From the Toledo Blade:

The stakes are huge. Republicans currently outnumber Democrats 53-46 in the chamber.

Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s has had a strong working relationship with the Republican-controlled General Assembly during his first two years, but a Democratic victory would hand him control of one chamber as he pushes such initiatives as his promised overhaul of school funding.

“We will still have a solidly Republican Senate,” said Herb Asher, Ohio State University political science professor emeritus. “It would give the governor a little more clout if the House is of the same party, but it’s going to be split control one way or the other. Unless every close district breaks the same way, which is unlikely, the chamber will be even more narrowly divided than it is today.”

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