2024 in Ohio
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Ohio.
Incumbents
State government
- Governor: Mike DeWine
- Secretary of State: Frank LaRose
- Attorney General: Dave Yost
- Treasurer of State: Robert Sprague
Events
- March 13–15 - A significant early spring tornado outbreak occurred throughout the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, with the most significant impacts occurring in Indiana and Ohio. The outbreak produced 34 tornadoes and caused $5.9 billion in damage. On March 14, an intense EF3 tornado struck the villages of Lakeview and Russells Point in Logan County, where it killed 3 people and injured 27 others. At least 45% of Lakeview was damaged or destroyed by the tornado.
- March 19 –
- * 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries: The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Ohio.
- * 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries: The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Ohio.
- May 28 – Realty Building explosion: One person is killed and seven others are injured in a natural gas explosion at an apartment building in Youngstown.
- June 2 – A mass shooting in Akron kills a 27-year-old man and wounds 24 people.
- July 1 – A mass shooting in Cincinnati, kills three people and injures two others. An adult suspect has been arrested.
- July 15 – Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump selects Ohio senator J. D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate.
- October 24 – Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass stabbing in Cincinnati.
- November 5 – 2024 United States presidential election in Ohio
- November 17 - A small group of Neo-Nazis in Columbus parade around the city. The march gained national attention.
- December 5 - Ohio Beta Omega, a fraternity chapter of Alpha Tau Omega in the Ohio State University, is suspended and under investigation for hazing.