1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Ohio House District 72
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Marie Tansey (R) won with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Douglas D. Spitzer (D) by 35.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marie TanseyRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.9%19,701
Douglas D. SpitzerDemocrat
32.1%9,302
29,003 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET