1984Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Ohio Senate District 16
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Eugene Watts (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Michael Schwarzwalder (D) by 1.6 points.
Eugene WattsRepublican · winner
50.8%57,743
Michael SchwarzwalderDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%55,945
113,688 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