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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 72

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Tom Niehaus (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Ken Zuk (D) by 22.7 points.

Tom NiehausRepublican · winner
58.2%25,482
Ken ZukDemocrat
35.5%15,525
Anthony WatersIndependent
6.4%2,783
43,790 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+23.71990R+3.61992R+27.31994R+22.72000R+14.32002R+19.62004

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