1978Final results
1978 election for Ohio Senate District 27
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Oliver Ocasek (D) won with 71.9% of the vote, defeating Bruce R. Claflin (R) by 43.9 points.
Oliver OcasekDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.9%60,357
Bruce R. ClaflinRepublican
28.1%23,552
83,909 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