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1998Final results

1998 election for Ohio Senate District 29

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Scott Oelslager (R) won with 69.9% of the vote, defeating Doug Dale (D) by 39.9 points.

Scott OelslagerRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.9%78,631
Doug DaleDemocrat
30.1%33,796
112,427 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

EvenR+3.91986R+24.21990R+42.51994R+39.91998R+15.52002R+11.22006

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