Ohio's 24th congressional district

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The 24th congressional district of Ohio was created for the 1966 election (after the banning of at-large seats by the Voting Rights Act of 1965). It was eliminated in the redistricting following the 1970 census.

[edit] List of Representatives

Congress(es)/Year(s)	Representative	Party
90th–91st (1967–1971)	Buz Lukens	Republican
92nd (1971–1973)	Walter E. Powell	Republican
93rd–present (1973–present)	District eliminated

[edit] Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1970	James D. Ruppert: 55,455	Walter E. Powell*: 63,344	Joseph F. Payton (AI): 4,179
1968	Lloyd D. Miller: 44,400	Donald E. "Buz" Lukens: 105,350
1966	James H. Pelley: 43,418	Donald E. "Buz" Lukens: 61,194

*Redistricting following the 1970 census eliminated the 24th district. Powell was moved from the 24th district to the eighth district from which he was re-elected in 1972.

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