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The Ohio Senate Likely R

This is one of our least certain forecasts — state-legislative races have almost no district polling and many of these maps were redrawn. Read the range, not the midpoint. How this is modeled →

Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Ohio Senate.

Chance of R control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 9.3 of 3380% range 911
D 933 seatsR 24
PVIR+5
Seats up in 202617
Chamber size33
District by district

33 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
27Modeled D-vs-RSteve Demetriou — 72 in 100Mike RobertoSteve DemetriouR+5.8
3Modeled D-vs-RMichele Reynolds — 86 in 100Stacie Baker · Natasha Wheatley-CaffreyMichele ReynoldsR+10.8
13Modeled D-vs-RGayle Manning — 87 in 100Joe MillerGayle ManningR+10.9
7Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 96 in 100Cara JacobZac Haines · Kim LukensR+17.0
29Modeled D-vs-RJane Timken — 98 in 100Thomas WestJane Timken · Zach Moore (O)R+20.3
19Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 98 in 100Janet WagnerBeth Lear · Ryan RiversR+20.9
11Modeled D-vs-RPaula Hicks-Hudson — 98 in 100Paula Hicks-HudsonJames Nowak · Kenneth Sharp (O)D+21.2
33Modeled D-vs-RAl Cutrona — 99 in 100Michael KripchakAl CutronaR+24.1
25Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — >99 in 100Jesse Baker · Bill DeMoraDon RobertsD+31.8
5Modeled D-vs-RPhil Plummer — >99 in 100Jeffrey HarrisPhil PlummerR+36.5
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