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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 78

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Larry Householder (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Lisa Eliason (D) by 8.2 points.

Larry HouseholderRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.8%25,437
Lisa EliasonDemocrat
44.6%21,480
Scott NazzarineLibertarian
2.6%1,229
48,146 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+16.41994R+10.11996R+5.91998R+8.22000D+16.62002R+4.72006

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

The candidates

Larry Householder (R)Lisa Eliason (D)

Also on the ballot: Scott Nazzarine (Libertarian), 2.6%