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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 27

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Jim Hughes (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Mark Hatch (D) by 3.9 points.

Jim HughesRepublican · winner
51.9%24,003
Mark HatchDemocrat
48.1%22,204
46,207 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+28.81994R+31.11996R+17.81998R+3.92000D+64.82002D+74.72006

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