1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Ohio House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Ohio House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 56 · R 43
Races99
Changed party6
Unopposed18%18 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 56 · R 43

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Eugene Branstool (D)35.9
HD-2John P. Wargo (D)5.6
HD-3James M. Petro (R)30.5
HD-4Rocco J. Colonna (D)20.6
HD-5Francine Panehal (D)49.3
HD-6Patrick A. Sweeney (D)Unopposed
HD-7Kenneth A. Rocco (D)26.3
HD-8Benny Bonanno (D)Unopposed
HD-9Troy Lee James (D)Unopposed
HD-10Thomas M. Bell (D)50.3
HD-11Frank Mahnic Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-12Donna Pope (R)51.1
HD-13Ike Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-14Mary O. Boyle (D)50.3
HD-15John D. Thompson Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-16Lee I. Fisher (D)30.7
HD-17Matthew J. Hatchadorian (R)33.1
HD-18Ronald Suster (D)Unopposed
HD-19Dale N. Vanvyven (R)29.2
HD-20Thomas Pottenger (R)48.5
HD-21Jerome F. Luebbers (D)5.9
HD-22Edith P. Mayer (R)19.7
HD-23William L. Mallory (D)26.6
HD-24Terry M. Tranter (D)27.0
HD-25Helen Rankin (D)31.0
HD-26Helen H. Fix (R)52.4
HD-27Jo Ann Davidson (R)34.4
HD-28Dana A. Deshler Jr. (R)30.6
HD-29Les Brown (D)50.7
HD-30Mike Stinziano (D)33.8
HD-31Otto Beatty Jr. (D)20.1
HD-32Dean Conley (D)14.9
HD-33Don Gilmore (R)23.3
HD-34Edward J. Orlett (D)50.5
HD-35Tom Fries (D)12.4
HD-36C. J. McLin Jr. (D)30.4
HD-37Larry V. Ballweg (R)9.8Flipped
HD-38Robert L. Corbin (R)44.6
HD-39Vernon F. Cook (D)24.1
HD-40Thomas C. Sawyer (D)35.2
HD-41Robert D. Nettle (D)32.1
HD-42Pete Crossland (D)34.4
HD-43Cliff Skeen (D)53.6
HD-44David L. Karmol (R)20.3
HD-45Casey Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-46Arthur Wilkowski (D)Unopposed
HD-47Barney Quilter (D)44.9
HD-48Richard F. Maier (R)24.2
HD-49Charles Red Ash (R)42.5
HD-50William J. Healy (D)3.9
HD-51Thomas P. Gilmartin (D)Unopposed
HD-52Joseph J. Vukovich III (D)41.2
HD-53J. Leonard Camera (D)Unopposed
HD-54Marguerite E. Bowman (R)2.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-55Robert A. Nader (D)96.8
HD-56Joseph P. Williams (D)Unopposed
HD-57William Donham (R)18.9
HD-58Michael A. Fox (R)42.0
HD-59Edward J. Hughes (D)Unopposed
HD-60David Hartley (D)18.6
HD-61Sherrod Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-62John A. Begala (D)43.8
HD-63James S. Zehner (D)8.0
HD-64Waldo Bennett Rose (R)47.8
HD-65John Obrien (R)42.7
HD-66Lawrence E. Hughes (R)36.8
HD-67Russ Guerra Jr. (R)5.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-68Ron Amstutz (R)14.4Flipped
HD-69John Galbraith (R)24.8
HD-70Dave Johnson (R)39.5
HD-71Thomas J. Carney (D)34.3
HD-72Marie Tansey (R)36.1
HD-73Corwin Nixon (R)51.1
HD-74Dennis L. Wojtanowski (D)32.8
HD-75Charles R. Saxbe (R)50.9
HD-76Harry E. Turner (R)24.2
HD-77Joseph E. Haines (R)25.9
HD-78Rod Hughes (R)33.5
HD-79Larry W. Manahan (R)Unopposed
HD-80Dale Locker (D)41.6
HD-81Robert E. Netzley (R)34.3
HD-82Michael Oxley (R)Unopposed
HD-83Robert E. Brown (R)35.8
HD-84Frederick H. Deering (D)12.6
HD-85Gene Damschroder (R)25.3
HD-86Walter D. McClaskey (R)30.8
HD-87Harry C. Malott (D)29.9
HD-88Myrl H. Shoemaker (D)29.7
HD-89Vernal G. Riffe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-90Steven O. Williams (R)14.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-91Claire M. Ball Jr. (R)9.0
HD-92Ronald H. James (D)38.9
HD-93William Batchelder (R)Unopposed
HD-94James R. Ross (R)20.4
HD-95Tom Johnson (R)44.7
HD-96William E. Hinig (D)38.1
HD-97Robert J. Boggs (D)14.9
HD-98Arthur R. Bowers (D)26.1
HD-99Robert Ney (R)2.7FlippedIncumbent lost

Ohio House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner