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2002Final results

2002 election for Ohio Senate District 23

Ohio State Senate · Ohio

Dan Brady (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Richard Ress (R) by 34.0 points.

Dan BradyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%52,784
Richard RessRepublican
33.0%25,998
78,782 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

EvenD+27.81982R+5.51990D+11.31994D+34.02002D+48.22006D+21.52010

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