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1984 Ohio U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 1984 Ohio U.S. House District 1 Election?

Thomas A. Luken won the 1984 Ohio U.S. House District 1 Election. Thomas A. Luken received 121,577 popular votes (55.1%). The main challenger was Norman A. Murdock (40.27%).

See the full head-to-head between Luken and Murdock

Luken +14.8 pts · won by 32,718 votes
Thomas A. LukenDemocraticWINNER55.1%
121,577 votes
Norman A. MurdockRepublican40.27%
88,859 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.