1980Final results
1980 election for Ohio House District 47
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Barney Quilter (D) won with 72.4% of the vote, defeating Donald E. Detlef (R) by 44.9 points.
Barney QuilterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.4%20,442
Donald E. DetlefRepublican
27.6%7,777
28,219 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET