{{Confusing|date=July 2011}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox political party | name = Socialist Party of Ohio | logo = [[Image:SPOhio.png|200px|Socialist Party logo]] |leader1_name = |leader1_title = Chair |leader2_name = |leader2_title = Secretary | foundation = | headquarters = | ideology = [[Democratic socialism]] | position = [[Left-wing]] | national = [[Socialist Party USA]] | colors = [[Red]] | website = https://www.spohio.org/ }}
The '''Socialist Party of Ohio (SPOH)''' is a [[socialism|socialist]] political party in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]]. Founded in 1901, the SPO was an affiliate of the [[Socialist Party of America]]. Since the 1972 renaming of the SPA to [[Social Democrats, USA]], it has been the state chapter of the [[Socialist Party USA]] (SPUSA). Currently, it is not chartered and is an at-large organizing area of SPUSA.
==Socialist Party of America== The Socialist Party of Ohio was founded in 1901 and inherited a tradition of independent labor political organization. It grew modestly from its establishment until the [[Panic of 1907]] and then again during the years immediately before [[World War I]].<ref name="Judd1989">{{cite book|last=Judd|first=Richard William|title=Socialist Cities: Municipal Politics and the Grass Roots of American Socialism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8eiIP2T9DD4C&pg=PA253|accessdate=10 January 2016|year=1989|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791400807|pages=253–}}</ref>
==2010 campaign for the U.S. Senate== The Socialist Party of Ohio qualified for [[ballot access]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnewsj.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=156&ArticleID=182935 |title=Third parties to appear on primary ballots | date = March 19, 2010 | accessdate = March 24, 2010 | work = Wilmington News Journal }}</ref> in the [[United States Senate election in Ohio, 2010]]. SPOH candidate [[Dan La Botz]] received 25 368 votes (0.68%); the Republican winner [[Rob Portman]] received 2.125 million votes (57.25%) and the Democratic candidate [[Lee Fisher]] received 1.448 million votes (39.00%).<ref name="General" />
{{Election box begin | title = United States Senate election in Ohio, 2010 <ref name="General">{{cite web|url=http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:6:0|title=State of Ohio 2010 General Election November 2, 2010 Unofficial Results|work=Ohio Secretary of State|date=November 2, 2010|accessdate=November 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105190829/http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:6:0|archivedate=November 5, 2010}}</ref>
}} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = '''Rob Portman''' | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = '''2,125,810''' | percentage = '''57.25%''' | change = '''-6.61%''' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = Lee Fisher | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 1,448,092 | percentage = 39.00% | change = +2.85% }} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = Eric Deaton | party = Constitution Party (United States) | votes = 64,017 | percentage = 1.72% | change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = Michael Pryce | party = Independent (politician) | votes = 48,653 | percentage = 1.31% | change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = [[Dan La Botz|Daniel La Botz]] | party = Socialist Party USA | votes = 25,368 | percentage = 0.68% | change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | candidate = Arthur Sullivan (write-in) | party = N/A | votes = 1,512 | percentage = 0.04% | change = N/A }} {{Election box majority |votes = 677,718 |percentage = 18.25% |change = }} {{Election box total | votes = 3,713,452 | percentage = 100.0 | change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Republican Party (US) |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Socialist Party of America}} {{Socialist Party USA}} {{OhioPoliticalParties}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Socialist Party of America by state|Ohio]] [[Category:Socialist Party USA by state|Ohio]] [[Category:Political parties in Ohio]] [[Category:State and local socialist parties in the United States]] [[Category:Socialism in Ohio]]