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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Ohio House District 80

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Chris Redfern (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating J. Tom Lendrum (R) by 13.1 points.

Chris RedfernDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.5%20,635
J. Tom LendrumRepublican · incumbent
43.5%15,862
36,497 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+43.41996R+40.41998R+25.32000D+13.12002D+26.72006D+6.42008

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