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1968Final results

1968 election for Ohio House District 78

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Casey Jones (D) won with 65.6% of the vote, defeating Lynn A. Colwell (R) by 31.1 points.

Casey JonesDemocrat · winner
65.6%15,173
Lynn A. ColwellRepublican
34.4%7,973
23,146 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+13.61972R+21.01974R+30.81976R+21.01978R+33.51980R+23.11982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET