1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Ohio House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Ohio House of Representatives district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

← 1986 general1990 general →

Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 59 · R 40
Races99
Changed party3
Unopposed24%24 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 59 · R 40

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1William E. Thompson (R)Unopposed
HD-2Ross A. Boggs Jr. (D)36.6
HD-3John D. Shivers Jr. (D)26.6
HD-4William Batchelder (R)29.4
HD-5Randall Gardner (R)41.0
HD-6James M. Petro (R)37.6
HD-7Rocco J. Colonna (D)37.8
HD-8Madeline A. Cain (D)44.4
HD-9Patrick A. Sweeney (D)53.6
HD-10Ronald M. Mottl Sr. (D)46.2
HD-11Barbara C. Pringle (D)61.4
HD-12Troy Lee James (D)77.7
HD-13Frank Mahnic Jr. (D)22.8
HD-14Ike Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-15Jane L. Campbell (D)63.1
HD-16Vermel Whalen (D)Unopposed
HD-17Suzanne Sergans (D)48.0
HD-18Judy B. Sheerer (D)Unopposed
HD-19Ronald Suster (D)48.4
HD-20Thomas Pottenger (R)28.6
HD-21Jerome F. Luebbers (D)18.8
HD-22Louis Blessing Jr. (R)19.8
HD-23William L. Mallory (D)36.9
HD-24Terry M. Tranter (D)30.3
HD-25Helen Rankin (D)54.0
HD-26Jacquelyn K. Obrien (R)49.6
HD-27Dale N. Vanvyven (R)45.1
HD-28Edward J. Thomas Jr. (R)32.7
HD-29Ray Miller (D)38.8
HD-30Mike Stinziano (D)39.8
HD-31Otto Beatty Jr. (D)48.3
HD-32Dean Conley (D)21.7
HD-33Don Gilmore (R)20.2
HD-34Jo Ann Davidson (R)58.5
HD-35William Schuck (R)55.4
HD-36C. J. McLin Jr. (D)46.7
HD-37Tom Roberts (D)Unopposed
HD-38Robert L. Corbin (R)51.4
HD-39Robert E. Hickey (D)Unopposed
HD-40Russ Guerra Jr. (R)27.6
HD-41Thomas Seese (D)45.5
HD-42Vernon Sykes (D)20.6
HD-43Wayne M. Jones (D)10.2
HD-44Tom Watkins (R)16.3
HD-45Casey Jones (D)51.5
HD-46Donald P. Czarcinski (D)29.7
HD-47Barney Quilter (D)Unopposed
HD-48Tim Greenwood (R)3.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-49Charles Red Ash (R)20.7
HD-50William J. Healy (D)26.2
HD-51Dave Johnson (R)48.2
HD-52Joseph J. Vukovich III (D)Unopposed
HD-53Robert F. Hagan (D)Unopposed
HD-54John V. Bara (D)36.3
HD-55Joseph F. Koziura (D)Unopposed
HD-56Michael A. Fox (R)51.2
HD-57John A. Boehner (R)43.4
HD-58June H. Lucas (D)Unopposed
HD-59Michael Verich (D)Unopposed
HD-60Dan Troy (D)27.3
HD-61Raymond E. Sines (R)12.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-62David Hartley (D)14.3
HD-63Paul Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-64Frank S. Sawyer (D)10.7
HD-65Robert H. Doyle (R)33.0
HD-66Samuel T. Bateman Jr. (R)38.9
HD-67Marc D. Guthrie (D)33.0
HD-68Robert E. Netzley (R)Unopposed
HD-69Cliff Skeen (D)43.9
HD-70Frederick H. Deering (D)Unopposed
HD-71Ronald V. Gerberry (D)35.0
HD-72Katherine H. Walsh (D)5.1Flipped
HD-73Jim Buchy (R)54.9
HD-74Robert W. Clark (R)28.9
HD-75Joseph E. Haines (R)44.2
HD-76L. Eugene Byers (R)43.3
HD-77Harry C. Malott (D)Unopposed
HD-78Steven O. Williams (R)43.3
HD-79Larry W. Manahan (R)Unopposed
HD-80Lynn R. Wachtmann (R)43.0
HD-81Jim Davis (R)19.5
HD-82John P. Stozich (R)Unopposed
HD-83Rod Hughes (R)23.8
HD-84Corwin Nixon (R)Unopposed
HD-85Dwight Wise Jr. (D)30.1
HD-86Larry J. Adams (R)29.4
HD-87Joan W. Lawrence (R)50.4
HD-88Michael C. Shoemaker (D)46.1
HD-89Vernal G. Riffe Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-90Richard E. Rench (R)20.2
HD-91Paul P. Mechling (D)4.6
HD-92Mark A. Malone (D)32.2
HD-93Ron Amstutz (R)43.4
HD-94Jolynn Boster (D)37.7
HD-95Joe Secrest (D)Unopposed
HD-96Tom Johnson (R)33.1
HD-97William E. Hinig (D)Unopposed
HD-98Jerry W. Krupinski (D)Unopposed
HD-99Jack Cera (D)Unopposed

Ohio House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner