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1980Final results

1980 election for Ohio House District 16

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Lee I. Fisher (D) won with 62.5% of the vote, defeating Kent Minshall (R) by 30.7 points.

Lee I. FisherDemocrat · winner
62.5%22,638
Kent MinshallRepublican
31.8%11,520
5.7%2,080
36,238 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+36.01972D+35.61974D+39.61978D+30.71980D+90.71982D+85.61990

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