# Tom Patton

Tom Patton is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Ohio Senate, district 24
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: OH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a57f6c78-ac58-4f7d-870e-0d8052984cd9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a57f6c78-ac58-4f7d-870e-0d8052984cd9 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Patton voted against the majority of Ohio Senate Republicans 3 times; party unity 90.9%, in the bottom 5% of the Ohio Senate (average 97.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.02), from 900 donors and 576 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OH 2025–26 session)

231 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Ohio Senate 100%). Party unity 90.9% (97.5%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-30 · voted yea · Passed · HB 519 Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB519/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 173 Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB173/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 541 Designate Deputy Daniel "Weston" Sherrer Memorial Highway · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB541/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 251 Regards drone use by law enforcement; aviation facilities · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB251/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 276 Ratify the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB276/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 297 Regards funds provided by county for Memorial Day expenses · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB297/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Concurred in House amendments · SB 273 Enact the Keep Them Safe Act · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB273/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 492 Prohibit interfering with motor vehicle-related arrests · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB492/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 292 Establish the Ohio Defense Commission · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB292/
- 2026-06-11 · voted yea · Passed · HB 210 Regards the sale of used catalytic converters · pass · https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/HB210/

## Legislation (OH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 35 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 148. 46.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio Senate 55.2%; rank 23 of 32).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 480: Require coroner to preserve DNA sample for future analysis (introduced, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB480/
- SR 450: Honoring Matthew Dietrich on his retirement from the Ohio Rail Development Commission. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR450/
- SB 478: Prohibit levy of certain sales, use taxes without voter approval (introduced, 2026-10-13) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB478/
- SCR 21: Condemn Russian Federation regarding Ukrainian children (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SCR21/
- SB 467: Modify when marked police car used for traffic law enforcement (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB467/
- SB 444: Enact the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB444/
- SB 414: Regards SUDEP, epilepsy license designation, disability database (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB414/
- SB 416: Regards board of education members deployed on active duty (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB416/
- SR 312: Honoring the City of Parma on its Bicentennial. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SR312/
- SB 415: Regulate sale procedures at certain retail establishments (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/oh/bills/136/SB415/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $494.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ohiosenate.gov/members/thomas-f-patton
- Campaign site: https://tompattonoh.com/
- X: https://x.com/TomPattonOH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tompattonforohio/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a57f6c78-ac58-4f7d-870e-0d8052984cd9