Ohio State House District 85
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tim Barhorst Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Tim BarhorstRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winVictoria MaddoxDemocratic
Tim Barhorst 80.1Victoria Maddox 19.9
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Tim Barhorst (Republican) won by 60.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BarhorstRight column: Maddox
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeBarhorstNo published score for Maddox
- Races
- Won 2 of 3
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Victoria MaddoxDemocratic
- Tim BarhorstIncumbentRepublican
Source: liveresults.ohiosos.gov, dated Oct 29
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 58,075
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim BarhorstWon Republican 46,52480.1% DemocraticVictoria Maddox Democratic 11,55119.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,781
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim BarhorstWon Republican 35,781100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,758
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNino VitaleWon(incumbent) Republican 40,82591.2% OtherTed Greek Other 3,9338.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,289
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNino VitaleWon(incumbent) Republican 28,60872.8% DemocraticGarrett Baldwin Democratic 10,68127.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,416
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNino VitaleWon(incumbent) Republican 37,416100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,704
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNino VitaleWon Republican 23,704100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,336
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn AdamsWon(incumbent) Republican 37,336100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,359
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob PetersonWon Republican 19,00755.3% DemocraticRaymond Pryor(incumbent) Democratic 15,35244.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,041
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRaymond PryorWon Democratic 25,13652.3% RepublicanJohn Schlichter(incumbent) Republican 22,90547.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,387
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn SchlichterWon(incumbent) Republican 18,70551.4% DemocraticRaymond Allen Pryor Democratic 17,68248.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,916
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn SchlichterWon(incumbent) Republican 28,03162.4% DemocraticChad M. Cunningham Democratic 16,88537.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,724
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn SchlichterWon Republican 14,99454.1% DemocraticJoseph P. Sulzer Sr.(incumbent) Democratic 12,73045.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,760
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDerrick SeaverWon Democratic 23,00150.3% RepublicanDavid Shiffer Republican 22,75949.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,762
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim JordanWon(incumbent) Republican 23,76368.4% DemocraticRobert Burns Democratic 10,99931.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,522
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim JordanWon(incumbent) Republican 27,65163.5% DemocraticRichard H. Ansley Democratic 15,87136.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,717
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim JordanWon Republican 22,48564.8% DemocraticRichard H. Ansley Democratic 12,23235.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,980
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim DavisWon(incumbent) Republican 24,10751.3% DemocraticPeggy Hanna Democratic 22,87348.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,341
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDwight Wise Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 17,69453.1% RepublicanRex Damschroder Republican 15,64746.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,348
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDwight Wise Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 26,23765.0% RepublicanDale L. Stacy Republican 14,11135.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,846
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDwight Wise Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 19,49061.2% RepublicanEugene Damschroder Republican 12,35638.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,445
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDwight Wise Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 22,55351.9% RepublicanGene Damschroder Republican 20,89248.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,220
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDwight Wise Jr.Won Democratic 16,76150.5% RepublicanJohn E. Meyers Republican 16,45949.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,886
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGene DamschroderWon(incumbent) Republican 21,94653.7% DemocraticDavid B. Fitzpatrick Democratic 11,60128.4% OtherLloyd L. Bischoff Other 7,33917.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,561
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGene DamschroderWon(incumbent) Republican 19,41061.5% DemocraticHarold M. Seeberger Democratic 12,15138.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,570
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGene DamschroderWon(incumbent) Republican 23,05258.3% DemocraticAlbert J. Allman Jr. Democratic 16,51841.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,752
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGene DamschroderWon(incumbent) Republican 19,08260.1% DemocraticThomas R. King Democratic 12,67039.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,688
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGene DamschroderWon Republican 24,79260.9% DemocraticFrancis M. Marley Jr. Democratic 15,89639.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,811
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid D. AlbrittonWon(incumbent) Republican 20,18861.5% DemocraticRodney W. Jones Democratic 12,62338.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,075
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Ohio House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid D. AlbrittonWon(incumbent) Republican 22,13256.6% DemocraticOscar S. Page Jr. Democratic 16,94343.4%
- 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 85, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/oh/house/85. 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:85
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