2022 United States Senate election in Ohio

2022 United States Senate election in Ohio

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Turnout	52.32% 16.1pp
Nominee JD Vance Tim Ryan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,192,114 1,939,489 Percentage 53.04% 46.92%
County results Congressional district results State Senate district results State House district results Precinct results Vance:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Ryan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%
U.S. Senator before election Rob Portman Republican Elected U.S. Senator JD Vance Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance won the election, beating Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to replace retiring Republican Senator Rob Portman.^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and venture capitalist

Eliminated in primary

• Matt Dolan, state senator from the 24th district since 2017 and nominee for Cuyahoga County executive in 2010^[2][3][4]
• Mike Gibbons, investment banker and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018^[5][4]
• Josh Mandel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Iraq War veteran, former Ohio state treasurer (2011–2019), nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018^[6][4]
• Neil Patel, businessman^[7][4]
• Mark Pukita, IT executive^[8][4]
• Jane Timken, former chair of the Ohio Republican Party (2017–2021)^[9][4]

Withdrawn

• John Berman, electronic hardware design, test engineer and candidate for U.S. Senate (Minnesota and Kansas) in 2020^[10]
• Bernie Moreno, businessman^[11][12]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tim Ryan, U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district (2013–2023) and candidate for President of the United States in 2020^[13][4]

Eliminated in primary

• Morgan Harper, former senior advisor at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and candidate for Ohio's 3rd congressional district in 2020^[14][4]
• Traci Johnson, activist and tech executive^[15][4]

Results

Vance won by 6.1%, which was predicted in polling before the election was held.^[16][17] Even though he lost, Ryan flipped four counties carried by Portman in re-election in 2016: Summit, Montgomery, Hamilton, and Lorain.

It is also the closest election since 1992.

Vance was supported by former President Donald J. Trump and became the only candidate in the seven statewide general election races funded by Trump's PAC to win.^[18]

References

1. Gomez, Henry J. (8 November 2022). "Ohio Senate midterm 2022: JD Vance wins the election". NBC News. NBC Universal. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
2. Smyth, Julie Carr (September 20, 2021). "GOP state Sen. Matt Dolan jumps into US Senate race in Ohio". Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
3. Axelrod, Tal (September 20, 2021). "Centrist state lawmaker enters Ohio GOP Senate primary". The Hill. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
4. "CANDIDATE PETITION VERIFICATIONS FOR THE 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION RELEASED". Ohio Secretary of State. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
5. Greenwood, Max (April 13, 2021). "Businessman Mike Gibbons jumps into GOP Senate race in Ohio". thehill.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
6. "GOP's Josh Mandel joins race for open Senate seat in Ohio". The Independent. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
7. "Republican candidates for U.S. Senate seat heading to Paulding". West Bend News. July 7, 2021. Archived from the original on July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
8. Ghose, Carrie (October 31, 2019). "Dublin IT firm exec selling most of interest, launching campaign to unseat GOP Sen. Rob Portman in 2022 primary". Columbus Business First. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
9. "Jane Timken Announces She's Running for U.S. Senate". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
10. "Statement of Candidacy Withdrawal". John4Midwest.com. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
11. Steinhauser, Paul (April 6, 2021). "Ohio race: Another candidate jumps into the most competitive GOP Senate primary in the country". Fox News. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
12. Tobias, Andrew J. (February 3, 2022). "Bernie Moreno drops out of Ohio's Republican U.S. Senate race". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
13. "Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan launches Senate bid". NBC News. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
14. BeMiller, Haley. "Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper enters U.S. Senate race, setting up challenge to Tim Ryan". The Enquirer. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
15. "Activist and tech exec Traci Johnson launches US Senate bid". Associated Press. January 22, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
16. "Vance-ism Is Not the Future". National Review. 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
17. Silver, Nate (2022-11-09). "Candidate Quality Mattered". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
18. Bender, Michael C. (2022-12-07). "The key statistics about Trump's endorsement track record this year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-07.