| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other
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| 2004 | Mark P. Brown: 117,324 | Deborah D. Pryce: 189,024 |
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| 2002 | Mark P. Brown: 54,286 | Deborah D. Pryce: 108,193 |
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| 2000 | William L. Buckel: 64,805 | Deborah D. Pryce: 156,792 | Scott T. Smith (L): 10,700
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| 1998 | Adam Clay Miller: 49,334 | Deborah D. Pryce: 113,846 | Kevin Nestor: 9,996
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| 1996 | Cliff Arnebeck Jr.: 64,665 | Deborah D. Pryce: 156,776 |
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| 1994 | William L. Buckel: 46,480 | Deborah D. Pryce: 112,912 |
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| 1992 | Richard Cordray: 94,907 | Deborah D. Pryce: 110,390 | Linda Reidelbach: 44,906
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| 1990 | Thomas V. Erney: 68,510 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 99,251 | William L. Buckel (WI): 158
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| 1988 | Mark S. Froehlich: 51,172 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 154,694 |
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| 1986 | David L. Jackson: 55,750 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 97,745 |
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| 1984 | Duane Jager: 58,870 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 148,311 |
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| 1982 | Greg Kostelac: 47,070 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 104,678 | Steve Kender (L): 6,139
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| 1980 | Terry Freeman: 48,708 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 129,025 |
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| 1978 | Henry W. Eckhart: 37,000 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 91,023 |
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| 1976 | Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 57,741 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 109,630 |
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| 1974 | Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 49,683 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 79,376 |
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| 1972 | Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 55,314 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 115,779 | Edward Price (AI): 4,820
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| 1970 | Manley L. "Mike" McGee: 34,018 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 81,536 |
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| 1968 | Russell H. Volkema: 35,861 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 98,499 |
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| 1966 | Robert L. Van Heyde: 38,805 | Chalmers P. Wylie: 57,993 |
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| 1964 | Robert T. Secrest: 62,438 | Randall Metcalf: 31,803 |
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| 1962 | Robert T. Secrest: 41,856 | Tom Van Horn Moorehead: 38,095 |
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| 1960 | Herbert U. Smith: 47,366 | Tom Van Horn Moorehead: 49,742 |
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| 1958 | Herbert U. Smith: 36,026 | John E. Henderson: 48,316 |
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| 1956 | Herbert U. Smith: 35,954 | John E. Henderson: 55,126 |
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| 1954 | Max L. Underwood: 32,795 | John E. Henderson: 38,524 |
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| 1952 | Robert T. Secrest: 62,913 | Percy W. Griffiths: 34,966 |
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| 1950 | Robert T. Secrest: 47,448 | Holland M. Gary: 29,573 |
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| 1948 | Robert T. Secrest: 45,575 | Percy W. Griffiths: 35,294 |
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| 1946 | Robert T. Secrest: 32,159 | Percy W. Griffiths: 36,564 |
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| 1944 | Olney R. Gillogly: 31,756 | Percy W. Griffiths: 47,710 |
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| 1942 | Charles W. Lynch: 23,213 | Percy W. Griffiths: 35,137 |
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| 1940 | Robert T. Secrest: 57,359 | Clair A. Young: 40,233 |
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| 1938 | Robert T. Secrest: 42,573 | Percy W. Griffiths: 38,903 |
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| 1936 | Robert T. Secrest: 53,263 | Kenneth C. Ray: 42,053 | Joe I. Clarke: 333
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| 1934 | Robert T. Secrest: 42,722 | Kenneth C. Ray: 33,950 |
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| 1932 | Robert T. Secrest: 50,313 | C. Ellis Moore: 38,113 | Joseph H. Ewing: 444
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| 1930 | H. R. McClintock: 33,968 | C. Ellis Moore: 35,611 |
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| 1928 | Frank H. Ward: 26,441 | C. Ellis Moore: 50,941 |
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| 1926 | E. B. Schneider: 23,703 | C. Ellis Moore: 28,519 |
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| 1924 | James R. Alexander: 30,608 | C. Ellis Moore: 39,155 |
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| 1922 | James R. Alexander: 30,120 | C. Ellis Moore: 32,894 | F. J. Ash: 1,003
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| 1920 | John S. Talbott: 30,326 | C. Ellis Moore: 42,419 |
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