Vernon Sykes

Elected officials · Democratic

Held 2 offices on file, 1983-2025. Born 1951 in Forrest City.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

Years	Office	Party	Notes	Source
1983 to 2000	Ohio state representative		Followed Pete Crossland. Followed by Barbara Sykes.	wikidata.org
2007 to 2012	Ohio state representative, district 44	Democratic	Followed Barbara Sykes. Followed by Emilia Sykes.	github.com
2013 to 2014	Ohio state representative, district 34	Democratic		github.com
2017 to 2025	Member of the State Senate of Ohio, district 28	Democratic	Followed Thomas C. Sawyer.	github.com

Official county returns as converted by OpenElections, 2000 to 2020. In a primary, the share is of that party's votes.

Date	Election	Office	Votes	Share	Result	Source
2006-05-02	primary (Democratic)	State House, district 44	8,576	77.64%	Won	github.com
2006-11-07	general (Democratic)	State House	598	0.29%	Lost	github.com
2006-11-07	general (Democratic)	State House, district 13	15,225	6.97%	Lost	github.com
2006-11-07	general (Democratic)	State House, district 17	6,830	3.45%	Lost	github.com
2008-03-04	primary (Democratic)	State House, district 44	19,106	100.0%	Won	github.com
2008-11-04	general (Democratic)	State House, district 44	37,314	100.0%	Won	github.com
2010-11-02	general	State House, district 44	20,107	77.66%	Won	github.com
2012-03-06	primary (Democratic)	State House, district 34	6,224	81.89%	Won	github.com
2012-11-06	general (Democratic)	State House, district 34	40,469	81.39%	Won	github.com
2016-03-15	primary (Democratic)	State Senate, district 28	23,918	100.0%	Won	github.com
2016-11-08	general (Democratic)	State Senate, district 28	83,805	61.21%	Won	github.com
2020-11-03	general (Democratic)	State Senate, district 28	88,929	59.83%	Won	github.com

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