1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Ohio House District 99
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Robert Ney (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Wayne L. Hays (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert NeyRepublican · winner
51.4%22,476
Wayne L. HaysDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%21,286
43,762 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