Political party strength in Ohio
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The following table indicates the party (Democratic or Republican) of elected officials in the United States state of Ohio:
- Governor (GV)
- Lieutenant Governor (LG)
- Ohio Attorney General (AG)
- Ohio Secretary of State (SS)
- Ohio State Treasurer (TR)
- Ohio State Auditor (AU)
The table also indicates the party that held the majority in the:
- Ohio Senate (SN)
- Ohio House of Representatives (HR)
- Ohio Supreme Court (SC) — It should be noted that although Republicans seemed to have the majority on the court, some justices tended to rule against party lines. See Ohio Supreme Court for more info.
- Ohio delegation to the U.S. Senate (USS)
- Ohio delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives (USHR)
For presidential years, the table indicates which party's candidate the state's electoral votes went to (PR).
Also indicated is the party that controlled the Ohio Apportionment Board (AB), which draws legislative districts for the Ohio General Assembly, in the years following the census.
| Year | Governor | LG | AG | SS | TR | AU | SN | HR | SC | U.S. Senate | USHR | President | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ted Strickland (D) | Lee Fisher (D) | D | D | D | R | R 21-12 | R 53-46 | R 6-1 | George Voinovich (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) | R 11-7 | ||
| 2007 | D | D | D | R | R 21-12 | R 53-46 | R 6-1 | R 11-7 | |||||
| 2006 | Bob Taft (R) | Bruce Johnson (R) | R | R | R | R | R 21-12 | R | R 6-1 | Mike DeWine (R) and George Voinovich (R) | R 11-7 | ||
| 2005 | R | R | R | R | R 22-11 | R | R 6-1 | R 12-6 | |||||
| 2004 | Jennette Bradley (R) | R | R | R | R | R 22-11 | R 62-37 | R 5-2 | R 12-6 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||
| 2003 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 12-6 | |||||
| 2002 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 11-8 | ||||
| 2001 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 12-6 | R | |||
| 2000 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 12-6 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||
| 1999 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 12-6 | ||||
| 1998 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 12-6 | ||
| 1997 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 12-6 | ||
| 1996 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 12-7 | D | |
| 1995 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 12-7 | ||
| 1994 | R | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-8 | ||
| 1993 | R | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-8 | ||
| 1992 | R | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | D | |
| 1991 | R | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | R | |
| 1990 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | ||
| 1989 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | ||
| 1988 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | R | |
| 1987 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | ||
| 1986 | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | |||
| 1985 | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | ||
| 1984 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D 6-1 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | R | |
| 1983 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D 6-1 | D 2-0 | D 11-10 | ||
| 1982 | R | D | D | D | D | R | D | D 5-2 | D 2-0 | R 12-11 | |||
| 1981 | R | D | D | D | D | R | D | D 5-2 | D 2-0 | R 12-11 | D | ||
| 1980 | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | R 12-11 | R | ||
| 1979 | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | R 12-11 | ||
| 1978 | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | R 13-10 | ||
| 1977 | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D 4-3 | D 2-0 | R 13-10 | ||
| 1976 | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 14-9 | D | |
| 1975 | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | R 5-2 | 1-1 | R 14-9 | ||
| 1974 | D | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | R 15-9 | ||
| 1973 | D | R | D | R | D | D | R | D | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | R 15-9 | ||
| 1972 | D | R | D | R | D | D | R | R | R 6-1 | R 2-0 | R 16-8 | R | |
| 1971 | D | R | D | R | D | D | R | R | R 7-0 | R 2-0 | R 16-8 | D | |
| 1970 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 7-0 | 1-1 | R 17-7 | ||
| 1969 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | 1-1 | R 17-7 | ||
| 1968 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | D 2-0 | R | ||
| 1967 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | D 2-0 | |||
| 1966 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | D 2-0 | |||
| 1965 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | D 2-0 | |||
| 1964 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 6-1 | D 2-0 | D | ||
| 1963 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D 2-0 | ||||
| 1962 | D | D | D | R | D | D | R | R | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | |||
| 1961 | D | D | D | R | D | D | R | R | R 4-3 | D 2-0 | |||
| 1960 | D | D | D | R | D | R | D | D | D 2-0 | R | |||
| 1959 | D | D | D | R | D | R | D | D | D 2-0 | ||||
| 1958 | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R 4-3 | 1-1 | |||
| 1957 | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R 4-3 | 1-1 | |||
| 1956 | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 4-3 | R 2-0 | R | ||
| 1955 | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 4-3 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1954 | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 4-3 | 1-1 | |||
| 1953 | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1952 | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | R | ||
| 1951 | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1950 | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | R 2-0 | ||||
| 1949 | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1948 | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 4-3 | R 2-0 | D | ||
| 1947 | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 4-3 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1946 | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | 1-1 | |||
| 1945 | D | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1944 | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | R | ||
| 1943 | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1942 | R | R | R | D | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1941 | R | R | R | D | R | D | R | R | R 5-2 | R 2-0 | |||
| 1940 | R | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | D | ||||||
| 1939 | R | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1938 | D | ? | D | D | D | D 2-0 | |||||||
| 1937 | D | ? | D | D | D | D 2-0 | |||||||
| 1936 | D | D | R | D | D | D 2-0 | D | ||||||
| 1935 | D | D | R | D | D | D 2-0 | |||||||
| 1934 | D | D | R | D | D | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1933 | D | D | R | D | D | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1932 | D | D | R | R | R | 1-1 | D | ||||||
| 1931 | D | D | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1930 | R | R | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1929 | R | R | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1928 | D | D/? | R | R | R | R 2-0 | R | ||||||
| 1927 | D | D | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1926 | D | ? | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1925 | D | ? | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1924 | D | D | R | R | R | R 2-0 | R | ||||||
| 1923 | D | D | R | R | R | R 2-0 | |||||||
| 1922 | R | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1921 | R | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1920 | D | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | R | ||||||
| 1919 | D | R | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1918 | D | D | D | D | D | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1917 | D | D | D | D | D | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1916 | R | ? | R | R | R | 1-1 | D | ||||||
| 1915 | R | ? | R | R | R | 1-1 | |||||||
| 1914 | D | ? | D | D | D | ||||||||
| 1913 | D | ? | D | D | D | ||||||||
| 1912 | D | D | D | D | D | D | |||||||
| 1911 | D | D | D | D | D | ||||||||
| 1910 | D | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1909 | D | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1908 | R | ? | R | D | R | R | |||||||
| 1907 | R | ? | R | D | R | ||||||||
| 1906 | D/R | ? | R | D | R | ||||||||
| 1905 | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1904 | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||
| 1903 | R | ? | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1902 | R | ? | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1901 | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1900 | R | R | R | R | R | R | |||||||
| 1899 | R | ? | R | D | R | ||||||||
| 1898 | R | ? | R | D | R | ||||||||
| 1897 | R | ? | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1896 | R | ? | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1895 | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1894 | R | R | R | R | R | ||||||||
| 1893 | R | R | R | R | |||||||||
| 1892 | R | R | R | R | |||||||||
| 1891 | D | D | R | ||||||||||
| 1890 | D | ?/D | R | ||||||||||
| 1889 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1888 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1887 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1886 | R | D | R | ||||||||||
| 1885 | D | D | D | ||||||||||
| 1884 | D | D | D | ||||||||||
| 1883 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1882 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1881 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1880 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1879 | D | D | D | ||||||||||
| 1878 | D | D | D | ||||||||||
| 1877 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1876 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1875 | D | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1874 | D | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1873 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1872 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1871 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1870 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1869 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1868 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1867 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1866 | R | ? | R | ||||||||||
| 1865 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1864 | R | R | D | ||||||||||
| 1863 | R | R | D | ||||||||||
| 1862 | R | R | R | ||||||||||
| 1861 | R | ? | R |
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