Ohio State House District 73
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jeff LaRe Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Jeff LaReRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winWhittney WoodDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Jeff LaRe (R) 61.0, Michael Scarmack (D) 39.1
- Last election
- Jeff LaRe (Republican) won by 21.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: LaReRight column: Wood
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeLaReNo published score for Wood
- Races
- Won 3 of 3
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Whittney WoodDemocratic
- Jeff LaReIncumbentRepublican
Source: liveresults.ohiosos.gov, dated Oct 29
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 62,985
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff LaReWon Republican 38,39061.0% DemocraticMichael Scarmack Democratic 24,59539.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,247
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff LaReWon(incumbent) Republican 33,247100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 63,492
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrian LamptonWon Republican 36,52357.5% DemocraticKim McCarthy Democratic 26,96942.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,681
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick PeralesWon(incumbent) Republican 29,59859.6% DemocraticKim McCarthy Democratic 20,08340.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,155
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick PeralesWon(incumbent) Republican 37,32366.5% DemocraticBrian K. Housh Democratic 18,83233.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,020
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick PeralesWon(incumbent) Republican 24,95471.3% DemocraticDave Ogan Democratic 10,06628.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,309
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick PeralesWon Republican 35,10063.5% DemocraticBill Conner Democratic 20,20936.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,971
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay GoyalWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,85654.2% RepublicanDavid Nitzsche Republican 15,11545.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,272
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay GoyalWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,35964.2% RepublicanDavid Nitzsche Republican 16,91335.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,677
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay P. GoyalWon Democratic 23,21163.3% RepublicanPhillip R. Holloway Republican 13,46636.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,146
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam HartnettWon(incumbent) Democratic 36,146100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,494
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam HartnettWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,41163.7% RepublicanLisa Rathburn Republican 11,08336.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,566
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon RhineWon Democratic 20,84252.7% RepublicanRoger Evans Republican 18,72447.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,763
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid HartleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,11850.8% RepublicanRoger Evans Republican 14,64549.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,736
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid HartleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,736100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,288
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid HartleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,05866.2% RepublicanRonald A. Yontz Republican 10,23033.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,844
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid HartleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,58560.6% RepublicanFaye Flack Republican 17,25939.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,153
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim BuchyWon(incumbent) Republican 25,17071.6% DemocraticJohn W. Griffin Democratic 9,98328.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,701
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim BuchyWon(incumbent) Republican 33,85477.5% DemocraticPhilip O. Morrical Jr. Democratic 9,84722.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,912
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim BuchyWon(incumbent) Republican 21,86170.7% DemocraticSteven R. Burns Democratic 9,05129.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,090
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim BuchyWon(incumbent) Republican 29,88371.0% DemocraticRichard M. Sollmann Democratic 12,20729.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,758
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim BuchyWon Republican 18,48956.4% DemocraticRichard M. Sollmann Democratic 14,26943.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,155
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCorwin NixonWon(incumbent) Republican 33,35075.5% DemocraticRevis Amburgy Democratic 10,80524.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,327
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCorwin NixonWon(incumbent) Republican 18,19364.2% DemocraticPatricia L. Wamsley Democratic 10,13435.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,187
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCorwin NixonWon(incumbent) Republican 22,02257.7% DemocraticStanley E. Kolb Democratic 16,16542.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,152
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCorwin NixonWon(incumbent) Republican 14,97453.2% DemocraticStanley E. Kolb Democratic 13,17846.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,079
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCorwin NixonWon(incumbent) Republican 26,079100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,043
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas PottengerWon(incumbent) Republican 31,65064.5% DemocraticHarry F. Mulloy Democratic 17,39335.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,454
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 73, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas PottengerWon Republican 37,52267.7% DemocraticJerome Fatora Democratic 17,93232.3%
- 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 73, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/house/73. Retrieved October 30, 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:73
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 29, 2026