By MASON BROWN
FINDLAY COURIER
FINDLAY — Republican Ty Mathews defeated Democrat Sheila Coressel in the race for Ohio House of Representatives’ 83rd District seat.
In Logan County, which the 83rd District seat represents a portion of, Mathews received 6,782 votes to Coressel’s 1,597.
With 116 of 117 precincts reporting Tuesday night, Mathews secured 42,719 votes, 74.98% of the vote, with Coressel receiving 14,252, 25.02%, according to unofficial election results from area elections boards reported by the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office.
Mathews, an Army officer and former staffer with the Ohio Treasurer’s Office, defeated incumbent Rep. Jon Cross in the March Republican primary, securing 65.82% of the vote. Mathews is a graduate of Arlington High School and Cedarville University.
Coressel is an Ada Village Councilor and Chair of the Hardin County Democratic Party, and was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.