1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Ohio House District 12
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Donna Pope (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Walter A. Rutkowski (D) by 5.7 points.
Donna PopeRepublican · winner
52.9%20,561
Walter A. RutkowskiDemocrat · incumbent
47.1%18,337
38,898 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET