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2012Final results

2012 election for Ohio House District 71

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Jay Hottinger (R) won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating Brady Jones (D) by 23.1 points.

Jay HottingerRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.6%33,441
Brady JonesDemocrat
38.4%20,881
54,322 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+23.72006R+24.02008R+38.62010R+23.12012R+33.52014R+35.82016

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