United States Senate election in Ohio, 1994

United States Senate election in Ohio, 1994

November 7, 1994

Nominee Mike DeWine Joel Hyatt Joseph Slovenec Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 1,836,556 1,348,213 252,031 Percentage 53.4% 39.2% 7.3%

County Results

U.S. Senator before election Howard Metzenbaum Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Mike DeWine Republican

The 1994 United States Senate election in Ohio was held in 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator Howard Metzenbaum decided to retire after 19 years in the U.S Senate. Republican nominee Mike DeWine won the open seat against Democratic nominee Joel Hyatt. Independent Joseph Slovenec performed very well.

Candidates

Democrat

• Joel Hyatt, businessman and son-in-law of incumbent U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum

Republican

• Mike DeWine, Ohio Lt. Governor

Independent

• Joe Slovenec, pro life activist^[1]

Results

Ohio United States Senate Election, 1994[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	1,836,556	53.4	+10.1%
	Democratic	Joel Hyatt	1,348,213	39.2	-17.2%
	Independent	Joe Slovenec	252,031	7.3	+0.00%
Majority			488,343
Turnout			3,436,800

References

1. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/us/the-1994-campaign-ohio-tv-makes-ohio-candidate-then-turns-and-hurts-him.html?pagewanted=2
2. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/1990-1999OfficialElectionResults/GenElect110894.aspx