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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 47

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Robert J. Otterman (D) won with 72.7% of the vote, defeating Chris Long (R) by 45.4 points.

Robert J. OttermanDemocrat · winner
72.7%24,412
Chris LongRepublican
27.3%9,172
33,584 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

EvenD+38.61994D+42.91996D+45.71998D+45.42000D+35.52002D+42.42004

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