district              incumbent       party  first elected                              result                                        candidates
0   ohio 1              tom luken  democratic           1974  lost re - election republican gain       bill gradison (r) 50.9% tom luken (d) 49.1%
1   ohio 3  charles w whalen , jr  republican           1966                        re - elected               charles w whalen , jr (r) unopposed
2   ohio 5              del latta  republican           1958                        re - elected       del latta (r) 62.5% bruce edwards (d) 37.5%
3   ohio 6            bill harsha  republican           1960                        re - elected  bill harsha (r) 68.8% lloyd allan wood (d) 31.2%
4  ohio 12        samuel l devine  republican           1958                        re - elected     samuel l devine (r) 50.9% fran ryan (d) 49.1%
5  ohio 16           ralph regula  republican           1972                        re - elected   ralph regula (r) 65.6% john g freedom (d) 34.4%
6  ohio 18           wayne l hays  democratic           1948                        re - elected    wayne l hays (d) 65.6% ralph h romig (r) 34.4%
7  ohio 21           louis stokes  democratic           1968                        re - elected        louis stokes (d) 82.0% bill mack (r) 18.0%

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