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2014Final results

2014 election for Ohio House District 72

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Bill Hayes (R) won with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Janee L. Bowman (D) by 35.7 points.

Bill HayesRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.9%21,641
32.1%10,252
31,893 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+1.22008R+19.42010R+15.02012R+35.72014R+43.52016R+38.12018

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