Former Beavercreek Mayor and Greene County Commissioner Rick Perales defeated incumbent Jarrod Martin to run on the Republican side for State Rep for the 73rd District in Ohio. In fact of the three running for the position, Martin received the least number of votes. The unofficial vote results were Rick Perales with 10,540 votes (59.85%), Jarrod B. Martin with 3397 votes (19.29%) and Eric Spicer with 3673 votes (20.86%). Perales will face off in the November general election against Bill Connor who narrowly won on the Democrat side.