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1982Final results

1982 election for Ohio Senate District 13

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Alan J. Zaleski (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Martha W. Wise (R) by 8.6 points.

Alan J. ZaleskiDemocrat · winner
54.3%49,873
Martha W. WiseRepublican
45.7%41,975
91,848 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+8.51978D+8.61982D+33.71986D+30.51990D+22.61994R+0.81998

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