NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 18th District

Voters in Ohio, as in other U.S. states elect a certain number of representatives to the United States House of Representatives. The following chart shows the results of the elections for the first congressional district of Ohio. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

See also: U.S. House election, 2004

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2004	Brian R. Thomas: 88,560	Robert W. Ney: 173,499
2002		Robert W. Ney: 125,546
2000	Marc D. Guthrie: 79,232	Robert W. Ney: 152,325	John R. Bargar Sr. (L): 4,948
1998	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 74,571	Robert W. Ney: 113,119
1996	Robert L. Burch Jr.: 108,332	Robert W. Ney: 117,365	Margaret Chitti (N): 8,146
1994	Gregory L. DiDonato: 87,926	Robert W. Ney: 103,115
1992	Douglas Applegate: 166,189	Bill Ress: 77,229
1990	Douglas Applegate: 120,782	John A. Hales: 41,823
1988	Douglas Applegate: 151,306	William C. Abraham: 43,628
1986	Douglas Applegate: 126,526
1984	Douglas Applegate: 155,759	Kenneth P. Burt Jr.: 49,356
1982	Douglas Applegate: 128,665
1980	Douglas Applegate: 134,835	Gary L. Hammersley: 42,354
1978	Douglas Applegate: 71,894	William J. Ress: 48,931
1976	Douglas Applegate*: 116,901	Ralph R. McCoy: 45,735	William Crabbe: 21,537 John Dwight Bashline: 1,661
1974	Wayne L. Hays: 90,447	Ralph H. Romig: 47,385
1972	Wayne L. Hays: 128,663	Robert Stewart: 54,572
1970	Wayne L. Hays: 82,071	Robert Stewart: 38,104
1968	Wayne L. Hays: 96,711	James F. Sutherland: 63,747
1966	Wayne L. Hays: 73,657	William H. Weir: 41,165
1964	Wayne L. Hays: 94,768	Allen J. Dalrymple: 42,960
1962	Wayne L. Hays: 66,327	John J. Carrigg: 42,336
1960	Wayne L. Hays: 96,474	Walter J. Hunston: 50,698
1958	'Wayne L. Hays: 88,813	Francis Wallace: 35,322
1956	Wayne L. Hays: 78,962	Joseph Miller: 53,627
1954	Wayne L. Hays: 59,165	Walter J. Hunston: 44,143
1952	Wayne L. Hays: 78,277	Clarence L. Wetzel: 62,081
1950	Wayne L. Hays: 58,295	Robert L. Quinn: 56,508
1948	Wayne L. Hays: 65,475	Earl R. Lewis: 55,455
1946	Eugene A. Blum	Earl R. Lewis: 55,140
1944	Ross Michener: 63,098	Earl R. Lewis: 65,847
1942	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 37,951	Earl R. Lewis: 43,279
1940	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 79,718	Earl R. Lewis: 66,666
1938	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 55,809	Earl R. Lewis: 56,468
1936	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 83,052	Earl R. Lewis: 54,119
1934	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 49,160	B. Franklin Murphy: 39,642
1932	Lawrence E. Imhoff: 56,562	B. Franklin Murphy: 56,010
1930	Emerson Campbell: 30,815	B. Franklin Murphy: 47,096
1928	John J. Whitacre: 31,422	B. Franklin Murphy: 71,378	Frank Sepech (W): 317 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. (S): 2
1926	John F. Nolan: 19,341	B. Franklin Murphy: 36,599
1924	James M. Barton: 26,656	B. Franklin Murphy: 56,206	Charles Coleman: 1,931
1922	Marion Huffman: 25,449	B. Franklin Murphy: 41,572	Jacob S. Coxey Sr.: 5,907
1920	Albert O. Barnes: 32,802	B. Franklin Murphy: 52,862

After Wayne Hays's resignation in 1976 following a sex scandal, Applegate was elected in a special election to fill out the term.