U.S. Senator from Ohio
November 8, 2022 · general election · 2 candidates with a page
The seat is open. The seat of retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R), an open-seat race.
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Worked on the staff of U.S. Representative Jim Traficant after college, before his own election to the Ohio Senate.
- B.A. in political science, Bowling Green State University, 1995.
- J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, 2000.
9 of 11 sections researched · 44 sources
- Venture capitalist; co-founded Narya Capital in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2019.
- Author of the 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy.
- B.A. in political science and philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2009; J.D., Yale Law School, 2013.
10 of 11 sections researched · 19 sources
Tim Ryan
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| endorsements | none found |
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J.D. Vance
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| endorsements | none found |
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The race in pictures
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2022 | J.D. Vance | 46 | Siena College Research Institute / Spectrum News 1, likely voters |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Tim Ryan | 45 | Marist Poll, registered voters |
| Oct 20, 2022 | J.D. Vance | 46 | Marist Poll, registered voters |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Tim Ryan | 48 | Baldwin Wallace University |
A note on our coverage
Read before the columns: where one candidate has more entries than another, this says which of the two reasons it is.
Donors: 3 for Tim Ryan and 1 for J.D. Vance. The gap is in our research, not in them.
Jump to a candidate
- Tim Ryan: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- J.D. Vance: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Abortion
Tim Ryan
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Pro-choice; supported codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into federal law.
Source: spectrumnews1.com
J.D. Vance
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called himself 'pro-life' but said during the campaign he would prefer the issue be left to the states, and said he could support a 15-week national ban along the lines of the bill introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Big Tech
Tim Ryan
None found in the records checked
J.D. Vance
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called for breaking up large technology companies, which he argued censor conservatives.
Source: J.D. Vance
Immigration and border security
Tim Ryan
None found in the records checked
J.D. Vance
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called for finishing the border wall, increasing Border Patrol staffing, opposing amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and moving toward a more merit-based legal immigration system.
Source: In-depth: Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance talks platform, issues
Minimum wage and labor
Tim Ryan
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Support for a $15 federal minimum wage and the PRO Act, expanding unionization protections.
Source: spectrumnews1.com
J.D. Vance
None found in the records checked
Trade and manufacturing
Tim Ryan
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Manufacturing revival and an aggressively anti-China trade posture, including government investment to outcompete China on clean-tech manufacturing jobs.
Source: spectrumnews1.com
J.D. Vance
None found in the records checked
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Tim Ryan
None found in the records checked
J.D. Vance
None found in the records checked
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan (D) | 2001 | office | Ohio State Senate |
| Ryan (D) | 2003 | office | United States House of Representatives |
| Ryan (D) | 2019-12 | vote | 2019-12 (vote): Voted for the bipartisan USMCA trade deal in 2019, one of relatively few Ohio Democrats who worked across the aisle on trade legislation wit |
| Ryan (D) | 2022-08 | action | 2022-08 (action): Ran a $3.3 million anti-China ad campaign in his Senate race that drew criticism from fellow Democrats and Asian American advocacy groups; R |
| Ryan (D) | 2022-12 | action | 2022-12 (action): From January 2003 to December 2022, missed 640 of 13,263 roll call votes, a 4.8 percent rate GovTrack noted was much worse than the 2.0 perc |
| Vance (R) | 2023-01 | office | United States Senator for Ohio |
| Vance (R) | 2025-01-20 | office | Vice President of the United States |
| Vance (R) | 2022 | action | 2022 (action): Held no prior elected or appointed public office before the 2022 campaign; he was not yet in office during the cycle, so there is no in-offi |
| Vance (R) | 2022-07-27 | action | 2022-07-27 (action): His 2017 nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal, launched to fight Ohio's opioid crisis, filed a tax return for only one year and, in its most active y |
| Vance (R) | 2022-08-18 | action | 2022-08-18 (action): During the 2022 campaign, the Associated Press reported that his charity, Our Ohio Renewal, sent psychiatrist Sally Satel -- whose employer, |
Tim Ryan
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December 2022 · action
From January 2003 to December 2022, missed 640 of 13,263 roll call votes, a 4.8 percent rate GovTrack noted was much worse than the 2.0 percent median among representatives serving as of December 2022.
Source: govtrack.us
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August 2022 · action
Ran a $3.3 million anti-China ad campaign in his Senate race that drew criticism from fellow Democrats and Asian American advocacy groups; Ryan defended the ads as being about trade and economic policy, not race.
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) and AAPI Victory Fund chairman Shekar Narasimhan, per Roll Call:
risked stoking anti-Asian sentiment
· the sourceSource: rollcall.com
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December 2019 · vote
Voted for the bipartisan USMCA trade deal in 2019, one of relatively few Ohio Democrats who worked across the aisle on trade legislation with the Trump administration.
Source: ballotpedia.org
J.D. Vance
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August 18, 2022 · action
During the 2022 campaign, the Associated Press reported that his charity, Our Ohio Renewal, sent psychiatrist Sally Satel -- whose employer, the American Enterprise Institute, had received funding from opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma -- to Ohio's Appalachian region, raising conflict-of-interest questions around opioid-epidemic messaging, a central plank of his platform.
Source: Vance's anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma
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July 27, 2022 · action
His 2017 nonprofit, Our Ohio Renewal, launched to fight Ohio's opioid crisis, filed a tax return for only one year and, in its most active year, spent nearly half its funds paying a Vance political adviser, Jai Chabria, $63,425 to serve as executive director and $45,000 for a public-opinion survey.
PolitiFact:
Mostly True
· the sourceSource: GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance paid political adviser to run his opioid-focused nonprofit
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2022 · action
Held no prior elected or appointed public office before the 2022 campaign; he was not yet in office during the cycle, so there is no in-office voting or governing record to assess for 2022. He was sworn in as U.S. Senator in January 2023, after the election.
Source: J.D. Vance
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Tim Ryan
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 57,714,280.21 | 99.9% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 56,539.73 | 0.1% |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 31, 2022: raised $57,770,820, spent $57,714,280, cash on hand $56,540.
Source: fec.gov
Top donors, as filed
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J Street · $162,981 · PAC · Out of state
Pro-Israel advocacy PAC
Source: opensecrets.org
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Ohio State University · $116,408 · campaign committee · In state
Employer-bundled individual giving
Source: opensecrets.org
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Alphabet Inc (Google) · $89,047 · campaign committee · Out of state
Employer-bundled individual giving; company with a stake in the domestic chip supply chain
Source: opensecrets.org
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
J.D. Vance
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 15,553,668.44 | 97.2% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 441,308.85 | 2.8% |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 31, 2022: raised $15,994,977, spent $15,553,668, cash on hand $441,309.
Source: VANCE, J D - Candidate overview (financial summary, 2022 cycle)
Top donors, as filed
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Peter Thiel · $10,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state
Vance's former employer at Mithril Capital and a financial backer of his own venture fund Narya Capital
Source: Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run
Outside spending
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as of 2022
Protect Ohio Values · $10,000,000 · support
Source: Peter Thiel, Mercers Back a Potential J.D. Vance Senate Run
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
J.D. Vance · certified 2022-12-09
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.D. Vance | 2,192,114 | 53.0% |
| Tim Ryan | 1,939,489 | 46.9% |
Sources: 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio · LaRose Certifies Results for the November 2022 General Election
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Quick answers
When was the 2022 U.S. Senator from Ohio election?
The election for U.S. Senator from Ohio was held on November 8, 2022.
Who ran for U.S. Senator from Ohio in 2022?
On the ballot for U.S. Senator from Ohio, in surname order: Tim Ryan (Democratic), J.D. Vance (Republican).
Who won the 2022 U.S. Senator from Ohio election?
J.D. Vance won the election for U.S. Senator from Ohio. Results as certified: Tim Ryan 46.9%, J.D. Vance 53.0%.
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