1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Ohio House District 61
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Raymond E. Sines (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Hagan (D) by 12.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Raymond E. SinesRepublican · winner
56.3%23,350
Robert E. HaganDemocrat · incumbent
43.7%18,116
41,466 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET