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2012Final results

2012 election for Ohio House District 83

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Robert Sprague (R) won with 67.3% of the vote, defeating John Kostyo (D) by 34.6 points.

Robert SpragueRepublican · winner
67.3%31,623
John KostyoDemocrat
32.7%15,350
46,973 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+40.42002R+45.42004R+28.72006R+34.62012R+49.52016R+38.22018

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