- Lead
- 34,922
- Total
- 173,562
- vs nation
- R+18.6
Ohio 29th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 30,037
- Total
- 179,022
- vs nation
- R+21.2
- Lead
- 25,974
- Total
- 168,449
- vs nation
- R+17.5
- Lead
- 3,570
- Total
- 171,936
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 12,578
- Total
- 178,097
- vs nation
- R+0.2
- Lead
- 5,919
- Total
- 178,253
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 267
- Total
- 151,237
- vs nation
- R+0.7
- Lead
- 14,636
- Total
- 149,883
- vs nation
- D+1.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 354,2752024 5-year
- Population density
- 786 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 451 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,6222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 31, OH · twin score 91.1
presidential history
Party record book
Ohio 29th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
63.1%
85,267 votes · D+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 60.6%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
70.1%
55,390 votes · R+41.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 64.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
93,252votes
52.4% of the vote · D+7.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 91,643 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
103,471votes
59.6% of the vote · R+20.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 103,188 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1944
+6.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.9 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +5.8 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+23.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.1 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +22.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 40.1%67,835 | 59.9%101,187 | 169,022 |
| 2020 | R | 36.6%62,045 | 63.4%107,625 | 169,670 |
With a 20.1-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this district ranks among the most politically homogeneous in Ohio's upper chamber, suggesting a rural or small-city electorate far from the state's competitive urban corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 43.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.1 points.
A population of 354,275, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,622 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 31 and State Senate District 50.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Ohio 29th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/39029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.