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1976Final results

1976 election for Ohio House District 17

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Virginia Aveni (D) won with 74.5% of the vote, defeating Bruce I. Moses (R) by 48.9 points.

Virginia AveniDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.5%28,792
Bruce I. MosesRepublican
25.5%9,873
38,665 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+32.91974D+48.91976R+3.61978R+33.11980D+15.41982D+37.61984

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