2024 Ohio House of Representatives election

The 2024 Ohio House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect representatives in all 99 districts of the Ohio House of Representatives. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to two-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for U.S. president, U.S. Senate, and the Ohio Senate.
This election was held under different districts than the 2022 Ohio House of Representatives election because in September 2023, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a new set of maps for both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly. Unlike the five previous district maps adopted by the redistricting commission, the newest map was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in November 2023, allowing it to go into effect from the 2024 election through the 2030 election.

Partisan background

In the 2020 presidential election, Trump won 64 Ohio House districts, while Biden won 35. As the 2024 election neared, Republicans held six districts where Biden won, including areas around Columbus, Akron, Toledo, Canton, and Mahoning County. Meanwhile, Democrats represented three districts where Trump won, including parts of Northeast Cuyahoga, suburban Lucas County, and Mahoning County.

Overview

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

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Outgoing incumbents

Republicans

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

Democrats

District 5: Richard Brown was term-limited.
District 6: Adam Miller was term-limited.
District 8: Beth Liston retired to run for Ohio's 16th senatorial district.
District 13: Michael J. Skindell retired.
District 15: Richard Dell'Aquila retired to run for Cuyahoga County Council.
District 21: Elliot Forhan lost re-nomination.
District 28: Jodi Whitted retired.
District 34: Casey Weinstein retired to run for Ohio's 28th senatorial district
District 38: Willis Blackshear Jr. retired to run for Ohio's 6th senatorial district

Summary of results by district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

District 1

Democratic primary

Declared

Dontavius Jarrells, incumbent state representative

District 2

Democratic primary

Declared

Latyna Humphrey, incumbent state representative

District 3

Democratic primary

Declared

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

District 4

Democratic primary

Declared

Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Jason Allevato

District 5

Democratic primary

Declared

Leo Almeida
Meredith Lawson-Rowe
Marco Miller

District 6

Democratic primary

Declared

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

Republican primary

Declared

Hussein Jabiri

District 7

Democratic primary

Declared

Allison Russo, incumbent state representative

District 8

Democratic primary

Declared

Anita Somani, incumbent state representative

Declined

Beth Liston, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Aaron Neumann

District 9

Democratic primary

Declared

Munira Abdullahi, incumbent state representative

District 10

Republican primary

Declared

Brian M. Garvine
Shafi Shafat

Withdrawn

David Dobos, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Sarah C. Pomeroy
Mark Sigrist

District 11

Democratic primary

Declared

Crystal Lett, political activist

Republican primary

Declared

Stephanie Kunze, state senator from the 16th district

District 12

Republican primary

Declared

Patty Hamilton, retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves
Brian Stewart, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Brad W. Cotton

District 13

Democratic primary

Declared

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

Withdrawn

Michael J. Skindell, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Robert E. Dintaman

District 14

Democratic primary

Declared

Sean Brennan, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

David Morgan, candidate for the 14th district in 2022

District 15

Democratic primary

Declared

Chris Glassburn
TJ Mulloy

Declined

Richard Dell'Aquila, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Aaron L. Borowski
Ryan McClain

District 16

Democratic primary

Declared

Bride Rose Sweeney, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Daniel James Harrington, United States Marine Corps veteran and small business owner

District 17

Republican primary

Declared

Anthony Leon Alexander
Mike Dovilla, former state representative from the 7th district
Gordon Short, Strongsville city councillor

Failed to qualify

Jonah Schultz

Democratic primary

Declared

Jessica Sutherland

District 18

Democratic primary

Declared

Juanita Brent, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Justyn Anderson

Independents

Christela Neal

District 19

Democratic primary

Declared

Phil Robinson, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Kenny Godnavec

District 20

Democratic primary

Declared

Nathaniel Cory Hartfield
Terrence Upchurch, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Donna Walker-Brown

District 21

Democratic primary

Declared

Elliot Forhan, incumbent state representative
Eric Synenberg, Beachwood city councilor
Angel Washington, small business owner

Withdrawn

Juan A. Goodwin
Jonathan Holody, candidate for the 21st district in 2022

Republican primary

Declared

Joshua Malovasic

District 22

Democratic primary

Declared

Darnell Brewer, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Milan Wesley

District 23

Democratic primary

Declared

Dan Troy, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Tony Hocevar

District 24

Democratic primary

Declared

Dani Isaacsohn, incumbent state representative
Stephan Pryor

Republican primary

Declared

John Sess

District 25

Democratic primary

Declared

Cecil Thomas, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Jim Berns, perennial candidate

District 26

Democratic primary

Declared

Sedrick Denson, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

John Breadon

District 27

Democratic primary

Declared

Rachel Baker, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Curt C. Hartman, attorney

District 28

Democratic primary

Declared

Jessica Miranda, incumbent state representative

Failed to qualify

Regina Collins

Republican primary

Declared

Jenn Giroux

District 29

Republican primary

Declared

Cindy Abrams, incumbent state representative
George Brunemann

Democratic primary

Declared

Joe Salvato

District 30

Republican primary

Declared

Mike Odioso, teacher and political activist

Democratic primary

Declared

Stefanie A. Hawk, Cheviot city councilor
Andrew Voynovich

District 31

Republican primary

Declared

Bill Roemer, incumbent state representative

Declined

Thomas "Bebe" Heitic, Barberton city councillor

Democratic primary

Declared

A. J. Harris, Cuyahoga Falls Schools Board of Education member

Failed to qualify

Ryan Shank, membership director for the Summit County Young Democrats

District 32

Republican primary

Declared

Jack Daniels, New Franklin city councilor
Mary Stormer

Democratic primary

Declared

Jim Colopy

District 33

Democratic primary

Declared

Veronica Sims, incumbent state representative

District 34

Democratic primary

Declared

Dina Edwards
Derrick Hall, former Akron Public Schools Board of Education president
Nathan Jarosz, Summit County Progressive Democrats president

Declined

Casey Weinstein, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Adam Bozic

District 35

Republican primary

Declared

Steve Demetriou, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Mark Curtis

District 36

Republican primary

Declared

Andrea White, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Chuck Horn, attorney and Democratic nominee for the 52nd district in 2020 and the 45th district in 2022
Rose Lounsbury, author and lifestyle coach

District 37

Republican primary

Declared

Tom Young, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Withdrawn

Rebecca Avery Neal

District 38

Democratic primary

Declared

Derrick L. Foward, president of the Dayton NAACP
Desiree Tims, president & CEO of Innovation Ohio; nominee for Ohio's 10th congressional district in 2020

Declined

Willis Blackshear Jr., incumbent state representative

District 39

Republican primary

Declared

Phil Plummer, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Dion Green, founder and CEO of FUDGE Foundation

District 40

Republican primary

Declared

Rodney Creech, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Bobbie Arnold
Logan Turner

District 41

Democratic primary

Declared

Erika White, president of Communications Workers of America Local 4319, vice president of the Greater Northwest Ohio AFL-CIO, and Democratic nominee for the 42nd district in 2022

Withdrawn

Colin Flanagan, student and candidate for the 41st district in 2022

Republican primary

Declared

Josiah Leinbach

District 42

Democratic primary

Declared

Elgin Rogers, Jr., incumbent state representative

District 43

Democratic primary

Declared

Michele Grim, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Wendi Hendricks, candidate for the 43rd district in 2022

District 44

Republican primary

Declared

Josh Williams, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Dave Blyth

District 45

Republican primary

Declared

Jennifer Gross, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Landon Meador

District 46

Republican primary

Declared

Thomas Hall, incumbent state representative
Zachary Stacy

Democratic primary

Declared

Benjamin McCall

District 47

Republican primary

Declared

Sara Carruthers, incumbent state representative
Diane Mullins

Democratic primary

Declared

Vanessa Cummings

District 48

Republican primary

Declared

Scott Oelslager, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Lynn C. Gorman

District 49

Republican primary

Declared

Jim Thomas, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Krista L. Allison

District 50

Republican primary

Declared

Matthew Kishman, Minerva village councillor

Declined

Reggie Stoltzfus, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Doremus C. Redvine

Disqualified

Vanessa Joy, photographer

District 51

Republican primary

Declared

Brett Hillyer, incumbent state representative
Jodi Salvo, social worker

Democratic primary

Declared

John Bazaar, businessman
Joe Rinehart, professor

District 52

Republican primary

Declared

Gayle Manning, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Genevieve Flieger

District 53

Democratic primary

Declared

Joe Miller, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Bradley Lacko, small business owner

District 54

Republican primary

Declared

Kellie Deeter, nurse and small business owner
Anthony Savage, youth pastor

Democratic primary

Declared

Brenda Buchanan

District 55

Republican primary

Declared

Ben McCullough, sergeant first class in the United States Army Reserve
C. Michelle Teska, businesswoman

Withdrawn

Thomas Goodwin
Scott Hughes
Kim Lukens

Democratic primary

Declared

Laura Marie Davis

District 56

Republican primary

Declared

Kathy Grossmann, Mason city councilor
Adam Mathews, incumbent state representative
Heather Salyer

Democratic primary

Declared

Cleveland Canova

District 57

Republican primary

Declared

Jamie Callender, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Rick Walker

District 58

Democratic primary

Declared

Lauren McNally, incumbent state representative

Republican primary

Declared

Emily Ciccone

Withdrawn

Jennifer J. Ciccone

District 59

Republican primary

Declared

Alessandro Cutrona, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Laura Schaeffer, Beloit village councilor

District 60

Republican primary

Declared

Brian Lorenz, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Rachael Morocco

District 61

Republican primary

Declared

Michael Holt
Beth Lear, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

David Hogan
Christian Smith

District 62

Republican primary

Declared

Dillon Blevons
Jean Schmidt, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Katie Vockell

District 63

Republican primary

Declared

Adam Bird, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Tracey D. McCullough

District 64

Republican primary

Declared

Nick Santucci, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Lauren Mathews

District 65

Republican primary

Declared

Laurie Magyar, nurse
David Thomas, Ashtabula County auditor

Declined

Mike Loychik, incumbent state representative

District 66

Republican primary

Declared

Gary Fox
Sharon Ray, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Bradford Scott Quade

District 67

Republican primary

Declared

Melanie Miller, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Drew McIlveen, student

District 68

Republican primary

Declared

Thaddeus Claggett, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Michael E. Smith

District 69

Republican primary

Declared

Daniel Kalmbach
Kevin D. Miller, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Jamie Hough

District 70

Republican primary

Declared

Brian Lampton, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Joseph Wilson

District 71

Republican primary

Declared

Josh Day, aerospace engineer and Xenia City School Board member
Levi Dean, Xenia city councilor
Robert Fudge
Tyler Scott

Democratic primary

Declared

James H. Duffee

District 72

Republican primary

Declared

Gail Pavliga, incumbent state representative
Heidi Workman

Democratic primary

Declared

Nathaniel Adams

District 73

Republican primary

Declared

Jeff LaRe, incumbent state representative
Mike Tussey, Baltimore chief of police

Withdrawn

Austin Beigel

Democratic primary

Declared

Michael Scarmack

District 74

Republican primary

Declared

Bernard Willis, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Derek I. Alvarado

District 75

Republican primary

Declared

Sally Culling, former Nottingham city councilor
Haraz Ghanbari, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Jan K. Materni

District 76

Republican primary

Potential

Marilyn John, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Alomar Davenport, Mansfield city councilor

District 77

Republican primary

Declared

Bill Albright
Meredith Craig
Dennis Finley, former mayor of Dalton
Frank Grande
Josh Hlavaty

Democratic primary

Declared

Mark D. Gooch

District 78

Republican primary

Declared

Matt Huffman, 96th president of the Ohio Senate and state senator from the 12th district

Failed to qualify

Chris Walther

Declined

Susan Manchester, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Failed to qualify

Dylan Gross

District 79

Republican primary

Declared

Monica Robb Blasdel, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Dan Votaw

District 80

Republican primary

Declared

Johnathan Newman, pastor

Withdrawn

Jena Powell, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Melissa VanDyke

District 81

Republican primary

Declared

Jim Hoops, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Gene Redinger

District 82

Republican primary

Declared

Roy Klopfenstein, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Magdalene Markward

District 83

Republican primary

Declared

Jon Cross, incumbent state representative
Ty Mathews

Democratic primary

Declared

Sheila M. Coressel

District 84

Republican primary

Declared

Angela King, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Arienne Childrey, LGBT activist
Heather Schmidt

District 85

Republican primary

Declared

Tim Barhorst, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Victoria Maddox

District 86

Republican primary

Declared

Wezlynn Davis, Jerome Township trustee
Tracy Richardson, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Lesley Verbus

District 87

Republican primary

Declared

Riordan McClain, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Craig Swartz, nominee for in 2022

District 88

Republican primary

Declared

Gary Click, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Diane Selvey

District 89

Republican primary

Declared

Steve Kraus, former state representative from the 89th district
D. J. Swearingen, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Alisha W. Roshong, attorney

District 90

Republican primary

Declared

Gina Collinsworth, community leader and economic development advocate
Justin Pizzulli, incumbent state representative
Timothy Wheeler, businessman

Democratic primary

Declared

Kate Nunnelley

District 91

Republican primary

Declared

Bob Peterson, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Ellen Yvette Clark, nurse

District 92

Republican primary

Declared

Mark Johnson, incumbent state representative

Democratic primary

Declared

Arthur Donald Beatty

District 93

Republican primary

Declared

Jason Stephens, incumbent state representative

District 94

Republican primary

Declared

Kevin Ritter, Washington County Commission president
Shannon Walker

Democratic primary

Declared

Wenda Sheard

District 95

Republican primary

Declared

Don Jones, incumbent state representative
Nelson E. Roe

Democratic primary

Declared

Micah McCarey, Athens city councilman

Withdrew after primary election

Lish Greiner

District 96

Republican primary

Declared

Ron Ferguson, incumbent state representative

District 97

Republican primary

Declared

Adam Holmes, incumbent state representative

District 98

Republican primary

Declared

Mark Hiner
Brandon Lape, IT professional, candidate for Ohio's 7th congressional district in 2020 and Ohio's 12th congressional district in 2022
Scott Pullins, attorney and candidate for the 98th district in 2022