Ohio State Senate District 6

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Willis Blackshear (Democratic) won by 4.0 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 162,665
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWillis BlackshearWonName as filed: Willis E. Blackshear Jr.	Democratic	84,56552.0%	52.0%
RepublicanCharlotte McGuire	Republican	78,10048.0%	48.0%

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanNiraj AntaniWon	Republican	99,09653.2%	53.2%
DemocraticMark Fogel	Democratic	87,28046.8%	46.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 167,752
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPeggy LehnerWon(incumbent)	Republican	114,16868.1%	68.1%
DemocraticAlbert Griggs Jr.	Democratic	53,58431.9%	31.9%

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPeggy LehnerWon	Republican	106,09562.4%	62.4%
DemocraticRick McKiddy	Democratic	63,87437.6%	37.6%

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJon HustedWon	Republican	103,97561.5%	61.5%
DemocraticJohn Doll	Democratic	65,21638.5%	38.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 170,877
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeff JacobsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	110,15864.5%	64.5%
DemocraticJason A. Stanton	Democratic	60,71935.5%	35.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 138,154
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJeff JacobsonWon	Republican	80,34058.1%	58.1%
DemocraticKarl L. Keith	Democratic	48,85435.4%	35.4%
LibertarianTom Brown	Libertarian	8,9606.5%	6.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 136,027
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles F. HornWon(incumbent)	Republican	96,11370.7%	70.7%
DemocraticThomas J. Intili	Democratic	39,91429.3%	29.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 151,191
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles F. HornWon(incumbent)	Republican	103,43568.4%	68.4%
DemocraticBill Fuller	Democratic	47,75631.6%	31.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 133,886
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles F. HornWon(incumbent)	Republican	79,74059.6%	59.6%
DemocraticMark Henry	Democratic	54,14640.4%	40.4%

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles F. HornWon	Republican	70,23353.9%	53.9%
DemocraticTalbot Jr.	Democratic	60,12346.1%	46.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 114,678
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCharles J. CurranWon	Democratic	56,30949.1%	49.1%
RepublicanTed Brown	Republican	54,54847.6%	47.6%
OtherMary J. Price	Other	3,8213.3%	3.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 98,925
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTony P. HallWon(incumbent)	Democratic	51,34151.9%	51.9%
RepublicanTed Brown	Republican	47,58448.1%	48.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 97,409
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTony P. HallWon	Democratic	54,42255.9%	55.9%
RepublicanDavid S. Holcomb(incumbent)	Republican	42,98744.1%	44.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 105,482
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Ohio Senate District 6, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid S. HolcombWon(incumbent)	Republican	63,73860.4%	60.4%
DemocraticDon Sweeney	Democratic	41,74439.6%	39.6%

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:6

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