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2016 United States Senate election in Ohio

2016 United States Senate election in Ohio

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The 2016 United States Senate election in Ohio was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The close of registration for electors in the primary election was December 16, 2015, and the primary election took place on March 15, 2016.[1] Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman faced former Democratic Governor Ted Strickland. Green Party nominee Joseph DeMare was also on the ballot along with two other independent candidates and one officially declared write-in candidate.

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Initially, the seat was viewed by many to be a potential Democratic pickup, with some early polls showing Strickland ahead, but Portman attained a lead in the summer which grew through the duration of the campaign, and ultimately won re-election to a second term in a landslide, winning 58% of the vote. His vote total of 3,118,567 is the second largest in the state's history, falling 346,084 votes short of George Voinovich's record set in his 2004 re-election.

Republican primary

Republican Senator Rob Portman ran for re-election to a second term in office.[2] He considered running for president in 2016,[3][4][5] but ruled out running for two offices at the same time, even though Ohio law does allow it.[3][6] He ultimately declined to run for president.[2][7] The National Organization for Marriage and other socially conservative groups, unhappy with Portman's public backing for same-sex marriage, pledged to back a primary challenger. Tea Party groups, who heavily backed Portman in 2010, said that they were unlikely to do the same if he runs for re-election.[8][9]

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

  • Melissa Strzala, Tea Party activist (failed to gather enough valid signatures)[11][12]

Declined

Endorsements

Don Elijah Eckhart
Organizations

Polling

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Hypothetical polling

Results

Results by county
Portman
  •   Portman—80–90%
  •   Portman—70–80%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

P.G. Sittenfeld
U.S. Cabinet members and Cabinet-level officials
  • Heather Zichal, former Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (2009–2013)[31]
U.S. Governors
U.S. Representatives (former)
Ohio State Representatives (current)
Ohio State Representatives (former)
Mayors
City Council members
  • Chris Seelbach, Cincinnati City Councilman[33]
  • Yvette Simpson, Cincinnati City Councilwoman[33]
  • Wendell Young, Cincinnati City Councilman[33]
County officials
Notable individuals
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

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Results

Results by county
Strickland
  •   Strickland—>90%
  •   Strickland—80–90%
  •   Strickland—70–80%
  •   Strickland—60–70%
  •   Strickland—50–60%
  •   Strickland—40–50%
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Green primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Joe DeMare, factory worker and environmentalist[43]

Results

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General election

Candidates

  • Rob Portman (R), incumbent senator
  • Ted Strickland (D), former governor of Ohio and former U.S. Representative
  • Joe DeMare (G), factory worker and environmentalist
  • Scott Rupert (I), truck driver and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012[44]
  • Tom Connors (I)
  • James Stahl (Write-in)

Endorsements

Rob Portman
Presidents
U.S. Cabinet members and Cabinet-level officials
Governors
U.S. Senators (current and former)
U.S. Representatives (current and former)
Statewide officials
Diplomats
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Ted Strickland
Presidents
Vice Presidents
U.S. Cabinet members and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Ohio State Senators
Ohio State Representatives (current)
Ohio State Representatives (former)
Mayors
City Council members
Notable individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Debates

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Predictions

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Polling

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Results

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Portman won 13 of 16 congressional districts, including the 13th, held by Democrat Tim Ryan and which Hillary Clinton also won in the presidential race.[117]

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Analysis

Despite being seen early on as a tight race, Portman began to gain the upper hand as Strickland's campaign was said to be the worst he had ever run. [citation needed] Portman received the endorsements of many labor unions including the Ohio Teamsters and the United Mine Workers Union, both of which usually endorsed Democrats. In the end Portman ended up winning in a landslide, the only region where Strickland outperformed Hillary Clinton was in Appalachia, but his performance there was still disappointing for an area he used to represent in Congress.

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