1992 United States Senate election in Ohio

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1992 United States Senate election in Ohio

| country = Ohio

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1986 United States Senate election in Ohio

| previous_year = 1986

| next_election = 1998 United States Senate election in Ohio

| next_year = 1998

| election_date = November 3, 1992

| image1 = John Glenn Low Res (cropped).jpg

| nominee1 = John Glenn

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 2,444,419

| percentage1 = 50.99%

| image2 = Mike DeWine 105th Congress 1997 (1).jpg

| nominee2 = Mike DeWine

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 2,028,300

| percentage2 = 42.31%

| image3 = 3x4.svg

| nominee3 = Martha Grevatt

| party3 = Workers World Party

| popular_vote3 = 321,234

| percentage3 = 6.70%

| map_image = {{Switcher

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| County results

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| map_size = 210px

| map_caption = Glenn: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584CDE|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933E5|80–90%}}
DeWine: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#D72F30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#C21B18|80–90%}}
Grevatt: {{legend0|#D9D9D9|40–50%}}
Tie: {{legend0|#D2B1D9|40–50%}}

| title = U.S. Senator

| before_election = John Glenn

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = John Glenn

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

The 1992 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Glenn defeated Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike DeWine to win re-election to a fourth term,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3490|title = Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992}} coinciding with the presidential election.

Glenn's voting percentage of 51% represented the worst performance of his four runs for the Senate, partly due to the presence of third-party candidate Martha Grevatt of the far-left Workers World Party. DeWine would later be elected to Ohio's other Senate seat in 1994 and served with Glenn until the latter's retirement in 1999.

As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this was the last time the Democrats won the Class 3 Senate seat from Ohio.

General election

=Candidates=

Mike DeWine, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (Republican)
John Glenn, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
Martha Grevatt, activist and labor unionist (Workers' World)

=Campaign=

DeWine's campaign focused on the need for change and to introduce term limits for senators. If Glenn were to win, it would be his fourth consecutive term as senator, a feat that no Ohio senator had done before.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18834667/the_tribune/|title=DeWine gets easy win to face Glenn|newspaper=The Tribune|location=Coshocton, Ohio|date=June 3, 1992|page=3|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com}} DeWine was also critical of Glenn's campaign debts, mainly from Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign. His campaign used a bunny dressed as an astronaut beating a drum, with an announcer saying, "He just keeps owing and owing and owing", a play on the Energizer Bunny.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18839526/marysville_journaltribune/|title=DeWine won't get chance to make Washington change|newspaper=Marysville Journal-Tribune|location=Marysville, Ohio|page=7|date=November 4, 1992|agency=Associated Press}}

Glenn's campaign noted DeWine's anti-abortion leanings, and that he flip-flopped on his opposition of term limits. Glenn also said that DeWine was a career politician and was just looking for another job in politics. The extremely negative campaign caused a substantial number of voters to become disillusioned with both major-party candidates, leading to a large number of protest votes going to Martha Grevatt, nominee of the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party, who was listed on the ballot as an independent.{{cite web|url=https://www.uncoveredpolitics.com/2014/11/04/time-capsule-protest-votes-loomed-large-in-92-ohio-slugfest/|title=Time Capsule: Protest Votes Loomed Large in '92 Ohio Slugfest|website=Uncovered Politics|last1=Richardson|first1=Darcy|author-link=Darcy G. Richardson|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=February 25, 2021}}

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = General election results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = John Glenn (incumbent)

| votes = 2,444,419

| percentage = 50.99%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike DeWine

| votes = 2,028,300

| percentage = 42.31%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Workers World Party

| candidate = Martha Grevatt

| votes = 321,234

| percentage = 6.70%

}}

{{Election box majority no change

| votes = 416,119

| percentage = 8.68%

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

| votes = 4,793,953

| percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser =

| swing =

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