Ohio's 23rd congressional district

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The 23rd congressional district of Ohio was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1980 census. The district had been created after the elimination of the at-large seat after the 1950 election.

[edit] Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1980	Ronald M. Mottl*: 144,371
1978	Ronald M. Mottl: 99,975	Homer S. Taft: 33,732
1976	Ronald M. Mottl: 130,576	Michael T. Scanlon: 47,804
1974	Ronald M. Mottl: 53,338	George E. Masties: 46,810	Arthur L. Cain: 2,005 Bohdan A. Futey: 2,655 Hugh J. Gallagher: 3,461 Dennis J. Kucinich: 45,186
1972	Dennis J. Kucinich: 94,366	William E. Minshall Jr.: 98,594	Frederick D. Lyon (AI): 2,976 John O'Neill (SL): 3,615
1970	Ronald M. Mottl: 73,765	William E. Minshall Jr.: 111,218
1968	James V. Stanton: 98,825	William E. Minshall Jr.: 106,852
1966	Sheldon D. Clark: 37,489	William E. Minshall Jr.: 102,513
1964	Norbert G. Dennerll Jr.: 64,162	William E. Minshall Jr.: 131,554
1962	Emil C. Weber: 42,907	William E. Minshall Jr.: 107,510
1960	Daniel Winston: 59,893	William E. Minshall Jr.: 123,364
1958	Daniel Winston: ??95,267??	William E. Minshall Jr.: 47,953
1956	George A. Hurley: 46,247	William E. Minshall Jr.: 102,707
1954	Bernice S. Pyke: 33,639	William E. Minshall: 69,994
1952	Michael P. O'Brien: 47,090	George H. Bender*: 85,752

Redistricting following the 1980 census eliminated the 23rd district. In 1982, Mottl was defeated in the Democratic primary for nomination to his new district.

Bender was the incumbent for the at-large seat, which was eliminated after the 1950 election.

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