Elections for 17 of 33 seats in the Ohio State Senate will take place on November 8, 2022. State senatorial primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 25-8 majority heading into the election.
This article details the five most and least expensive contested primary elections in the State Senate. In the 2022 election cycle, 3 of 17 Republican primaries and 6 of 14 Democratic primaries are contested.
This information comes from candidate reports to the Ohio Secretary of State covering the period of Jan. 1, 2021, through Apr. 13, 2022.