1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Ohio House District 61
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Sherrod Brown (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating M. Joan Douglass (R) by 7.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Sherrod BrownDemocrat · winner
53.7%15,589
M. Joan DouglassRepublican · incumbent
46.3%13,451
29,040 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