1984Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Ohio Senate District 30
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Robert L. Burch (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Ress (R) by 11.3 points.
Robert L. BurchDemocrat · winner
55.7%74,243
Bill RessRepublican · incumbent
44.3%59,155
133,398 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