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1978Final results

1978 election for Ohio House District 13

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Ike Thompson (D) won with 89.1% of the vote, defeating John Umstead (R) by 78.1 points.

Ike ThompsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.1%9,712
John UmsteadRepublican
10.9%1,192
10,904 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+78.91972D+83.41974D+78.11978D+40.21982D+22.71984D+41.01986

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