| Ohio | Total Vote | Turnout '98-'02 | ||||||||||
| Registered | Voting | |||||||||||
| 1998 | 7,198,518 | 3,463,483 | 48.1138% | |||||||||
| 2002 | 7,104,549 | 3,295,972 | 46.3924% | |||||||||
| 93,969 | 167,511 | 1.7214% | ||||||||||
| Ohio Gov. 98 | Taft (R) | Fisher (D) | Feitler (I) | Mitchel (I) | Governor 98 | |||||||
| 1,647,081 | 1,469,295 | 64,315 | 109,791 | 3,290,482 | (173,001) | |||||||
| 50.0559% | 44.6529% | 1.9546% | 3.3366% | 174,106 | ||||||||
| Ohio Gov. 02 | Taft (R) | Hagan (D) | Eastman (I) | Whitman (w-I) | Governor 02 | 121,873 | ||||||
| 1,831,110 | 1,212,392 | 124,595 | 512 | 0 | 3,295,972 | 3,168,609 | (127,363) | |||||
| 57.7891% | 38.2626% | 3.9322% | 0.0162% | 0.0000% | Ind. total | 125,107 | ||||||
| Difference | (184,029) | 256,903 | (60,280) | 109,279 | 0 | |||||||
| Ohio Senate 98 | Voinovich (R) | Boyle (D) | Hoyt (w-i) | Mitchel (I) | Senate 1998 | |||||||
| 1,884,129 | 1,455,555 | 51 | 0 | 3,339,735 | (123,748) | |||||||
| 56.4155% | 43.5829% | 0.0015% | 0.0000% | 51 | ||||||||
| Ohio Senate 94 | Dewine (R) | Hyatt (D) | Slovenec (I) | Burkhardt (w-i) | Thierjung (W-I) | Senate 1994 | (97,149) | |||||
| 1,836,556 | 1,348,213 | 252,031 | 57 | 27 | 3,436,884 | 140,912 | ||||||
| 53.4367% | 39.2278% | 7.3331% | 0.0017% | 0.0008% | Ind. total | 252,115 | ||||||
| Difference | 47,573 | 107,342 | (251,980) | (57) | (27) | |||||||
| Ohio AG 98 | Montgomery (R) | Corday (D) | Att. Gen 98 | |||||||||
| 1,999,635 | 1,215,693 | 3,215,328 | (248,155) | |||||||||
| 62.1907% | 37.8093% | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ohio AG 02 | Jim Petro - Rep | Herington (D) | Att. Gen 02 | 143,125 | ||||||||
| 1,971,812 | 1,100,391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,295,972 | 3,072,203 | (223,769) | |||||
| 64.1823% | 35.8177% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | Ind. total | 0 | ||||||
| Difference | 27,823 | 115,302 | 0 | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio Auditor 98 | Petro (R) | Strike (D) | Auditor 98 | |||||||||
| 1,939,454 | 1,167,447 | 3,106,901 | (356,582) | |||||||||
| 62.4241% | 37.5759% | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ohio Auditor 02 | Montgomery - R | Helen Smith (D) | Auditor 02 | 39,555 | ||||||||
| 1,974,767 | 1,092,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,295,972 | 3,067,346 | (228,626) | |||||
| 64.3803% | 35.6197% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | Ind. total | 0 | ||||||
| Difference | (35,313) | 74,868 | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio SoS 98 | Blackwell (R) | Tavares (D) | Martin (I) | Sec of State 98 | ||||||||
| 1,754,479 | 1,377,604 | 31 | 3,132,114 | (331,369) | ||||||||
| 56.0158% | 43.9832% | 0.0010% | 31 | |||||||||
| Ohio SoS 02 | Blackwell (R) | Fllannery (D) | Sec of State 02 | 104,724 | ||||||||
| 1,795,647 | 1,231,743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,027,390 | |||||||
| 59.3134% | 40.6866% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | Ind. total | 0 | ||||||
| Difference | (41,168) | 145,861 | 31 | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio Treas. 98 | Deters (R) | Donofrio (D) | Treasurer 98 | |||||||||
| 1,687,771 | 1,444,473 | 3,132,244 | (331,239) | |||||||||
| 53.8838% | 46.1162% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| Ohio Treas. 02 | Deters (R) | Mary Boyle (D) | Martin (w-I) | Treasurer 02 | 63745 | |||||||
| 1,638,001 | 1,430,174 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 3,295,972 | 3,068,499 | (227,473) | |||||
| 53.3812% | 46.6083% | 0.0106% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | Ind. total | 324 | ||||||
| Difference | 49,770 | 14,299 | (324) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House 1-98 | Chabot (R) | Qualls (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 90,060 | 79,016 | 169,076 | ||||||||||
| 53.2660% | 46.7340% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 1-02 | Chabot (R) | Greg Harris (D) | 2,485 | |||||||||
| 108,186 | 58,405 | 166,591 | ||||||||||
| 64.9411% | 35.0589% | |||||||||||
| (18,126) | 20,611 | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 2-98 | Portman (R) | Sanders (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 150,740 | 48,141 | 198,881 | ||||||||||
| 75.7941% | 24.2059% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 2-02 | Portman (R) | Sanders (D) | James Condit (wi) | 14,705 | ||||||||
| 136,523 | 47,648 | 5 | 184,176 | |||||||||
| 74.1264% | 25.8709% | 0.0027% | ||||||||||
| 14,217 | 493 | (5) | ||||||||||
| Ohio House 3-98 | Shondel (R) | Hall (D) | ||||||||||
| 49,594 | 111,890 | 161,484 | ||||||||||
| 30.7114% | 69.2886% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 3-02 | Turner - Rep | Rick Carne (D) | Williamitis (wi) | (24,896) | ||||||||
| 109,558 | 76,811 | 11 | 186,380 | |||||||||
| 58.7821% | 41.2120% | 0.0059% | ||||||||||
| (59,964) | 35,079 | (11) | ||||||||||
| Ohio House 4-98 | Oxley (R) | McClain (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 109,948 | 62,537 | 172,485 | ||||||||||
| 63.7435% | 36.2565% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 4-02 | Oxley (R) | Jim Clark (D) | (21,882) | |||||||||
| 117,556 | 76,811 | 194,367 | ||||||||||
| 60.4815% | 39.5185% | |||||||||||
| (7,608) | (14,274) | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 5-98 | Gillmor (R) | Darrow (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 122,288 | 61,056 | 0 | 183,344 | |||||||||
| 66.6987% | 33.3013% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| Ohio House 5-02 | Gillmor (R) | Anderson (D) | John Green | (2,268) | ||||||||
| 124,602 | 51,109 | 9,901 | 185,612 | |||||||||
| 67.1304% | 27.5354% | 5.3342% | ||||||||||
| (2,314) | 9,947 | (9,901) | ||||||||||
| Ohio House 6-98 | Hollister (R) | Strickland (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 76,949 | 101,231 | 178,180 | ||||||||||
| 43.1861% | 56.8139% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 6-02 | Mike Halleck -R | Strickland (D) | (10,523) | |||||||||
| 76,594 | 112,109 | 188,703 | ||||||||||
| 40.5897% | 59.4103% | |||||||||||
| 355 | (10,878) | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 7-98 | Hobson (R) | Minor (D) | Schrader (L) | Ogrod (w-i) | Race Total | |||||||
| 118,729 | 49,058 | 8,977 | 0 | 176,764 | ||||||||
| 67.1681% | 27.7534% | 5.0785% | 0.0000% | |||||||||
| Ohio House 7-02 | Hobson (R) | Anastasio (D) | Frank Doden | 12,103 | ||||||||
| 111,399 | 44,634 | 8,628 | 164,661 | |||||||||
| 67.6535% | 27.1066% | 5.2399% | ||||||||||
| 7,330 | 4,424 | 349 | ||||||||||
| Ohio House 8-98 | Boehner (R) | Griffin (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 122,580 | 50,371 | 172,951 | ||||||||||
| 70.8756% | 29.1244% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 8-02 | Boehner (R) | Hardenbrook (D) | 6,829 | |||||||||
| 117,634 | 48,488 | 0 | 166,122 | |||||||||
| 70.8118% | 29.1882% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| 4,946 | 1,883 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Race Total | ||||||||||||
| Ohio House 9-98 | Emery (R) | Kaptur (D) | ||||||||||
| 30,117 | 128,844 | 158,961 | ||||||||||
| 18.9462% | 81.0538% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House 9-02 | Emery (R) | Kaptur (D) | (15,784) | |||||||||
| 45,799 | 128,946 | 0 | 174,745 | |||||||||
| 26.2090% | 73.7910% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| (15,682) | (102) | (0) | ||||||||||
| Ohio House10-98 | Slovenec (R) | Kucinich (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 53,767 | 107,852 | 161,619 | ||||||||||
| 33.2677% | 66.7323% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House10-02 | Jon Heben - Rep | Kucinich (D) | Judy Locy | (10,342) | ||||||||
| 40,874 | 127,424 | 3,663 | 171,961 | |||||||||
| 23.7693% | 74.1005% | 2.1301% | ||||||||||
| 12,893 | (19,572) | (3,663) | ||||||||||
| Ohio House11-98 | Hereford (R) | Jones (D) | Capers (I) | Race Total | ||||||||
| 18,733 | 111,173 | 10,198 | 140,104 | |||||||||
| 13.3708% | 79.3503% | 7.2789% | ||||||||||
| Ohio House11-02 | Pappano - Rep | Jones (D) | (9,162) | |||||||||
| 35,441 | 113,825 | 0 | 149,266 | |||||||||
| 23.7435% | 76.2565% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| (16,708) | (2,652) | 10,198 | ||||||||||
| Ohio House12-98 | Kasich (R) | Brown (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 162,300 | 81,551 | 243,851 | ||||||||||
| 66.5570% | 33.4430% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House12-02 | Pat Tiberi - R | Ed Brown (D) | 65,433 | |||||||||
| 115,117 | 63,301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178,418 | ||||||
| 64.5210% | 35.4790% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| 47,183 | 18,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ohio House13-98 | Drake (R) | Brown (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 71,608 | 114,636 | 0 | 186,244 | |||||||||
| 38.4485% | 61.5515% | 0.0000% | ||||||||||
| Ohio House13-02 | Oliveros - Rep | Sherrod Brown D | 10,671 | |||||||||
| 54,442 | 121,131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175,573 | ||||||
| 31.0082% | 68.9918% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| 17,166 | (6,495) | 0 | 0 | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House14-98 | Watkins (R) | Sawyer (D) | Race Total | |||||||||
| 62,027 | 104,243 | 166,270 | ||||||||||
| 37.3050% | 62.6950% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House14-02 | LaTourette - R | Blanchard (D) | Sid Stone (wi) | -17596 | ||||||||
| 132,677 | 51,087 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183,866 | ||||||
| 72.1596% | 27.7849% | 0.0555% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| (70,650) | 53,156 | (102) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House15-98 | Pryce (R) | Miller (D) | Nestor (I) | Race Total | ||||||||
| 108,560 | 47,684 | 25,639 | 181,883 | |||||||||
| 59.6867% | 26.2169% | 14.0964% | ||||||||||
| Ohio House15-02 | Pryce (R) | Mark Brown (D) | (3,551) | |||||||||
| 132,677 | 52,757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185,434 | ||||||
| 71.5494% | 28.4506% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| (24,117) | (5,073) | 25,639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ohio House16-98 | Regula (R) | Ferguson (D) | ||||||||||
| 114,770 | 64,631 | 179,401 | ||||||||||
| 63.9740% | 36.0260% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House16-02 | Regula (R) | Jim Rice (D) | (5,555) | |||||||||
| 127,090 | 57,866 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184,956 | ||||||
| 68.7136% | 31.2864% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| (12,320) | 6,765 | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House17-98 | Alberty (R) | Traficant (D) | ||||||||||
| 57,125 | 122,169 | 179,294 | ||||||||||
| 31.8611% | 68.1389% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House17-02 | Benjamin - Rep | Ryan (D) | Traficant | (2,170) | ||||||||
| 61,269 | 92,708 | 27,487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181,464 | ||||||
| 33.7637% | 51.0889% | 15.1474% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| (4,144) | 29,461 | (27,487) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House18-98 | Ney (R) | Burch (D) | ||||||||||
| 111,538 | 73,678 | 185,216 | ||||||||||
| 60.2205% | 39.7795% | |||||||||||
| Ohio House18-02 | Ney (R) | No Democrat | 61,574 | |||||||||
| 123,642 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123,642 | ||||||
| 100.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | |||||||
| (12,104) | 73,678 | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Ohio House19-98 | LaTourette (R) | Kelley (D) | ||||||||||
| 124,388 | 62,993 | 187,381 | ||||||||||
| 66.3824% | 33.6176% | |||||||||||
| No District 02 | 187,381 | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 0.0000% | 50.0000% | 50.0000% | |||||||
| 124,388 | 62,993 | 0 | 0 | (0) | (0) | |||||||
| Total Ohio | House 98 | |||||||||||
| Total Ohio 98 | 1,755,821 | 1,582,754 | 44,814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | House 2002 | 3,383,389 | |||
| Total Ohio 02 | 1,771,080 | 1,325,060 | 49,797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,145,937 | 3,383,389 | House 02 | 237,452 | ||
| 3,295,972 | 3,145,937 | (150,035) | ||||||||||
| (15,259) | 257,694 | (4,983) | (0) | (0) | (0) | 0 | ||||||
| Ohio House | Republicans | Democrats | Unopposed Reps | Unopposed Dems | Total Unopposed | |||||||
| House 1998 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000% | ||||||
| House 2002 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5556% | ||||||
| -1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -5.5556% | |||||||
| Legislature | Republicans | Democrats | Independents | Unopposed Reps | Unopposed Dems | Total Unopposed | ||||||
| Ohio Senate 98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5556% | ||||||
| Ohio Senate 02 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11.7647% | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -6.2092% | |||||||
| Republicans | Democrats | Independents | Unopposed Reps | Unopposed Dems | Total Unopposed | |||||||
| Ohio House 98 | 59 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11.1111% | |||||
| Ohio House 02 | 62 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 16.1616% | |||||
| -3 | 3 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0505% | |||||||
| Issues | Yes | No | ||||||||||
| Ohio Issue 1 | Treatment instead of imprisonment for drug offenses plus $247 million. | 987,398 | 32.8797% | 2,015,663 | 3,003,061 | only 1 | ||||||
| Ohio | No. 1 issue in 1998, prohibit taxes on food. | 2,228,874 | 66.4225% | 1,126,728 | 3,355,602 | |||||||
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