1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Ohio Senate District 26
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Paul E. Pfeifer (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Gene Slagle (D) by 7.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul E. PfeiferRepublican · winner
53.9%61,418
Gene SlagleDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%52,489
113,907 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