Ohio State House District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Joe Miller Democratic (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
Bradley LackoRepublicanMatt LundyDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Joe Miller (D) 56.3, Bradley Lacko (R) 43.7
- Last election
- Joe Miller (Democratic) won by 12.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: LackoRight column: Lundy
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
- None listed
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Rep. Joe Miller is running for Ohio State Senate District 13.
- Matt LundyDemocratic
- Bradley LackoRepublican
Source: liveresults.ohiosos.gov, dated Oct 29
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 51,900
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe MillerWon Democratic 29,20556.3% RepublicanBradley Lacko Republican 22,69543.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,789
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,25352.1% RepublicanMarty Gallagher Republican 19,53647.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,874
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas HallWon Republican 36,76868.3% DemocraticMichelle E. Novak Democratic 17,10631.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,156
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCandice KellerWon(incumbent) Republican 25,58963.7% DemocraticRebecca Howard Democratic 14,56736.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,647
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCandice KellerWon Republican 33,02065.2% DemocraticSuzi Rubin Democratic 17,62734.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,829
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy DericksonWon(incumbent) Republican 17,65868.4% DemocraticSuzi Rubin Democratic 8,17131.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,370
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy DericksonWon(incumbent) Republican 28,67760.5% DemocraticSuzi Rubin Democratic 18,69339.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,662
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy DericksonWon(incumbent) Republican 25,73470.2% DemocraticJames Shew Democratic 10,92829.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,066
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy DericksonWon Republican 33,62565.8% DemocraticRocky Day Democratic 17,44134.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,803
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShawn WebsterWon(incumbent) Republican 21,14857.5% DemocraticGlenda Smith Democratic 15,65542.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,373
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShawn WebsterWon(incumbent) Republican 33,15965.8% DemocraticScott Siebel Democratic 17,21434.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,792
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShawn WebsterWon(incumbent) Republican 18,56064.5% DemocraticA. Mitchell Democratic 10,23235.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,062
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChris RedfernWon Democratic 28,61560.8% RepublicanJoseph Woods Republican 18,44739.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,208
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarrell W. OpferWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,04669.2% RepublicanJohn Dreyer Republican 9,66626.7% OtherDennis D. Slotnick Other 1,4964.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,227
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarrell W. OpferWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,69470.1% RepublicanBradley Revers Jr. Republican 11,34925.1% OtherDennis D. Slotnick Other 2,1844.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,172
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarrell W. OpferWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,47962.9% RepublicanKathleen K. Dziak Republican 12,69337.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,499
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarrell W. OpferWon Democratic 30,11460.8% RepublicanGeorge Mylander Republican 19,38539.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,644
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert F. HaganWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,46581.1% RepublicanHoward Robinette Republican 6,17918.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,582
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert F. HaganWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,582100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,428
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert F. HaganWon Democratic 20,91262.6% RepublicanThomas G. Damico Republican 8,69026.0% OtherEzell L. Armour Other 3,82611.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,716
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas P. GilmartinWon(incumbent) Democratic 35,716100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,661
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas P. GilmartinWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,21668.8% RepublicanThomas M. McNally Jr. Republican 9,83426.8% LibertarianReynold J. Johnjulio Libertarian 1,6114.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,872
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Leonard CameraWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,872100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,805
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Leonard CameraWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,805100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,777
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Leonard CameraWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,72682.1% RepublicanTheodore R. Eddy Sr. Republican 6,05117.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,747
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Leonard CameraWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,52275.8% RepublicanEdwin A. Brown Republican 6,22524.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,929
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Leonard CameraWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,93274.2% RepublicanRonnie E. Wichman Republican 8,99725.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,117
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge V. VoinovichWon(incumbent) Republican 22,93667.2% DemocraticTerry A. McGovern Democratic 11,18132.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,172
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 53, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge V. VoinovichWon(incumbent) Republican 27,02469.0% DemocraticHarold J. Lausche Democratic 12,14831.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Ohio State House District 53, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/house/53. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:oh/sldl:53
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 29, 2026