Ohio's 5th congressional district
Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Michigan and Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta. The district borders have changed somewhat from the previous redistrict as some of the easternmost counties were redistricted to other districts.
Ohio's 5th congressional district | |||
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Ohio's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 721,212[2] | ||
Median household income | $63,702[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+11[4] |
From 2003 to 2013 all of Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Huron, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood Counties were included in this district. Portions of Ashland, Lucas, Mercer, and Wyandot Counties were also a part of the 5th District.
Election results from presidential races
Year | President | Result |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 37% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 61% - John Kerry 39% |
2008 | President | John McCain 52% - Barack Obama 46% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 53.9% - Barack Obama 44.1% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 59.7% - Hillary Clinton 34.6% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 61% - Joe Biden 37% |
List of Largest Municipalities
All or part of twenty-one cities (whose population is greater than 5,000) are in the district.
The largest municipalities[5] represented in this district include:
- Findlay, population 41,202
- Bowling Green, population 29,636
- Perrysburg, population 16,945
- Fremont, population 16,734
- Defiance, population 17,400
- Norwalk, population 16,238
- Fostoria(*), population 13,931
- Bucyrus, population 13,224
- Galion(*), population 11,341
- Van Wert, population 10,690
- Napoleon, population 9,318
- Bryan, population 8,333
- Wauseon, population 7,091
- Upper Sandusky(*), population 6,533
- Rossford, population 6,406
- Northwood, population 5,471
(*) Denotes that areas of the city are located in another Congressional District.
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created March 4, 1813 | ||||
James Kilbourne |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
Philemon Beecher | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. |
Joseph Vance |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
John Wilson Campbell |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th |
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired. |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||
William Russell |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
20th 21st 22nd |
Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election. |
Thomas L. Hamer |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th |
Elected in 1832. [data unknown/missing] |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||
William Doan | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
Elected in 1838. Retired. |
Emery D. Potter |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
William Sawyer | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 |
29th 30th |
Elected in 1844. Lost re-election. |
Emery D. Potter |
Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing] |
Alfred Edgerton |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
32nd 33rd |
Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing] |
Richard Mott |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th |
Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |||
James Mitchell Ashley |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Elected in 1858. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
Francis Celeste Le Blond |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th |
Elected in 1862. [data unknown/missing] |
William Mungen |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Elected in 1866. [data unknown/missing] |
Charles Nelson Lamison |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing] |
Americus Vespucius Rice |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] |
Benjamin Le Fevre |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district. |
George E. Seney |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district. |
Benjamin Le Fevre |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | Redistricted from the 4th district. [data unknown/missing] |
George E. Seney |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing] |
Fernando C. Layton |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district. |
Dennis D. Donovan |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing] |
Francis B. De Witt | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] |
David Meekison |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
55th 56th |
Elected in 1896. Retired. |
John S. Snook |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
57th 58th |
Elected in 1900. Retired. |
William W. Campbell |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 |
59th | Elected in 1904. Lost re-election |
Timothy T. Ansberry |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1906. Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals |
Vacant | January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | ||
Nelson E. Matthews | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 |
64th | Elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing] |
John S. Snook |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
65th | Elected in 1916. Retired. |
Charles J. Thompson |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931 |
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing] |
Frank C. Kniffin |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939 |
72nd 73rd 74th 75th |
Elected in 1930. Lost re-election. |
Cliff Clevenger |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Elected in 1938. Retired. |
Del Latta |
Republican | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989 |
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th |
Elected in 1958. Retired. |
Paul Gillmor |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007 |
101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th |
Elected in 1988. Died. |
Vacant | September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007 |
110th | ||
Bob Latta |
Republican | December 11, 2007 – Present |
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish Gillmor's term. |
Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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1812 | District created following the 1810 Census. | ||
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1920 | Newt Bronson: 25,395 | Charles J. Thompson: 40,381 | |
1922 | Frank C. Kniffin: 28,067 | Charles J. Thompson: 31,700 | |
1924 | Frank C. Kniffin: 29,245 | Charles J. Thompson: 31,045 | |
1926 | Frank C. Kniffin: 23,022 | Charles J. Thompson: 23,638 | |
1928 | Frank C. Kniffin: 31,385 | Charles J. Thompson: 36,096 | |
1930 | Frank C. Kniffin: 29,117 | Charles J. Thompson: 27,497 | |
1932 | Frank C. Kniffin: 44,433 | William L. Manahan: 29,605 | |
1934 | Frank C. Kniffin: 34,249 | Davis B. Johnson: 27,423 | |
1936 | Frank C. Kniffin: 41,693 | Stephan S. Beard: 33,212 | Fred L. Hay: 3,663 |
1938 | Frank C. Kniffin: 28,109 | Cliff Clevenger: 37,027 | |
1940 | C. H. Armbruster: 31,063 | Cliff Clevenger: 48,040 | |
1942 | Ferdinand E. Warren: 17,514 | Cliff Clevenger: 30,667 | |
1944 | T. Walter Williams: 22,740 | Cliff Clevenger: 48,490 | |
1946 | Willard Thomas: 20,163 | Cliff Clevenger: 30,623 | |
1948 | Dan Batt: 32,076 | Cliff Clevenger: 34,950 | |
1950 | Dan Batt: 26,689 | Cliff Clevenger: 36,096 | |
1952 | Dan Batt: 42,104 | Cliff Clevenger: 72,168 | |
1954 | Martin W. Feigert: 33,483 | Cliff Clevenger: 49,265 | |
1956 | George E. Rafferty: 42,181 | Cliff Clevenger: 69,774 | |
1958 | George E. Rafferty: 44,971 | Delbert L. Latta: 52,612 | |
1960 | Tom T. McRitchie: 41,375 | Delbert L. Latta: 85,175 | |
1962 | William T. Hunt: 29,114 | Delbert L. Latta: 69,272 | |
1964 | Milford Landis: 41,621 | Delbert L. Latta: 80,394 | |
1966 | John H. Shock: 26,503 | Delbert L. Latta: 80,906 | |
1968 | Louis Richard Batzler: 45,884 | Delbert L. Latta: 113,381 | |
1970 | Carl G. Sherer: 37,545 | Delbert L. Latta: 92,577 | |
1972 | Bruce Edwards: 49,465 | Delbert L. Latta: 132,032 | |
1974 | Bruce Edwards: 53,391 | Delbert L. Latta: 89,161 | |
1976 | Bruce Edwards: 60,304 | Delbert L. Latta: 124,910 | |
1978 | James R. Sherck: 51,071 | Delbert L. Latta: 85,547 | |
1980 | James R. Sherck: 57,704 | Delbert L. Latta: 137,003 | |
1982 | James R. Sherck: 70,120 | Delbert L. Latta: 86,450 | |
1984 | James R. Sherck: 78,809 | Delbert L. Latta: 132,582 | |
1986 | Tom Murray: 54,864 | Delbert L. Latta: 102,016 | |
1988 | Tom Murray: 80,472 | Paul E. Gillmor: 128,838 | |
1990 | P. Scott Mange: 41,693 | Paul E. Gillmor: 113,615 | John E. Jackson: 10,612 |
1992 | Paul E. Gillmor: 187,860 | ||
1994 | Jarrod Tudor: 49,335 | Paul E. Gillmor: 135,879 | |
1996 | Annie Saunders: 81,170 | Paul E. Gillmor: 145,892 | David J. Schaffer (N): 11,461 |
1998 | Susan Davenport Darrow: 61,926 | Paul E. Gillmor: 123,979 | |
2000 | Dannie Edmon: 62,138 | Paul E. Gillmor: 169,857 | John F. Green (L): 5,464 David J. Schaffer (N): 5,881 |
2002 | Roger Anderson: 51,872 | Paul E. Gillmor: 126,286 | John F. Green: 10,096 |
2004 | Robin Weirauch: 95,481 | Paul E. Gillmor: 194,559 | |
2006 | Robin Weirauch: 95,955 | Paul E. Gillmor : 126,898 | |
2007* | Robin Weirauch: 32,246 | Robert E. Latta: 41,740 | |
2008 | George Mays: 105,840 | Robert E. Latta: 188,905 | [6] |
2012[7] | Angela Zimmann: 137,806 | Robert E. Latta: 201,514 | Eric Eberly (L) : 12,558 |
2014[8] | Robert Fry: 57,328 | Robert E. Latta: 132,448 | Eric Eberly (L) : 9,142 |
2016 | James L. Neu, Jr.: 100,392 | Robert E. Latta: 244,599 | |
2018 | J. Michael Galbraith: 99,655 | Robert E. Latta: 176,569 | Don Kissick (L): 7,393 |
2020 | Nick Rubando: 120,962 | Robert E. Latta: 257,019 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta* | 140,703 | 67.82 | |
Democratic | Caleb Finkenbiner | 54,919 | 26.47 | |
Libertarian | Brian Smith | 11,831 | 5.70 | |
Total votes | 207,453 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta (incumbent) | 201,514 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | Angela Zimmann | 137,806 | 39.2 | |
Libertarian | Eric Eberly | 12,558 | 3.5 | |
Total votes | 351,878 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta (incumbent) | 134,449 | 66.5 | |
Democratic | Robert Fry | 58,507 | 28.9 | |
Libertarian | Eric Eberly | 9,344 | 4.6 | |
Total votes | 202,300 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta (incumbent) | 244,599 | 70.9 | |
Democratic | James L. Neu, Jr. | 100,392 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 344,991 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Bob Latta (incumbent) | 176,569 | 62.3 | ||
Democratic | J. Michael Galbraith | 99,655 | 35.1 | ||
Libertarian | Don Kissick | 7,393 | 2.6 | ||
Total votes | 283,617 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta (incumbent) | 257,019 | 68.0 | |
Democratic | Nick Rubando | 120,962 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 377,981 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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- Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
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