1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Ohio House District 36
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
James Mueller (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating James I. Hunt (R) by 6.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James MuellerDemocrat · winner
53.3%15,845
James I. HuntRepublican · incumbent
46.7%13,871
29,716 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET