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2014Final results

2014 election for Ohio House District 8

Ohio House of Representatives · Ohio

Kent Smith (D) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Mikhail Alterman (R) by 53.3 points.

Kent SmithDemocrat · winner
71.6%21,420
18.3%5,472
Jocelyn ConwellIndependent
10.1%3,027
29,919 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

EvenD+74.92008D+72.02010D+65.72012D+53.32014D+59.62016D+36.82022

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