2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on May 8, 2018.

2018 Ohio House of Representatives election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)

All 99 seats of the Ohio House of Representatives
50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout54.30%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ryan Smith Fred Strahorn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since June 6, 2018 January 5, 2015
Leader's seat District 93 District 39
Last election 66 33
Seats won 61 38
Seat change 5 5
Popular vote 2,166,790 1,992,886
Percentage 51.96% 47.79%
Swing 6.58% 7.32%

Results
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Ryan Smith
Republican

Elected Speaker

Larry Householder
Republican

Republicans retained a supermajority in the House despite a net loss of four seats, winning 62 seats compared to 37 seats for the Democrats.

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