1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Ohio House District 78
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Larry Householder (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Mary Abel (D) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Larry HouseholderRepublican · winner
55.0%25,058
Mary AbelDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%20,476
45,534 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET