EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30,
2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), I, Thomas E. Hoaglin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to sec. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

               (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

               (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



                                    /s/  Thomas E. Hoaglin
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                                         Thomas E. Hoaglin
                                         Chief Executive Officer
                                         November 14, 2002