1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Ohio Senate District 26
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Gene Slagle (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Robin T. Turner (R) by 0.3 points.
Gene SlagleDemocrat · winner
50.1%57,595
Robin T. TurnerRepublican · incumbent
49.9%57,278
114,873 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