2022 Election Recap: Our Thoughts on The Outcome

Kegler Brown Government Affairs Update November 11, 2022 by Steve Tugend, Tony Fiore, Andy Shifflette + Mike Culp

The 2022 election re-emphasized two things. First, the Republican Party remains the dominant party in Ohio, despite its reputation as a “swing state.” Second, there will continue to be very narrow margins in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to further demonstrate that our nation is deeply divided.

Ohio Spotlight

In Ohio, Republicans swept every statewide race, to include all three Ohio Supreme Court races. In addition, Republicans expanded their already large majorities in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. There will be enough Republican legislators in both chambers to overturn the vetoes of newly re-elected Republican Governor Mike DeWine.

This is significant because it strengthens the influence that Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and the new Republican House Speaker will have. Current Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) is term limited and the chamber will be led by a new House Speaker who has yet to be chosen.

Federal Spotlight

At the national level, we still do not know which party will have the balance of power in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate.

Most experts believe that Republicans will have control of the U.S. House of Representatives, but likely new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) will have a very small margin in the Republican majority through which he won’t be able to afford to lose too many votes to get legislation passed.

On the U.S. Senate side, there are three states where the outcome has not yet been determined as of this writing. Republicans have secured 49 seats, but will need to win two of the three remaining undecided races to switch the balance of power in the U.S. Senate from Democrat to Republican, given that the two Independent senators caucus with the Democrats.

In Nevada, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt is holding on to an 8,988-vote lead over Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto with 10% of the overall votes yet to be counted.
In Arizona, Republican challenger Blake Masters is behind Democrat incumbent U.S. Senator Mark Kelly by 115,037 votes with 18% of the overall votes yet to be counted.
In Georgia, the state requires General Election candidates to receive more than 50% of the vote or the top two finishers must compete in a runoff. Neither incumbent Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock, nor Republican challenger Herschel Walker will have received more than 50% of the vote due to the Libertarian Party candidate capturing 2.1% of the vote. Therefore, Georgia voters will decide between Warnock or Walker in a December 6th runoff.

Even if Democrats retain control of the U.S. Senate, with the likelihood of Republicans having the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Joe Biden will have a more difficult time moving legislation through Congress, resulting in gridlock, unless both sides can work across the aisle.

Election Results

U.S. Senate

J.D. Vance (R)

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1 – Greg Landsman (D)
District 2 – Brad Wenstrup (R)
District 3 – Joyce Beatty (D)
District 4 – Jim Jordan (R)
District 5 – Bob Latta (R)
District 6 – Bill Johnson (R)
District 7 – Max Miller (R)
District 8 – Warren Davidson (R)
District 9 – Marcy Kaptur (D)
District 10 – Mike Turner (R)
District 11 – Shontel Brown (D)
District 12 – Troy Balderson (R)
District 13 – Emilia Sykes (D)
District 14 – David Joyce (R)
District 15 – Mike Carey (R)

Ohio Supreme Court

Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy (R)
Associate Justice – Pat Fischer (R)
Associate Justice – Pat DeWine (R)

Governor

Mike DeWine/Jon Husted (R)

Attorney General

Dave Yost (R)

Auditor

Keith Faber (R)

Secretary of State

Frank LaRose (R)

Treasurer

Robert Sprague (R)

Ohio Court of Appeals

District 1 – Jennifer Kinsley (D)
District 2 – Mary Kate Huffman (R)
District 2 – Ronald Lewis (R)
District 2 – Michael Tucker (R)
District 3 – William Zimmerman (R)
District 3 – Juergen Waldick (R)
District 4 – Kristy Wilkin (R)
District 5 – Andrew King (R)
District 5 – Craig Baldwin (R)
District 6 – Christine Mayle (R)
District 6 – Charles Sulek (R)
District 7 – Mark Hanni (R)
District 8 – Mary Eileen Kilbane (D)
District 8 – Lisa Forbes (D)
District 8 – Kathleen Ann Keough (D)
District 8 – Eileen Gallagher (D)
District 8 – Michael John Ryan (D)
District 9 – Scot Stevenson (R)
District 9 – Donna Carr (R)
District 9 – Jill Flagg Lanzinger (R)
District 10 – Kristin Boggs (D)
District 10 – Julia Dorrian (D)
District 10 – Carly Edelstein (D)
District 10 – David Leland (D)
District 11 – John Eklund (R)
District 11 – Eugene Lucci (R)
District 12 – Robin Piper (R)
District 12 – Michael Powell (R)

Ohio Senate

District 1 – Rob McColley (R)
District 3 – Michelle Reynolds (R)
District 5 – Stephen Huffman (R)
District 7 – Steve Wilson (R)
District 9 – Catherine Ingram (D)
District 11 – Paula Hicks-Hudson (D)
District 13 – Nathan Manning (R)
District 15 – Hearcel Craig (D)
District 17 – Shane Wilkin (R)
District 19 – Andrew Brenner (R)
District 21 – Kent Smith (D)
District 23 – Nickie Antonio (D)
District 25 – Bill DeMora (D)
District 27 – Kristina Roegner (R)
District 29 – Kirk Schuring (R)
District 31 – Al Landis (R)
District 33 – Michael Rulli (R)

Ohio House of Representatives

District 1 – Dontavius Jarrells (D)
District 2 – Latyna Humphrey (D)
District 3 – Ismail Mohamed (D)
District 4 – Mary Lightbody (D)
District 5 – Undecided
District 6 – Adam Miller (D)
District 7 – Allison Russo (D)
District 8 – Beth Liston (D)
District 9 – Munira Yasin Abdullahi (D)
District 10 – Dave Dobos (R)
District 11 – Anita Somani (D)
District 12 – Brian Stewart (R)
District 13 – Michael Skindell (D)
District 14 – Sean Brennan (D)
District 15 – Richard Dell'Aquila (D)
District 16 – Bride Rose Sweeney (D)
District 17 – Thomas Patton (R)
District 18 – Darnell Brewer (D)
District 19 – Phil Robinson (D)
District 20 – Terrence Upchurch (D)
District 21 – Elliot Forhan (D)
District 22 – Juanita Brent (D)
District 23 – Daniel Troy (D)
District 24 – Dani Isaacsohn (D)
District 25 – Cecil Thomas (D)
District 26 – Sedrick Denson (D)
District 27 – Rachel Baker (D)
District 28 – Jessica Miranda (D)
District 29 – Cindy Abrams (R)
District 30 – Bill Seitz (R)
District 31 – Bill Roemer (R)
District 32 – Bob Young (R)
District 33 – Tavia Galonski (D)
District 34 – Casey Weinstein (D)
District 35 – Steve Demetriou (R)
District 36 – Andrea White (R)
District 37 – Tom Young (R)
District 38 – Willis Blackshear, Jr. (D)
District 39 – Phil Plummer (R)
District 40 – Rodney Creech (R)
District 41 – Josh Williams (R)
District 42 – Derek Merrin (R)
District 43 – Michele Grim (D)
District 44 – Elgin Rodgers, Jr. (D)
District 45 – Jennifer Gross (R)
District 46 – Thomas Hall (R)
District 47 – Sara Carruthers (R)
District 48 – Scott Oelslager (R)
District 49 – Jim Thomas (R)
District 50 – Reggie Stolzfus (R)
District 51 – Brett Hillver (R)
District 52 – Gayle Manning (R)
District 53 – Joe Miller (D)
District 54 – Dick Stein (R)
District 55 – Scott Lipps (R)
District 56 – Adam Mathews (R)
District 57 – Jaime Callender (R)
District 58 – Al Cutrona (R)
District 59 – Lauren McNally (D)
District 60 – Kris Jordan (R)
District 61 – Beth Lear (R)
District 62 – Jean Schmidt (R)
District 63 – Adam Bird (R)
District 64 – Nick Santucci (R)
District 65 – Mike Loychik (R)
District 66 – Sharon Ray (R)
District 67 – Melanie Miller (R)
District 68 – Thad Claggett (R)
District 69 – Kevin Miller (R)
District 70 – Brian Lampton (R)
District 71 – Bill Dean (R)
District 72 – Gail Pavliga (R)
District 73 – Jeff LaRe (R)
District 74 – Bernard Willis (R)
District 75 – Haraz Ghanbari (R)
District 76 – Marilyn John (R)
District 77 – Scott Wiggam (R)
District 78 – Susan Manchester (R)
District 79 – Monica Robb Blasdel (R)
District 80 – Jena Powell (R)
District 81 – James Hoops (R)
District 82 – Roy Klopfenstein (R)
District 83 – Jon Cross (R)
District 84 – Angie King (R)
District 85 – Tim Barhorst (R)
District 86 – Tracy Richardson (R)
District 87 – Riordan McClain (R)
District 88 – Gary Click (R)
District 89 – DJ Swearingen (R)
District 90 – Brian Baldridge (R)
District 91 – Bob Peterson (R)
District 92 – Mark Johnson (R)
District 93 – Jason Stephens (R)
District 94 – Jay Edwards (R)
District 95 – Don Jones (R)
District 96 – Ron Ferguson (R)
District 97 – Adam Holmes (R)
District 98 – Darrell Kick (R)
District 99 – Sarah Fowler Arthur (R)

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