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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 53

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Chris Redfern (D) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Joseph Woods (R) by 21.6 points.

Chris RedfernDemocrat · winner
60.8%28,615
Joseph WoodsRepublican
39.2%18,447
47,062 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+25.71994D+45.01996D+42.51998D+21.62000R+28.92002R+31.72004

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