1986 United States Senate election in Ohio

1986 United States Senate election in Ohio

November 4, 1986

Nominee John Glenn Tom Kindness Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,949,208 1,171,893 Percentage 62.45% 37.55%

Glenn:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Kindness:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election John Glenn Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John Glenn Democratic

The 1986 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1986. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator John Glenn won re-election to a third term.

General election

Candidates

• Kathleen M. Button (Independent)
• John Glenn, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
• William M. Harris (Independent)
• Tom Kindness, U.S. Representative from Hamilton (Republican)

Results

1986 United States Senate election in Ohio

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Glenn (incumbent)	1,949,208	62.45%
	Republican	Tom Kindness	1,171,893	37.55%
	Independent	Kathleen M. Button (write-in)	59	0.00%
	Independent	William M. Harris (write-in)	29	0.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1986 United States Senate elections