OHIO 18 Electoral Votes 
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Ohio goes from 20 electoral votes to 18 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Secretary of State
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
11,544,225
Total Registration, Nov. 6, 2012
  7,987,697
Ohio has: 88 counties.
Largest counties (28 are 100,000 plus): Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery. >
Largest cities (100,000-plus): Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton. >

Government
Governor: John Kasich (R) elected 2010. 
State Legislature: Ohio General Assembly  House: 99 seats  Senate: 33 seats
Local: Cities and Villages, Counties  NACO Counties
U.S. House: 13R, 5D - 1. S.Chabot (R) | 2. J.Schmidt (R) | 3. M.Turner (R) | 4. J.Jordan (R) | 5. B.Latta (R) | 6. B.Johnson (R) | 7. S.Austria (R) | 8. J.Boehner (.R) | 9. M.Kaptur (D) | 10. D.Kucinich (D) | 11. M.Fudge (D) | 12. P.Tiberi (R) | 13. B.Sutton (D) | 14. S. LaTourette (R) | 15. S.Stivers (R) | 16. J. Renacci (R) | 17. T.Ryan (D) | 18. B.Gibbs (R)
U.S. Senate: Sherrod Brown (D) re-elected in 2012, Rob Portman (R) elected 2010. 
2012
U.S. Senate: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) won a second term, defeating Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) by 50.7% to 44.7% and 4.6% for Rupert Scott (I).
U.S. House: The state lost two seats due to reapportionment.  The delegation goes from 13R, 5D to 12R, 4D
for the 113th Congress.  Five members are not returning.  Reps. Steve Austria (R) and Steve LaTourette (R) retired.  Reps. Jean Schmidt (R) and Dennis Kucinich (D) were defeated in the March 6 primary.  Rep. Jim Renacci (R) defeated Rep. Betty Sutton (D) in the member on member contest in November.  New members are Dr. Brad Wenstrup (R) in the 2nd CD (SW Ohio), Joyce Beatty (D) in the new 3rd CD (Columbus-Franklin County), and David Joyce (R) in the 14th CD (NE Ohio). 
State Legislature: Republicans maintained solid control of both chambers.  All 99 House seats and 16 Senate seats were up.  The House went from 59R, 40D to 60R, 39D and the Senate stayed at 23R, 10D.
Ballot Measures: Voters rejected two state issues.  Every 20 years Ohio voters are given the choice of voting for a constitutional convention.  Question 1 failed by 68.1% to 31.9%.  Also on the ballot was a redistricting reform initiative; the Voters First effort would have established an Independent Citizens Commission but failed by 63.1% to 36.8%.

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The Buckeye State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 8,644,958.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.6%.

Voter Registration Deadline
: October 9, 2012.
Early In-Person Absentee Voting: October 2 - November 5, 2012.
     Official Results >

 
Alexander/Mendoza(Soc.)
2,967
(0.05)
Duncan/Johnson (Ind.)
12,502
(0.22)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
8,151
(0.15)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
49,493
(0.89)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
2,827,621
(50.67)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
2,661,407
(47.69)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
18,574
(0.33)
6 Write Ins
107

Total........5,580,822



Total votes cast: 5,632,423.  

Overview: Ohio, the quintessential battleground state, went to Obama-Biden by 166,214 votes (2.98 percentage points).  127,528 fewer votes were tallied in the presidential race than in 2008.  The Republican ticket carried 71 counties to 17 for the Democrats.
General Election Details
Obama  |  Romney
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Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Registered Voters: 7,722,180. +
Democrats

Barack Obama 100%.





Republicans
66 Delegates: 3 RNC; 22 at-large; 48 by CD (3 x 16 CDs).
2.89% of the 2,286 Delegates. 

Official Results >
Newt Gingrich
177,183
14.60%
Jon Huntsman
6,490
0.53%
Ron Paul
113,256
9.33%
Rick Perry
7,539
0.62%
+Mitt Romney
460,831
37.96%
Rick Santorum
448,580
36.95%
Total
1,213,879

Romney carried CDs 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 and 6, 9 and 13 where the Santorum campaign failed to file delegate slates.  Santorum carried CDs 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 15.  details

Details of the presidential primary are set out in Ohio Revised Code, Title 35.  See 3513.12.
General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 8,541,239.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.7%.

About 30% voted absentee:
1,744,753 absentee ballots were issued, of which 1,717,256 (98.4%) were counted...these included over 214,000 voters who voted in person by absentee from Sept. 30-Oct. 24.


206,859 provisional ballots were issued, of which 166,870 (80.7%) were counted.

Total Registration:
8,287,665
Official Amended Results >


Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
12,565 (0.22)
Barr/Root (Lib.) 19,917 (0.35)
Duncan/Johnson (Ind.)
3,905
(0.07)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
2,677,820 (46.91)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
8,518
(0.15)
Moore/Alexander (Soc.)
2,735 (0.05)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
42,337 (0.74)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
2,940,044
(51.50)
w/ins (6)
509
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Total........5,708,350



Total votes cast: 5,775,369.

2008 Overview
After an intense campaign, Obama-Biden prevailed in battleground Ohio by 262,224 votes (4.59 percentage points).  The Republican ticket carried 66 counties to 22 for the Democrats.
General Election Details
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies   |  Nader



General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 8,427,696.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.8%.


Total Registration: 7,979,630.
Voter registration deadline for the November general election was October 4, 2004.
Official Amended Results 


Badnarik/Campagna (NP)
14,676
(0.26)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
2,859,768
(50.81)
David Keith Cobb (w/in)
192
Other w/in (3) 166
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 2,741,167
(48.71)
Peroutka/Baldwin (NP) 11,939 (0.21)
Total........5,627,908

Final results (post-recount) --amended official results as of January 4, 2005.

2004 Overview
Because of its importance to both campaigns, the Ohio was seen as the Florida of 2004, a must-win state.  The candidates made frequent visits, and their allies poured in resources.  Intense legal activity in the weeks leading up to Election Day suggested the possibility of Florida-type post-election debacle.  The focus led to high turnout; 925,910 more votes were cast in the race for president than in 2000.  Although the Kerry campaign held out thin hopes for Ohio as Election Night segued into the morning after, on the afternoon of November 3 Kerry conceded.  Nonethess legal activity continued into the post-election period, a recount of sorts occurred, and investigations were begun.  Final results following the recount put Bush's plurality at 118,601 votes (2.10 percentage points); the Republican ticket carried 72 counties to 16 for Kerry-Edwards.
General Election Details  |  Photos
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 8,295,592.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.7%.


Total Registration: 7,535,188.
Official Results  


Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
13,473
(0.29)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
26,721
(0.57)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
2,350,363
(49.99)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
2,183,628
(46.44)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
6,181
(0.13)
Harris/Trowe (w/in)
10
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
117,799
(2.51)
Phillips/Frazier (Ind.)
3,823
(0.08)
Total........4,701,998

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Total votes cast: 4,795,989


2000 Overview
This bellweather battleground state which had gone to Clinton-Gore in 1996, returned to the Republican column.  Bush won with a plurality of 166,735 votes (3.55 percentage points) and carried 72 counties to 16 for Gore.  Historic Maps.
General Election Activities

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.).....1,984,945 (40.18)
Bush (Rep.).........1,894,310 (38.35)
Perot (Ind.)..........1,036,426
 (20.98)
Others (5+w/ins)......24,283
(0.49)
Total........4,939,964

1996
Clinton (Dem.).....2,148,222 (47.38)
Dole (Rep.)..........1,859,883 (41.02)
Perot (Ref.)............483,207
 (10.66)
Others (4+w/ins).....43,122
(0.95)
Total........4,534,434