1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Ohio House District 1
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Eugene Branstool (D) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Raymond P. Luther (R) by 15.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Eugene BranstoolDemocrat · winner
57.6%20,490
Raymond P. LutherRepublican · incumbent
42.4%15,107
35,597 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET