Daily Kos Elections is out with new data for Ohio, which was crunched for us by elections analyst Bill Coningsby, of the 2018 U.S. Senate and gubernatorial results by state Senate, state House, and congressional district.
While Democrats are hoping that Joe Biden will be able to defeat Donald Trump in a state that swung hard to the right in 2016, the Republican gerrymander will make it extremely difficult for Team Blue to flip either chamber of the legislature.
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won re-election by a convincing 52-46 margin against Republican Jim Renecci, but Brown only took 50 of the 99 state House seats and 17 of the 33 state Senate districts—the barest majority possible. Republicans currently enjoy a 61-38 edge in the House and a massive 24-9 super majority in the Senate, where half the chamber is up every two years.
We’ll also take a quick look at the state’s 16 congressional districts. While Hillary Clinton and gubernatorial nominee Richard Cordray took the same four U.S. House seats that Democrats currently hold, Brown carried an additional five districts.
Brown won the 1st District in the Cincinnati area, where Republican Rep. Steve Chabot is currently facing a tough challenge from Democrat Kate Schroder, as well as the Dayton-based 10th District, where veteran Republican Rep. Mike Turner is trying to fend off Democrat Desiree Tims. Brown also took the 12th, 14th, and 15th Districts, though those haven’t attracted much attention this cycle.
P.S. You can find our master list of statewide election results by congressional and legislative district here, which we'll be updating as we add new states. Additionally, you can find all our data from 2018 and past cycles here.