Ohio											Total Vote	Turnout '98-'94
	Registered	Voting
1998	7,198,518	3,463,483	48.1138%
1994	6,253,321	3,570,391	57.0959%
	945,197	(106,908)	-8.9821%
Ohio Gov. 98	Taft (R)	Fisher (D)	Feitler (I)	Mitchel (I)							Governor 98
	1,647,081	1,469,295	64,315	109,791							3,290,482	(173,001)
	50.0559%	44.6529%	1.9546%	3.3366%							174,106
Ohio Gov. 94	Voinovich (R)	Burch (D)	Inmon (I)	Hatton (w-i)	Italie (w-i)						Governor 94	(55,756)
	2,401,572	835,849	108,745	48	24						3,346,238	(224,153)
	71.7693%	24.9788%	3.2498%	0.0014%	0.0007%					Ind. total	108,817
Difference	(754,491)	633,446	(44,430)	109,743	(24)
Ohio Senate 98	Voinovich (R)	Boyle (D)	Hoyt (w-i)	Mitchel (I)							Senate 1998
	1,884,129	1,455,555	51	0							3,339,735	(123,748)
	56.4155%	43.5829%	0.0015%	0.0000%							51
Ohio Senate 94	Dewine (R)	Hyatt (D)	Slovenec (I)	Burkhardt (w-i)	Thierjung (W-I)						Senate 1994	(97,149)
	1,836,556	1,348,213	252,031	57	27						3,436,884	(133,507)
	53.4367%	39.2278%	7.3331%	0.0017%	0.0008%					Ind. total	252,115
Difference	47,573	107,342	(251,980)	(57)	(27)
Ohio AG 98	Montgomery (R)	Corday (D)									Att. Gen 98
	1,999,635	1,215,693									3,215,328	(248,155)
	62.1907%	37.8093%									0
Ohio AG 94	Montgomery (R)	Fisher (D)	Black (W-I)								Att. Gen 94	(126,493)
	1,716,451	1,625,247	123	0	0						3,341,821
	51.3627%	48.6336%	0.0037%	0.0000%	0.0000%					Ind. total	123
Difference	283,184	(409,554)	(123)	(0)	(0)
Ohio Auditor 98	Petro (R)	Strike (D)									Auditor 98
	1,939,454	1,167,447									3,106,901	(356,582)
	62.4241%	37.5759%									0
Ohio Auditor 94	Petro (R)	Sweeney (D)									Auditor 94	(114,509)
	1,883,852	1,337,558	0	0	0						3,221,410
	58.4791%	41.5209%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%					Ind. total	0
Difference	55,602	(170,111)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Ohio SoS 98	Blackwell (R)	Tavares (D)	Martin (I)								Sec of State 98
	1,754,479	1,377,604	31								3,132,114	(331,369)
	56.0158%	43.9832%	0.0010%								31
Ohio SoS 94	Taft (R)	Brady (D)									Sec of State 94	(134,604)
	2,116,258	1,150,460	0	0	0						3,266,718
	64.7824%	35.2176%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%					Ind. total	0
Difference	(361,779)	227,144	31	(0)	(0)
Ohio Treas. 98	Deters (R)	Donofrio (D)									Treasurer 98
	1,687,771	1,444,473									3,132,244	(331,239)
	53.8838%	46.1162%									0.0000%
Ohio Treas. 94	Blackwell (R)	Sykes (D)	Licht (I)								Treasurer 94	(106,873)
	1,740,710	1,370,737	127,670	0	0						3,239,117
	53.7403%	42.3182%	3.9415%	0.0000%	0.0000%					Ind. total	127,670
Difference	(52,939)	73,736	(127,670)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House 1-98	Chabot (R)	Qualls (D)							Race Total
	90,060	79,016							169,076
	53.2660%	46.7340%
Ohio House 1-94	Chabot (R)	Mann (D)								3,257
	92,997	72,822						165,819
	56.0834%	43.9166%
	(2,937)	6,194
Ohio House 2-98	Portman (R)	Sanders (D)							Race Total
	150,740	48,141							198,881
	75.7941%	24.2059%
Ohio House 2-94	Portman (R)	Mann (D)								5,023
	150,128	43,730						193,858
	77.4423%	22.5577%
	612	4,411
Ohio House 3-98	Shondel (R)	Hall (D)
	49,594	111,890							161,484
	30.7114%	69.2886%
Ohio House 3-94	Westbrock (R)	Hall (D)								(16,172)
	72,314	105,342						177,656
	40.7045%	59.2955%
	(22,720)	6,548
Ohio House 4-98	Oxley (R)	McClain (D)							Race Total
	109,948	62,537							172,485
	63.7435%	36.2565%
Ohio House 4-94	Oxley (R)	No Democrat								32,644
	139,841	0						139,841
	100.0000%	0.0000%
	(29,893)	62,537
Ohio House 5-98	Gillmor (R)	Darrow (D)							Race Total
	122,288	61,056	0						183,344
	66.6987%	33.3013%	0.0000%
Ohio House 5-94	Gillmor (R)	Tudor (D)								(1,870)
	135,879	49,335						185,214
	73.3632%	26.6368%
	(13,591)	11,721
Ohio House 6-98	Hollister (R)	Strickland (D)							Race Total
	76,949	101,231							178,180
	43.1861%	56.8139%
Ohio House 6-94	Cremeans (R)	Strickland (D)								(944)
	91,263	87,861						179,124
	50.9496%	49.0504%
	(14,314)	13,370
Ohio House 7-98	Hobson (R)	Minor (D)	Schrader (L)	Ogrod (w-i)					Race Total
	118,729	49,058	8,977	0					176,764
	67.1681%	27.7534%	5.0785%	0.0000%
Ohio House 7-94	Hobson (R)	No Democrat								36,640
	140,124	0						140,124
	100.0000%	0.0000%
	(21,395)	49,058
Ohio House 8-98	Boehner (R)	Griffin (D)							Race Total
	122,580	50,371							172,951
	70.8756%	29.1244%
Ohio House 8-94	Boehner (R)	No Democrat	Campbell (w-i)							24,526
	148,338	0	87					148,425
	99.9414%	0.0000%	0.0586%
	(25,758)	50,371	(87)
									Race Total
Ohio House 9-98	Emery (R)	Kaptur (D)
	30,117	128,844							158,961
	18.9462%	81.0538%
Ohio House 9-94	Whitman (R)	Kaptur (D)								2,176
	38,665	118,120	0					156,785
	24.6612%	75.3388%	0.0000%
	(8,548)	10,724	(0)
Ohio House10-98	Slovenec (R)	Kucinich (D)							Race Total
	53,767	107,852							161,619
	33.2677%	66.7323%
Ohio House10-94	Hoke (R)	Gaul (D)	Jacobs (I)							(22,020)
	95,226	70,918	17,495					183,639
	51.8550%	38.6182%	9.5268%
	(41,459)	36,934	(17,495)
Ohio House11-98	Hereford (R)	Jones (D)	Capers (I)						Race Total
	18,733	111,173	10,198						140,104
	13.3708%	79.3503%	7.2789%
Ohio House11-94	Sykora (R)	Stokes (D)	McCann (w-i)							(7,824)
	33,705	114,220	3					147,928
	22.7847%	77.2132%	0.0020%
	(14,972)	(3,047)	10,195
Ohio House12-98	Kasich (R)	Brown (D)							Race Total
	162,300	81,551							243,851
	66.5570%	33.4430%
Ohio House12-94	Kasich (R)	Ruccia (D)	Brown (w-i)	Hurd (w-i)	Powers (w-i)	Yiamouyianni (w-i)				71,506
	114,608	57,294	53	117	29	244		172,345
	66.4992%	33.2438%	0.0308%	0.0679%	0.0168%	0.1416%
	47,692	24,257	(53)	(117)	(29)	(244)
Ohio House13-98	Drake (R)	Brown (D)							Race Total
	71,608	114,636	0						186,244
	38.4485%	61.5515%	0.0000%
Ohio House13-94	White (R)	Brown (D)	Mason (I)	Ryan						(3,532)
	86,422	93,147	7,777	2,430	0	0		189,776
	45.5390%	49.0826%	4.0980%	1.2805%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	(14,814)	21,489	(7,777)	(2,430)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House14-98	Watkins (R)	Sawyer (D)							Race Total
	62,027	104,243							166,270
	37.3050%	62.6950%
Ohio House14-94	Slaby (R)	Sawyer (D)	Goff (w-i)							-19134
	89,106	96,274	24	0	0	0		185,404
	48.0605%	51.9266%	0.0129%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	(27,079)	7,969	(24)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House15-98	Pryce (R)	Miller (D)	Nestor (I)						Race Total
	108,560	47,684	25,639						181,883
	59.6867%	26.2169%	14.0964%
Ohio House15-94	Pryce (R)	Buckel (D)	Dempsey (w-i)	Oliver (w-i)	Roessler (w-i)	Wing (w-i)				22,187
	112,912	46,480	274	5	22	3		159,696
	70.7043%	29.1053%	0.1716%	0.0031%	0.0138%	0.0019%
	(4,352)	1,204	25,365	(5)	(22)	(3)
Ohio House16-98	Regula (R)	Ferguson (D)
	114,770	64,631							179,401
	63.9740%	36.0260%
Ohio House16-94	Regula (R)	Finn (D)								(3,702)
	137,322	45,781	0	0	0	0		183,103
	74.9971%	25.0029%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	(22,552)	18,850	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House17-98	Alberty (R)	Traficant (D)
	57,125	122,169							179,294
	31.8611%	68.1389%
Ohio House17-94	Meister (R)	Traficant (D)								(13,200)
	43,490	149,004	0	0	0	0		192,494
	22.5929%	77.4071%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	13,635	(26,835)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House18-98	Ney (R)	Burch (D)
	111,538	73,678							185,216
	60.2205%	39.7795%
Ohio House18-94	Ney (R)	DiDonato (D)								(5,825)
	103,115	87,926	0	0	0	0		191,041
	53.9753%	46.0247%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	8,423	(14,248)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Ohio House19-98	LaTourette (R)	Kelley (D)
	124,388	62,993							187,381
	66.3824%	33.6176%
Ohio House19-94	LaTourette (R)	Fingerhut (D)	Brentar (I)	Young (I)						(18,861)
	99,997	89,701	5,180	11,364	0	0		206,242
	48.4853%	43.4931%	2.5116%	5.5100%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	24,391	(26,708)	(5,180)	(11,364)	(0)	(0)
Total Ohio											House 98
Total Ohio 98	1,755,821	1,582,754	44,814	0	0	0	0	House 1994			3,383,389
Total Ohio 94	1,925,452	1,327,955	30,893	13,916	51	247	0	3,298,514	3,383,389		House 86	84,875
											3,298,514
	(169,631)	254,799	13,921	(13,916)	(51)	(247)	0
Ohio House	Republicans	Democrats	Unopposed Reps	Unopposed Dems	Total Unopposed
House 1998	11	8	0	0	0	0.0000%
House 1994	13	6	3	0	3	15.7895%
	-2	2	-3	0	-3	-15.7895%
Legislature	Republicans	Democrats	Independents	Unopposed Reps	Unopposed Dems	Total Unopposed
Ohio Senate 98	9	9		0	1	1	5.5556%
Ohio Senate 94	8	9		1	1	2	11.7647%
	1	0		-1	0	-1	-6.2092%
	Republicans	Democrats	Independents	Unopposed Reps	Unopposed Dems	Total Unopposed
Ohio House 98	59	40	0	7	4	11	11.1111%
Ohio House 94	56	41	1	6	3	9	9.1837%
	3	-1		1	1	2	1.9274%
Issues						Yes		No
Ohio Issue 4	Prohibit Taxes on Food					2,228,874	66.4225%	1,126,728			3,355,602	0.25
Ohio Issue 2	Crime Victims Rights					2,447,260	77.6437%	704,650			3,151,910	0.5
Ohio Issue 1	Direct appeal of death penalty cases to Ohio Supreme Court					2,199,791	70.1438%	936,323			3,136,114	0.75
Ohio Issue 3	Program for sale of tuition credits.					1,816,087	60.3912%	1,191,116			3,007,203	1
Ohio	No. 1 issue in 1990, permit casino gambling in Lorain.					1,259,914	37.6890%	2,083,007			3,342,921

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