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Ohio's 13th Congressional District

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Ohio redrew its congressional district boundaries in October 2025. Voters will elect representatives under the new map in 2026. Click here to read more about mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections.

Ohio's 13th Congressional District
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Ohio's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Emilia Sykes (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Ohio representatives represented an average of 787,257 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,031 residents.

Elections

See also: Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2030


There are no official candidates yet for this election.


See also: Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Sandeep Dixit (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Sandeep Dixit (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Emilia Sykes (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 5, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Margaret Briem (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 5, 2026.

Candidate
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Margaret Briem

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Emilia Sykes (D) defeated Kevin Coughlin (R) in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes (D)
 
51.1
 
197,466
Image of Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin (R)  Candidate Connection
 
48.9
 
188,924

Total votes: 386,390
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Emilia Sykes (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes
 
100.0
 
41,257

Total votes: 41,257
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Kevin Coughlin (R) defeated Chris Banweg (R) and Richard Morckel (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin  Candidate Connection
 
65.0
 
39,378
Image of Chris Banweg
Chris Banweg  Candidate Connection
 
27.6
 
16,703
Image of Richard Morckel
Richard Morckel
 
7.4
 
4,496

Total votes: 60,577
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Emilia Sykes (D) defeated Madison Gesiotto Gilbert (R) in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes (D)
 
52.7
 
149,816
Image of Madison Gesiotto Gilbert
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert (R)
 
47.3
 
134,593

Total votes: 284,409
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Emilia Sykes (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Emilia Sykes
Emilia Sykes
 
100.0
 
36,251

Total votes: 36,251
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Madison Gesiotto Gilbert
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert
 
28.6
 
16,211
Image of Gregory Wheeler
Gregory Wheeler  Candidate Connection
 
23.4
 
13,284
Image of Janet Folger Porter
Janet Folger Porter
 
16.6
 
9,402
Image of Shay Hawkins
Shay Hawkins
 
11.4
 
6,468
Image of Ryan Saylor
Ryan Saylor
 
9.3
 
5,261
Image of Dante Sabatucci
Dante Sabatucci  Candidate Connection
 
8.4
 
4,740
Image of Santana F. King
Santana F. King  Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
1,338

Total votes: 56,704
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See also: Ohio's 13th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Tim Ryan (D) defeated Christina Hagan (R) and Michael Fricke (L) in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (D)
 
52.5
 
173,631
Image of Christina Hagan
Christina Hagan (R)
 
44.9
 
148,648
Image of Michael Fricke
Michael Fricke (L)
 
2.6
 
8,522

Total votes: 330,801
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Tim Ryan (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
 
100.0
 
61,813

Total votes: 61,813
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christina Hagan
Christina Hagan
 
65.8
 
19,327
Image of Lou Lyras
Lou Lyras
 
11.9
 
3,483
Image of Robert Santos
Robert Santos  Candidate Connection
 
11.4
 
3,358
Image of Donald Truex
Donald Truex  Candidate Connection
 
3.5
 
1,034
Duane Hennen
 
3.5
 
1,032
Image of Richard Morckel
Richard Morckel  Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
763
Jason Mormando
 
1.3
 
389

Total votes: 29,386
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian Party primary

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Michael Fricke (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Fricke
Michael Fricke
 
100.0
 
131

Total votes: 131
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Tim Ryan (D) defeated Christopher DePizzo (R) in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (D)
 
61.0
 
153,323
Image of Christopher DePizzo
Christopher DePizzo (R)
 
39.0
 
98,047

Total votes: 251,370
(100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Incumbent Tim Ryan (D) defeated John Luchansky (D) and Robert Crow (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
 
87.2
 
54,967
John Luchansky
 
7.8
 
4,908
Image of Robert Crow
Robert Crow
 
5.1
 
3,195

Total votes: 63,070
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13

Christopher DePizzo (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 13 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christopher DePizzo
Christopher DePizzo
 
100.0
 
24,296

Total votes: 24,296
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Previous election results


District map

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Redistricting

2025-2026

See also: Redistricting in Ohio ahead of the 2026 elections

Ohio was required to redraw its congressional district boundaries ahead of the 2026 elections due to a constitutional amendment that gave shorter expiration dates to maps passed without bipartisan support. On October 31, 2025, the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted unanimously to approve a new congressional map. The map will take effect for the 2026 elections.[9] The legislature had the first opportunity to pass a map with bipartisan support and did not. Had the commission not approved a map by the end of October, the legislature could have passed a map by a simple majority vote.[10]

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

After the 2020 census, Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021.[11] The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16.[12] The Ohio House of Representatives voted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18.[13]

On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's enacted congressional map and ordered the Ohio State Legislature to redraw it.[14] On February 9, 2022, legislative leaders said they would not draw a new map, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission assumed responsibility for drawing the map.[15]

On September 7, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional district boundaries after the petitioners who filed the original lawsuit requested that the court dismiss the case and leave the boundaries in place for the 2024 election.[16]The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries[17] Since the congressional district boundaries that the state's redistricting commission adopted in March 2022 and which were used in the 2022 elections did not have support from members of the minority party, they were in effect for only two U.S. House elections with the commission required to enact a new map after the 2024 elections.

On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map in a 5-2 vote along party lines, meaning the map lasted for four years.[18] On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map before the state's primary elections as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map.[19] This map took effect for Ohio's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Ohio work? In Ohio, the state legislature or a commission may have the opportunity to draw congressional maps. A bipartisan state legislative commission draws state legislative maps. A six-member advisory commission is involved in both the congressional and state legislative redistricting processes.

2020

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2024

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2010-2011

This is the 13th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.
See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2010 census

The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.[20] As a result, the former 13th District was eliminated, and in 2012, Betty Sutton ran in the 16th Congressional District.[21]

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made Ohio's 13th the 208th most Republican district nationally.[22]

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 13th the 222nd most Republican district nationally.[23]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 50.7%-47.9%.[24]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 13th the 220th most Republican district nationally.[25]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 50.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 47.9%.[26]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Ohio's 13th Congressional District the 148th most Democratic nationally.[27]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.03. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.03 points toward that party.[28]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Ohio Secretary of State, "Ohio 2016 March Primary Candidate List," accessed March 11, 2016
  2. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Ohio," accessed November 11, 2012
  3. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  4. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  5. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ohio2026
  10. NBC News, "Ohio lawmakers pass new congressional map after reaching an unexpected deal," October 31, 2025
  11. The Columbus Dispatch, "Gov. DeWine approves congressional map over objections of voting rights groups, Democrats," November 20, 2021
  12. The Columbus Dispatch, "Democrats won't support Republican-drawn Ohio congressional districts, limiting map to four years," November 16, 2021
  13. WHIO, "Ohio Congressional map heads to Governor; Clark County would be divided," November 19, 2021
  14. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named cnocon
  15. WKSU, "Legislative leaders send Congressional mapmaking back to Ohio Redistricting Commission," February 9, 2022
  16. Neiman, et al v. LaRose, et al," September 5, 2023
  17. Supreme Court of the United States, "Order List (6/30/2023)," accessed September 8, 2023
  18. Dayton Daily News, "Ohio Redistricting Commission approves new U.S. House map on another party-line vote," March 2, 2022
  19. 13ABC, "Ohio Supreme Court makes final judgement on Congressional map challenges," March 18, 2022
  20. Washington Times, "Ohio redistricting sets up battles of incumbents," accessed December 21, 2011
  21. The Medina Gazette, "Betty Sutton announces bid for 16th Congressional District seat," accessed December 29, 2011
  22. Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  23. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  24. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  25. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  26. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  27. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  28. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


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