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2008Final results

2008 election for Ohio House District 8

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Armond Budish (D) won with 87.4% of the vote, defeating Jerry Powell (R) by 74.9 points.

Armond BudishDemocrat · winner · incumbent
87.4%44,746
Jerry PowellRepublican
12.6%6,430
51,176 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+15.31994D+72.41996D+72.31998D+74.92008D+72.02010D+65.72012

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