1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Ohio House District 42
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Pete Crossland (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Robert A. Manning (R) by 11.3 points.
Pete CrosslandDemocrat · winner
55.7%21,635
Robert A. ManningRepublican · incumbent
44.3%17,233
38,868 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