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1978Final results

1978 election for Ohio Senate District 31

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

John Timothy McCormack (D) won with 73.4% of the vote, defeating Edward H. Offerman (R) by 46.7 points.

John Timothy McCormackDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.4%59,439
26.6%21,578
81,017 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+46.71978D+1.41982D+3.01986R+8.91990R+8.61994R+17.71998

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