2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Ohio House District 85
Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio
Raymond Pryor (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating John Schlichter (R) by 4.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Raymond PryorDemocrat · winner
52.3%25,136
John SchlichterRepublican · incumbent
47.7%22,905
48,041 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET