Ohio State Senate District 2
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Theresa Gavarone Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Theresa Gavarone (Republican) won by 23.4 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 180,044
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTheresa GavaroneWon Republican 111,09661.7% DemocraticPaloma De La Fuente Democratic 68,94838.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 196,324
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTheresa GavaroneWon Republican 122,08462.2% DemocraticJoel Odorisio Democratic 74,24037.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 178,114
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy GardnerWon(incumbent) Republican 118,23266.4% DemocraticKirk W. Halliday Democratic 59,88233.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 175,432
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy GardnerWon Republican 102,31958.3% DemocraticJeff Bretz Democratic 73,11341.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 181,904
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark WagonerWon Republican 109,52560.2% DemocraticJackie Brown Democratic 72,37939.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 171,459
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandall GardnerWon(incumbent) Republican 107,44762.7% DemocraticNathan Nickens Democratic 64,01237.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,756
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandall GardnerWon Republican 101,756100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 142,075
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert E. LattaWon Republican 77,79654.8% DemocraticChris Redfern Democratic 64,27945.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 141,510
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty D. MontgomeryWon(incumbent) Republican 88,52162.5% DemocraticJohn Hartman Democratic 52,98937.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 136,032
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty D. MontgomeryWon Republican 80,57559.2% DemocraticAlvin L. Perkins Democratic 55,45740.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 124,741
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul E. GillmorWon(incumbent) Republican 86,96169.7% DemocraticBores Democratic 37,78030.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 127,885
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul E. GillmorWon(incumbent) Republican 86,93968.0% DemocraticJames R. Copley Democratic 40,94632.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 121,570
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul E. GillmorWon(incumbent) Republican 77,10563.4% DemocraticJames R. Copley Democratic 44,46536.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 121,506
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul E. GillmorWon(incumbent) Republican 72,29359.5% DemocraticRobert A. Smith Democratic 49,21340.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 98,014
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio Senate District 2, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTennyson GuyerWon(incumbent) Republican 98,014100.0%
- 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
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Ohio State Senate District 2, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/senate/2. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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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:2
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 29, 2026