1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Ohio Senate District 17
Ohio State Senate · Ohio
Jan Michael Long (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Oakley C. Collins (R) by 1.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jan Michael LongDemocrat · winner
50.7%48,151
Oakley C. CollinsRepublican · incumbent
49.3%46,795
94,946 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET