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1982Final results

1982 election for Ohio House District 44

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Thomas C. Sawyer (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Paul S. Wingard (R) by 33.5 points.

Thomas C. SawyerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%23,301
Paul S. WingardRepublican
33.3%11,618
34,919 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+21.91976R+25.91978R+20.31980D+33.51982R+8.61984R+4.61986

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