2016 Ohio House of Representatives election

2016 Ohio House of Representatives election

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All 99 seats of the Ohio House of Representatives
50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout71.33%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Cliff Rosenberger Fred Strahorn
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015
Leader's seat District 91 District 39
Last election 65 34
Seats before 64 34
Seats won 66 33
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 2,836,624 1,961,329
Percentage 58.54% 40.47%

Results
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Cliff Rosenberger
Republican

Elected Speaker

Cliff Rosenberger
Republican

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 99 members to Ohio's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016.

Republicans consolidated their supermajority in the House by gaining one seat, winning 66 seats compared to 33 seats for the Democrats.