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1998Final results

1998 election for Ohio House District 47

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Betty Sutton (D) won with 72.8% of the vote, defeating Scot A. Stevenson (R) by 45.7 points.

Betty SuttonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.8%17,368
27.2%6,473
23,841 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+41.91992D+38.61994D+42.91996D+45.71998D+45.42000D+35.52002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET