2012 Ohio elections

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The 2012 Ohio elections were held on November 6, 2012, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Primary elections were held on March 6, 2012.

Federal

President

Voters chose 18 electors to represent them in the Electoral College.

2012 United States presidential election in Ohio^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	2,827,709	50.58	0.80
	Republican	Mitt Romney	2,661,437	47.60	0.80
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	49,493	0.89	0.54
	Green	Jill Stein	18,573	0.33	0.18
	Independent	Richard Duncan	12,502	0.22
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	8,152	0.15	0.07
	Socialist	Stewart Alexander	2,967	0.05
	Write-in		23	0.00
Majority			166,272	2.97	1.61
Total votes			5,590,934	100.00
	Democratic win

Senate

2012 United States Senate election in Ohio^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sherrod Brown (incumbent)	2,762,766	50.70	5.46
	Republican	Josh Mandel	2,435,744	44.70	0.88
	Independent	Scott Rupert	250,618	4.60	4.58
Majority			327,022	6.00	6.34
Total votes			5,449,128	100.00
	Democratic hold

House

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Ohio 1	Steve Chabot	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Steve Chabot (Republican) 57.7% Jeff Sinnard (Democratic) 37.6% Jim Berns (Libertarian) 2.8% Rich Stevenson (Green) 1.9%
Ohio 2	Jean Schmidt	Republican	2005 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected. Republican hold.	Y Brad Wenstrup (Republican) 58.6% William R. Smith (Democratic) 41.4%
Ohio 3	None (New seat)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic gain.	Y Joyce Beatty (Democratic) 68.3% Chris Long (Republican) 26.3% Richard Ehrbar (Libertarian) 3.2% Bob Fitrakis (Green) 2.2%
Ohio 4	Jim Jordan	Republican	2006	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jim Jordan (Republican) 58.3% Jim Slone (Democratic) 36.5% Chris Calla (Libertarian) 5.2%
Ohio 5	Bob Latta	Republican	2007 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Latta (Republican) 57.3% Angela Zimmann (Democratic) 39.2% Eric Eberly (Libertarian) 3.5%
Ohio 6	Bill Johnson	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bill Johnson (Republican) 53.2% Charlie Wilson (Democratic) 46.8%
Ohio 7	Bob Gibbs	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Bob Gibbs (Republican) 56.4% Joyce Healy-Abrams (Democratic) 43.6%
Ohio 8	John Boehner	Republican	1990	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Boehner (Republican) 99.2%
Ohio 9	Marcy Kaptur	Democratic	1982	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Marcy Kaptur (Democratic) 73.1% Samuel Wurzelbacher (Republican) 23.0% Sean Stipe (Libertarian) 3.9%
Ohio 9	Dennis Kucinich Redistricted from the 10th district	Democratic	1996	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
Ohio 10	Mike Turner	Republican	2002	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mike Turner (Republican) 59.5% Sharen Neuhardt (Democratic) 37.5% David Harlow (Libertarian) 3.0%
Ohio 10	Steve Austria Redistricted from the 7th district	Republican	2008	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
Ohio 11	Marcia Fudge	Democratic	2008	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Marcia Fudge (Democratic) 100.0%
Ohio 12	Pat Tiberi	Republican	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pat Tiberi (Republican) 63.5% Jim Reese (Democratic) 36.5%
Ohio 13	Tim Ryan	Democratic	2002	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tim Ryan (Democratic) 72.8% Marisha Agana (Republican) 27.2%
Ohio 14	Steve LaTourette	Republican	1994	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.	Y David Joyce (Republican) 54.0% Dale Virgil Blanchard (Democratic) 38.7% Elaine Mastromatteo (Green) 3.9% David Macko (Libertarian) 3.4%
Ohio 15	Steve Stivers	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Steve Stivers (Republican) 61.6% Pat Lang (Democratic) 38.4%
Ohio 16	Jim Renacci	Republican	2010	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jim Renacci (Republican) 52.0% Betty Sutton (Democratic) 48.0%
Ohio 16	Betty Sutton Redistricted from the 13th district	Democratic	2006	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic loss.

State

General Assembly

Supreme Court

References

^ "2012 Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State". www.ohiosos.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^ Senate election results