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2000Final results

2000 election for Ohio House District 8

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Shirley A. Smith (D) won with 87.2% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Jones (Ind) by 74.4 points.

Shirley A. SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
87.2%26,947
Ronnie JonesIndependent
12.8%3,959
30,906 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+73.41992D+15.31994D+72.41996D+72.31998D+74.92008D+72.02010

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