1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Ohio Senate District 24
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Gary C. Suhadolnik (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Jerome Stano (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gary C. SuhadolnikRepublican · winner
53.3%60,571
Jerome StanoDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%53,119
113,690 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