sworn in as a state senator on January 8, 2001. In the Ohio Senate, Amstutz served as chairman of Senate Ways and Means from 2003 to 2008. In 2004, Amstutz successfully ran for reelection. Amstutz initially discussed running for Congress, in the 16th Congressional District, which incumbent of 18 terms, Ralph Regula, was planning to vacate. However, he soon
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George W. Thompson


Anna Gaither Thompson married Johnson Newlon Camden who became a prominent industrialist, banker and railroad organizer in West Virginia and U.S. Senator, although both his gubernatorial runs failed. After admission to the Ohio bar in 1826, Thompson began his legal practice in St. Clairsville in 1828. He moved across the Ohio River to what was Virginia in 1837 and became deputy postmaster of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1838. He was later appointed to a commission to settle jurisdiction of the Ohio River between Virginia and Ohio. President James
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Michael J. Skindell


Michael J. Skindell (born 1962) is the state representative for the 13th district of the Ohio House of Representatives after previously serving there from 2003 to 2010. He also previously served as the state senator for the 23rd district of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2018. He is a Democrat. Skindell graduated from Walsh College (now Walsh University) in North Canton, Ohio, with a B.A. in Business and Political Science in 1983. He received his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland in 1987. He
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Eugene Branstool


One of the most contested races of that cycle, Branstool defeated Speck, who ultimately returned to his old district, which wasn't up for reelection. In 1986, Branstool was mentioned as a potential candidate for Ohio Lieutenant Governor, running with Governor Richard Celeste. However, this never went forward. He went on to win reelection to his Senate seat in a slim margin. Soon after, he was elected Senate minority whip by his colleagues. In 1990, Branstool was chosen as the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony
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Stan Aronoff


Bachrach (mayor of Cincinnati), and Republican operative George Eyrich persuaded Aronoff to run for a seat in the Ohio General Assembly. He began serving in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1961 and was re-elected twice, serving until 1967. In 1966, Aronoff won a seat in the Ohio Senate. He was reelected in 1968, and again in 1972. In the 1974 primary election, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for Ohio Attorney General. He won reelection to the Senate in 1976. In
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Joy Padgett


Joy Padgett (born 1947, Coshocton, Ohio) is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006, dogged by personal scandals, she ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and for Congress in . Her run for Congress was the result of the decision of Bob Ney to bow out of the race and plead guilty to corruption charges. Padgett was first appointed to the Ohio Senate in January 2004 and elected that following November. Prior to her election, she
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Mike DeWine


family announced in October 2018 they were working out the details of a deal to keep the Crew in Columbus. On May 26, 2016, DeWine announced that he would run for Governor of Ohio in 2018. He reconfirmed this on June 25, 2017, at the annual ice cream social held at his home in Cedarville, Ohio. On December 1, 2017, DeWine officially chose Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as his running mate. On May 8, 2018, DeWine successfully won the Republican primary, defeating incumbent Lieutenant
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