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1978Final results

1978 election for Ohio Senate District 11

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Marigene Valiquette (D) won with 75.4% of the vote, defeating Edward S. Foster Jr. (R) by 50.7 points.

Marigene ValiquetteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.4%47,286
24.6%15,466
62,752 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+50.71978D+7.41982D+17.71986D+44.41990D+41.11994D+48.61998

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