1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Ohio House District 44
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Tom Watkins (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Basile (D) by 8.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom WatkinsRepublican · winner
54.3%26,020
BasileDemocrat
45.7%21,916
47,936 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET