The 1986 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 3, 1986. It was concurrent with elections to the
United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S Senator
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
won re-election to a third term.
General election
Candidates
* Kathleen M. Button (Independent)
*
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
* William M. Harris (Independent)
*
Tom Kindness, U.S. Representative from
Hamilton (Republican)
Results
See also
*
1986 United States Senate elections
The 1986 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been el ...
References
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Ohio
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
1986 Ohio elections
John Glenn