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1968Final results

1968 election for Ohio Senate District 32

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Bishop Kilpatrick (D) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Leo E. Downey (R) by 20.1 points.

Bishop KilpatrickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.0%63,248
Leo E. DowneyRepublican
40.0%42,116
105,364 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

EvenD+36.51976D+25.11984R+8.31988D+2.01992D+23.21996D+15.42000

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