1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Ohio Senate District 22
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Ben M. Skall (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Anthony O. Calabrese (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben M. SkallRepublican · winner
53.5%62,184
Anthony O. CalabreseDemocrat · incumbent
46.5%54,113
116,297 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