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1980Final results

1980 election for Ohio Senate District 20

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Sam Speck (R) won with 74.9% of the vote, defeating Richard Imbroscio (D) by 49.8 points.

Sam SpeckRepublican · winner · incumbent
74.9%98,174
25.1%32,895
131,069 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

EvenR+28.11976R+49.81980R+14.21984R+48.31988R+28.61992R+12.21996

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