1998Final results
1998 election for Ohio House District 53
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Darrell W. Opfer (D) won with 69.2% of the vote, defeating John Dreyer (R) by 42.5 points.
Darrell W. OpferDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.2%25,046
John DreyerRepublican
26.7%9,666
Dennis D. SlotnickIndependent
4.1%1,496
36,208 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET