2024 Ohio House of Representatives election

2024 Ohio House of Representatives election
All 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives; 50 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Speaker; Jason Stephens; Republican	; ;

The 2024 Ohio House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect representatives in all 99 districts of the Ohio House of Representatives. Members will be elected in single-member constituencies to two-year terms. These elections will be held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, and the Ohio Senate.

Predictions[edit]

Source	Ranking	As of
CNalysis^[1]	Solid R	February 29, 2024

Overview[edit]

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats

Party		Candidates	No.	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	90			67
	Democratic	93			32
	Independent	1			0
Total				100.00	99	99

Outgoing incumbents[edit]

Republicans[edit]

District 10: David Dobos is retiring.^[2]
District 17: Tom Patton is term-limited.
District 30: Bill Seitz is term-limited.
District 42: Derek Merrin is term-limited.
District 47: Sara Carruthers lost re-nomination.^[3]
District 50: Reggie Stoltzfus is retiring to run for Ohio's 6th congressional district.^[4]
District 51: Brett Hillyer lost re-nomination.^[3]
District 54: Dick Stein is term-limited.
District 55: Scott Lipps is term-limited.
District 65: Mike Loychik is retiring to run for Ohio's 32nd senatorial district.^[5]
District 71: Bill Dean is term-limited.
District 72: Gail Pavliga lost re-nomination.^[3]
District 77: Scott Wiggam is term-limited.
District 78: Susan Manchester is retiring to run for Ohio's 12th senatorial district.^[6]
District 80: Jena Powell is retiring.^[7]
District 83: Jon Cross lost re-nomination.^[3]
District 94: Jay Edwards is term-limited.
District 98: Darrell Kick is term-limited.

Democrats[edit]

District 5: Richard Brown is term-limited.
District 6: Adam Miller is term-limited.
District 8: Beth Liston is retiring to run for Ohio's 16th senatorial district.^[8]
District 13: Michael J. Skindell is retiring.^[9]
District 15: Richard Dell'Aquila is retiring to run for Cuyahoga County Council.^[10]
District 21: Elliot Forhan lost re-nomination.^[3]
District 34: Casey Weinstein is retiring to run for Ohio's 28th senatorial district^[11]
District 38: Willis Blackshear Jr. is retiring to run for Ohio's 6th senatorial district^[12]

District 1[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Dontavius Jarrells, incumbent state representative^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dontavius Jarrells (incumbent)	6,573	100.0
Total votes			6,573	100.0

District 2[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Latyna Humphrey, incumbent state representative^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Latyna Humphrey (incumbent)	6,020	100.0
Total votes			6,020	100.0

District 3[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Abdirizak Diini, community activist and small business owner^[8]
Ismail Mohamed, incumbent state representative^[8]
Julie Trabold, nurse^[8]

Endorsements[edit]

Ismail Mohamed

Organizations

Franklin County Democratic Party^[14]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ismail Mohamed (incumbent)	4,897	55.2
	Democratic	Abdirizak Diini	2,918	32.9
	Democratic	Julie Trabold	1,058	11.9
Total votes			8,873	100.0

District 4[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, incumbent state representative^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (incumbent)	6,176	100.0
Total votes			6,176	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Jason Allevato^[8]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Allevato	5,520	100.0
Total votes			5,520	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (incumbent)
	Republican	Jason Allevato
Total votes

District 5[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Leo Almeida^[8]
Meredith Lawson-Rowe^[8]
Marco Miller^[8]

Endorsements[edit]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Franklin County Democratic Party^[14]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meredith Lawson-Rowe	2,720	52.2
	Democratic	Marco Miller	1,587	30.5
	Democratic	Leo Almeida	900	17.3
Total votes			5,207	100.0

District 6[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Brandon Barcus^[8]
Patrick Barnacle^[8]
Eli Bohnert, West Scioto commissioner^[15]^[8]
Christine Cockley, human resources specialist^[8]
Adhanet Kifle^[8]
Kawther Musa, community health worker and community activist^[8]
Elijah Williams^[8]

Endorsements[edit]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Franklin County Democratic Party^[14]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Cockley	1,530	31.8
	Democratic	Brandon Barcus	881	18.3
	Democratic	Eli Bohnert	731	15.2
	Democratic	Kawther Musa	649	13.5
	Democratic	Adhanet Kifle	548	11.4
	Democratic	Elijah Williams	249	5.2
	Democratic	Patrick Barnacle	230	4.8
Total votes			4,818	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Hussein Jabiri^[8]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hussein Jabiri	2,188	100.0
Total votes			2,188	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Christine Cockley
	Republican	Hussein Jabiri
Total votes

District 7[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Allison Russo, incumbent state representative^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allison Russo (incumbent)	7,493	100.0
Total votes			7,493	100.0

District 8[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Anita Somani, incumbent state representative (redistricted from the 11th district)^[8]

Declined[edit]

Beth Liston, incumbent state representative (running for Ohio Senate)^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anita Somani (incumbent)	6,218	100.0
Total votes			6,218	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Aaron Neumann (write-in)^[8]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Neumann	245	100.0
Total votes			245	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Anita Somani (incumbent)
	Republican	Aaron Neumann
Total votes

District 9[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Munira Abdullahi, incumbent state representative^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Munira Abdullahi (incumbent)	4,919	100.0
Total votes			4,919	100.0

District 10[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Brian M. Garvine^[8]
Shafi Shafat^[8]

Withdrawn[edit]

David Dobos, incumbent state representative^[2]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian M. Garvine	3,203	83.8
	Republican	Shafi Shafat	618	16.2
Total votes			3,821	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Sarah C. Pomeroy^[8]
Mark Sigrist^[8]

Endorsements[edit]

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Franklin County Democratic Party^[14]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Sigrist	2,315	50.3
	Democratic	Sarah C. Pomeroy	2,291	49.7
Total votes			4,606	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Brian M. Garvine
	Democratic	Mark Sigrist
Total votes

District 11[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Crystal Lett, political activist^[8]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crystal Lett	5,469	100.0
Total votes			5,469	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Stephanie Kunze, state senator from the 16th district (2017–present)^[8]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephanie Kunze	6,642	100.0
Total votes			6,642	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Crystal Lett
	Republican	Stephanie Kunze
Total votes

District 12[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Patty Hamilton, retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves^[16]^[17]
Brian Stewart, incumbent state representative^[18]^[17]

Endorsements[edit]

Brian Stewart

Organizations

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Stewart (incumbent)	9,540	57.2
	Republican	Patty Hamilton	7,143	42.8
Total votes			16,683	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Brad W. Cotton^[17]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad W. Cotton	2,945	100.0
Total votes			2,945	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Brian Stewart (incumbent)
	Democratic	Brad W. Cotton
Total votes

District 13[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Tristan W. Rader, Lakewood city councilor and candidate for Ohio's 7th congressional district in 2022^[10]

Withdrawn[edit]

Michael J. Skindell, incumbent state representative^[9]^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tristan W. Rader	6,701	100.0
Total votes			6,701	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Robert E. Dintaman^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert E. Dintaman	1,544	100.0
Total votes			1,544	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Tristan W. Rader
	Republican	Robert E. Dintaman
Total votes			100.0

District 14[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Sean Brennan, incumbent state representative^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean Brennan (incumbent)	5,796	100.0
Total votes			5,796	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

David Morgan, candidate for the 14th district in 2022^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Morgan	4,261	100.0
Total votes			4,261	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Sean Brennan (incumbent)
	Republican	David Morgan
Total votes			100.0

District 15[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Chris Glassburn^[10]
TJ Mulloy^[10]

Declined[edit]

Richard Dell'Aquila, incumbent state representative (running for Cuyahoga County Council)^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Glassburn	5,237	74.9
	Democratic	TJ Mulloy	1,755	25.1
Total votes			6,992	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Aaron L. Borowski^[10]
Ryan McClain^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron L. Borowski	3,270	55.4
	Republican	Ryan McClain	2,630	44.6
Total votes			5,900	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Chris Glassburn
	Republican	Aaron L. Borowski
Total votes			100.0

District 16[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Bride Rose Sweeney, incumbent state representative^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bride Rose Sweeney (incumbent)	8,459	100.0
Total votes			8,459	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Daniel James Harrington, United States Marine Corps veteran and small business owner^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Harrington	5,490	100.0
Total votes			5,490	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Bride Rose Sweeney (incumbent)
	Republican	Dan Harrington
Total votes			100.0

District 17[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Anthony Leon Alexander^[10]
Mike Dovilla, former state representative from the 7th district (2011–2016)^[22]^[10]
Gordon Short, Strongsville City Councillor^[23]^[10]

Failed to qualify[edit]

Jonah Schultz^[22]^[10]

Endorsements[edit]

Mike Dovilla

Organizations

Gordon Short

State Senators

Matt Dolan, SD-24 (2017–present); former state representative from HD-98 (2005–2010)^[24]

State Representatives

Tom Patton, HD-17 (2023–present), HD-07 (2017–2022), HD-18 (2003–2008); former state senator from SD-24 (2008–2016)^[23]

Newspapers

The Plain Dealer (Republican primary only)^[25]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Dovilla	5,768	49.3
	Republican	Gordon Short	5,415	46.2
	Republican	Anthony Leon Alexander	525	4.5
Total votes			11,708	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Jessica Sutherland^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jessica Sutherland	6,451	100.0
Total votes			6,451	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Mike Dovilla
	Democratic	Jessica Sutherland
Total votes			100

District 18[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Juanita Brent, incumbent state representative (redistricted from the 22nd district)^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Brent (incumbent)	13,517	100.0
Total votes			13,517	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Justyn Anderson (write-in)^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justyn Anderson	277	100.0
Total votes			277	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Juanita Brent (incumbent)
	Republican	Justyn Anderson
Total votes			100.0

District 19[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Phil Robinson, incumbent state representative^[10]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Robinson (incumbent)	7,412	100.0
Total votes			7,412	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

Kenny Godnavec^[10]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Godnavec	6,037	100.0
Total votes			6,037	100.0

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results
Party		Candidate	%
	Democratic	Phil Robinson (incumbent)
	Republican	Kenny Godnavec
Total votes			100.0

District 20[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared[edit]

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