1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Ohio Senate District 30
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Bill Ress (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating R. Kinney Milleson (D) by 12.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill RessRepublican · winner
56.1%68,984
R. Kinney MillesonDemocrat · incumbent
43.9%53,962
122,946 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