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1982Final results

1982 election for Ohio House District 47

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Barney Quilter (D) won with 80.5% of the vote, defeating Donald E. Detlef (R) by 61.1 points.

Barney QuilterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.5%19,554
19.5%4,728
24,282 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

EvenD+44.91976D+50.81978D+44.91980D+61.11982D+46.31984D+52.11990

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