1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Ohio Senate District 20
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Sam Speck (R) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Walter S. Burkhalter (D) by 28.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sam SpeckRepublican · winner
64.0%82,296
Walter S. BurkhalterDemocrat
36.0%46,209
128,505 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET