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1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Ohio Senate District 13

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Donald Pease (D) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Corts (R) by 23.3 points.

Donald PeaseDemocrat · winner
61.7%51,784
Robert J. CortsRepublican · incumbent
38.3%32,183
83,967 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

EvenD+8.51978D+8.61982D+33.71986D+30.51990D+22.61994R+0.81998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET