Ohio State House District 76
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Marilyn John Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Marilyn JohnRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winColton StidamDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Marilyn John (R) 71.9, Emily Adams (D) 28.1
- Last election
- Marilyn John (Republican) won by 43.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: JohnRight column: Stidam
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeJohnNo published score for Stidam
- Races
- Won 3 of 3
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Colton StidamDemocratic
- Marilyn JohnIncumbentRepublican
Source: liveresults.ohiosos.gov, dated Oct 29
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 56,090
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarilyn JohnWon Republican 40,35271.9% DemocraticEmily Adams Democratic 15,73828.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,070
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarilyn JohnWon(incumbent) Republican 33,070100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,045
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDiane V. GrendellWon Republican 40,90461.9% DemocraticGarrett Westhoven Democratic 25,14138.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,359
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSarah LatouretteWon(incumbent) Republican 31,98062.3% DemocraticJohn P. Kennedy Democratic 19,37937.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,866
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSarah LatouretteWon(incumbent) Republican 39,81768.8% DemocraticTerri McIntee Democratic 18,04931.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,862
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSarah LatouretteWon Republican 23,61367.7% DemocraticJoseph Lanese Democratic 11,24932.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,465
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt LynchWon Republican 32,98557.4% DemocraticTom Warren Democratic 24,48042.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,196
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCliff HiteWon(incumbent) Republican 27,03770.8% DemocraticJeffrey Detmer Democratic 7,63120.0% IndependentSteven Gossard Independent 3,5289.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,267
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClifford HiteWon(incumbent) Republican 43,55598.4% IndependentPatrick Matheny Independent 7121.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,753
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCliff HiteWon Republican 23,82659.9% DemocraticJohn F. Kostyo Democratic 15,92740.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 52,237
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike GilbWon(incumbent) Republican 35,51668.0% DemocraticKenneth J. Ludwig Democratic 16,72132.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,565
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike GilbWon(incumbent) Republican 22,44168.9% DemocraticKenneth J. Ludwig Democratic 10,12431.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,385
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKevin DeWineWon Republican 28,29462.3% DemocraticEric Marcus Democratic 14,04530.9% OtherChristina Turner Other 3,0466.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,314
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteve AustriaWon Republican 18,84358.3% DemocraticThomas E. Blessing III Democratic 13,47141.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,095
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarilyn J. ReidWon(incumbent) Republican 34,095100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,584
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarilyn J. ReidWon(incumbent) Republican 24,89974.1% DemocraticHugh Keller Democratic 8,68525.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,575
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarilyn J. ReidWon Republican 33,62479.0% DemocraticSteve Tatone Democratic 8,95121.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,839
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanL. Eugene ByersWon(incumbent) Republican 23,68962.6% DemocraticMichael R. Williams Democratic 14,15037.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,591
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanL. Eugene ByersWon(incumbent) Republican 31,94171.6% DemocraticGlen H. Dearth Democratic 12,65028.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,125
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanL. Eugene ByersWon Republican 21,95764.3% DemocraticGlen H. Dearth Democratic 12,16835.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,441
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas A. VanmeterWon Republican 28,46160.0% DemocraticMavis Democratic 18,37738.7% OtherHarry B. Weirich Other 6031.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,313
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon(incumbent) Republican 18,81954.9% DemocraticUsher L. Levering Democratic 13,82140.3% OtherHarry B. Weirich Other 1,6734.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,464
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon(incumbent) Republican 29,48262.1% DemocraticThomas Burkhart Democratic 17,98237.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,779
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon(incumbent) Republican 19,96362.8% DemocraticWilliam A. Eagon Democratic 11,80637.1% OtherHarry B. Weirich Other 100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,758
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon(incumbent) Republican 26,41763.3% DemocraticDale Lawrence Smith Democratic 15,34136.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,456
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon(incumbent) Republican 20,51659.5% DemocraticR. David Ridenour Democratic 13,94040.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,385
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry E. TurnerWon Republican 24,94760.3% DemocraticPaul W. Davis Democratic 16,43839.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,199
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn GalbraithWon(incumbent) Republican 18,14162.1% DemocraticHarry Sohikian Democratic 11,05837.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,517
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 76, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn GalbraithWon(incumbent) Republican 21,77367.0% DemocraticHarry Sohikian Democratic 10,74433.0%
- 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 76, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/house/76. 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:76
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