Ohio State Senate District 16

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Beth Liston Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Beth Liston (Democratic) won by 20.6 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBeth ListonWon	Democratic	113,89660.3%	60.3%
RepublicanBesa Sharrah	Republican	74,85639.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 211,990
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanStephanie L. KunzeWon(incumbent)	Republican	106,05350.0%	50.0%
DemocraticCrystal Lett	Democratic	105,93750.0%	50.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 185,531
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanStephanie L. KunzeWon	Republican	109,45459.0%	59.0%
DemocraticCathy Johnson	Democratic	76,07741.0%	41.0%

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim HughesWon(incumbent)	Republican	129,136100.0%	100.0%

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim HughesWon	Republican	106,70858.1%	58.1%
DemocraticDanielle Blue	Democratic	77,07041.9%	41.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 165,416
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteven StiversWon	Republican	95,25157.6%	57.6%
DemocraticKatherine Thomsen	Democratic	55,65633.6%	33.6%
OtherDon Eckhart	Other	14,5098.8%	8.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 136,028
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPriscilla D. MeadWon	Republican	104,45476.8%	76.8%
LibertarianWilliam J. Kammerer	Libertarian	31,57423.2%	23.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 146,509
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEugene WattsWon(incumbent)	Republican	75,89351.8%	51.8%
DemocraticMary Jo Kilroy	Democratic	54,88037.5%	37.5%
OtherPat McGreevy	Other	11,7458.0%	8.0%
OtherRobert W. Argo	Other	3,9582.7%	2.7%
OtherGlenn Elder	Other	330.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 144,971
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEugene WattsWon(incumbent)	Republican	92,98664.1%	64.1%
DemocraticBonnie Michael	Democratic	51,98535.9%	35.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 99,953
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEugene WattsWon(incumbent)	Republican	58,01158.0%	58.0%
DemocraticDavid Lancione	Democratic	41,94242.0%	42.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 113,688
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEugene WattsWon	Republican	57,74350.8%	50.8%
DemocraticMichael Schwarzwalder(incumbent)	Democratic	55,94549.2%	49.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 104,431
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMichael SchwarzwalderWon(incumbent)	Democratic	55,73353.4%	53.4%
RepublicanFred Morrison	Republican	48,69846.6%	46.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 91,664
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMichael SchwarzwalderWon	Democratic	55,31160.3%	60.3%
RepublicanC. William Brownfield	Republican	36,35339.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 94,156
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDonald L. WoodlandWon	Democratic	53,16056.5%	56.5%
RepublicanRobert A. Ramsey	Republican	40,99643.5%	43.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 121,204
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Ohio Senate District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert R. ShawWon(incumbent)	Republican	81,11666.9%	66.9%
DemocraticThomas J. Zuber	Democratic	40,08833.1%	33.1%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:oh/sldu:16

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 29, 2026