1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Ohio House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Ohio House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 62 · R 37
Races99
Changed party0
Unopposed2%2 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 62 · R 37

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Waldo Bennett Rose (R)14.4
HD-2Robert J. Boggs (D)44.0
HD-3John D. Shivers Jr. (D)17.3
HD-4William Batchelder (R)22.4
HD-5Robert E. Brown (R)18.4
HD-6James M. Petro (R)Unopposed
HD-7Rocco J. Colonna (D)29.0
HD-8Francine Panehal (D)48.5
HD-9Patrick A. Sweeney (D)56.0
HD-10June April Kreuzer (D)30.0
HD-11Barbara C. Pringle (D)64.1
HD-12Troy Lee James (D)78.7
HD-13Frank Mahnic Jr. (D)40.2
HD-14Ike Thompson (D)69.9
HD-15Mary O. Boyle (D)52.6
HD-16John D. Thompson Jr. (D)90.7
HD-17Leroy D. Peterson (D)15.4
HD-18Judy B. Sheerer (D)23.0
HD-19Ronald Suster (D)58.1
HD-20Thomas Pottenger (R)9.2
HD-21Jerome F. Luebbers (D)13.6
HD-22Louis Blessing Jr. (R)10.2
HD-23William L. Mallory (D)37.8
HD-24Terry M. Tranter (D)33.2
HD-25Helen Rankin (D)29.2
HD-26John Obrien (R)40.3
HD-27Dale N. Vanvyven (R)34.0
HD-28David Leland (D)0.9Incumbent lost
HD-29Ray Miller (D)30.9
HD-30Mike Stinziano (D)32.6
HD-31Otto Beatty Jr. (D)40.8
HD-32Dean Conley (D)23.8
HD-33Don Gilmore (R)18.4
HD-34Jo Ann Davidson (R)41.0
HD-35Dana A. Deshler Jr. (R)46.7
HD-36C. J. McLin Jr. (D)43.5
HD-37Edward J. Orlett (D)40.0
HD-38Robert L. Corbin (R)35.8
HD-39Robert E. Hickey (D)16.3Incumbent lost
HD-40Russ Guerra Jr. (R)8.4
HD-41Robert D. Nettle (D)52.9
HD-42Pete Crossland (D)29.1
HD-43Vernon F. Cook (D)31.7
HD-44Thomas C. Sawyer (D)33.5
HD-45Casey Jones (D)54.9
HD-46Arthur Wilkowski (D)22.8
HD-47Barney Quilter (D)61.1
HD-48John Galbraith (R)12.3
HD-49Charles Red Ash (R)18.3
HD-50William J. Healy (D)32.3
HD-51Dave Johnson (R)29.9
HD-52Joseph J. Vukovich III (D)17.5
HD-53Thomas P. Gilmartin (D)42.0
HD-54John V. Bara (D)8.6Incumbent lost
HD-55Michael J. Camera (D)47.0
HD-56Michael A. Fox (R)24.6
HD-57William Donham (R)16.0
HD-58Joseph P. Williams (D)46.9
HD-59Michael Verich (D)44.4
HD-60Dan Troy (D)30.2
HD-61Robert E. Hagan (D)13.9
HD-62David Hartley (D)11.5
HD-63Paul Jones (D)43.5
HD-64Frank S. Sawyer (D)26.3
HD-65Robert H. Doyle (R)4.4
HD-66Sue J. Fisher (R)18.6
HD-67Marc D. Guthrie (D)14.0
HD-68Robert E. Netzley (R)15.4
HD-69Cliff Skeen (D)50.2
HD-70Frederick H. Deering (D)30.8
HD-71Ronald V. Gerberry (D)14.2
HD-72Marie Tansey (R)6.0
HD-73Jim Buchy (R)12.9
HD-74Robert W. Clark (R)0.1
HD-75Joseph E. Haines (R)13.6
HD-76Harry E. Turner (R)14.6
HD-77Harry C. Malott (D)21.1
HD-78Steven O. Williams (R)23.1
HD-79Larry W. Manahan (R)30.8
HD-80Charles R. Earl (R)4.7
HD-81Dale Locker (D)36.8
HD-82John P. Stozich (R)25.3
HD-83Rod Hughes (R)1.6
HD-84Corwin Nixon (R)20.5
HD-85Dwight Wise Jr. (D)0.9
HD-86Walter D. McClaskey (R)27.9
HD-87Joan W. Lawrence (R)18.3
HD-88Michael C. Shoemaker (D)26.9
HD-89Vernal G. Riffe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-90Richard E. Rench (R)7.0
HD-91Paul P. Mechling (D)15.3
HD-92Ronald H. James (D)15.1
HD-93Ron Amstutz (R)30.1
HD-94Jolynn Boster (D)24.0Incumbent lost
HD-95Joe Secrest (D)9.7Incumbent lost
HD-96Tom Johnson (R)13.5
HD-97William E. Hinig (D)25.0
HD-98Arthur R. Bowers (D)45.2
HD-99Jack Cera (D)0.4Incumbent lost

Ohio House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner