1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for Ohio Senate District 31
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Eugene Branstool (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Sam Speck (R) by 1.4 points.
Eugene BranstoolDemocrat · winner
50.7%53,568
Sam SpeckRepublican · incumbent
49.3%52,072
105,640 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET