Ohio State Senate District 4
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by George Lang Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- George Lang (Republican) won by 25.8 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 165,632
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge LangWon Republican 104,25162.9% DemocraticThomas Cooke Democratic 61,38137.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 175,147
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge LangWon Republican 106,02160.5% DemocraticKathy Wyenandt Democratic 68,00038.8% OtherKent Keller Other 1,1260.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 156,390
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill ColeyWon(incumbent) Republican 105,81067.7% DemocraticJohn D. Kinne Democratic 50,58032.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 104,591
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill ColeyWon Republican 104,591100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 155,534
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary CatesWon(incumbent) Republican 95,13761.2% DemocraticKathryn Bridgman Democratic 60,39738.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 150,238
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary CatesWon Republican 98,56965.6% DemocraticMelvin A. Smith Democratic 51,66934.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 142,928
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott R. NeinWon(incumbent) Republican 95,22066.6% DemocraticArnold Engel Democratic 47,70833.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 127,784
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott R. NeinWon Republican 83,53265.4% DemocraticTerry Scott Wills Democratic 36,36828.5% OtherDiana S. Dipaolo Other 7,8846.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 95,896
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBarry LeveyWon(incumbent) Republican 95,896100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 130,114
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBarry LeveyWon Republican 87,81567.5% DemocraticGeorgia Bowling Democratic 42,29932.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 131,935
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald E. LukensWon(incumbent) Republican 81,26661.6% DemocraticMcGary Democratic 50,66938.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 128,336
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald E. LukensWon(incumbent) Republican 69,19753.9% DemocraticKarl L. Keith Democratic 59,13946.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 111,214
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald E. LukensWon(incumbent) Republican 74,31466.8% DemocraticPaul J. Keegan Democratic 36,90033.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 108,516
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald E. LukensWon Republican 74,62368.8% DemocraticWilliam D. Meyer Democratic 33,89331.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 107,567
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio Senate District 4, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter E. PowellWon(incumbent) Republican 63,49959.0% DemocraticJames H. Dolan Democratic 44,06841.0%
- 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 4, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/senate/4. Retrieved October 31, 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:4
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 29, 2026