Mike DeWine
- Republican · Holds Governor of Ohio
- Served
- US Senate OH, 1995 to 2007; US House OH-07, 1983 to 1991
- First race on record
- 1982
- Races
- Won 9 of 11
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score 0.930 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 5,562 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Not on the 2026 ballot
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Governor, OH | Won | 62.4% | |
| 2018 | Governor, OH | Won | 50.4% | |
| 2010 | Attorney General, OH | Won | ||
| 2006 | US Senate, OH | Lost · primary won 71.7% | 43.8% | Sherrod Brown 56.2% |
| 2000 | US Senate, OH | Won · primary won 79.5% | 59.9% | |
| 1994 | US Senate, OH | Won · primary won | 53.4% | |
| 1992 | US Senate, OH | Lost · primary won | 42.3% | John Glenn 51% |
| 1988 | US House, OH-07 | Won · primary won 100% | 73.9% |
Earlier races (3 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | US House, OH-07 | Won · primary won 100% | 100% | |
| 1984 | US House, OH-07 | Won · primary won 100% | 76.7% | |
| 1982 | US House, OH-07 | Won · primary won 69% | 56.3% |
Filed with the FEC, no race in our files: 2014 Attorney General, OH.
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
More about Mike DeWine
Offices held (5 terms and offices)
- Governor, Ohio
- Governor, Ohio
- Attorney General, Ohio
- 1995 to 2006US Senate, Ohio · 2 terms
- 1983 to 1990US House, Ohio District 7 · 4 terms
Sources (9 sources)
Wikidata SPARQL (governor position holders, party)
Who holds the seat: name, party, start date. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the Wikidata community (not an official source; to be cross-checked against official governor pages) from official returns. Not an official source.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld governor returns (web/data/results/governor); upstream sources are listed in web/data/sources.json
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- First win in our records: Governor OH, 2018-11-06. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Mike DeWine: state campaign finance, state voting records.
DataSources: DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026