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Ohio's 16th Congressional District
The 16th Congressional District of Ohio was a congressional district that was eliminated in the 2020 Census apportionment process. During the 2020 apportionment process, Ohio had one seat in the U.S. House taken due to population changes across the country. The 16th Congressional District ceased to exist following the 2022 elections.
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
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 16
Incumbent Anthony Gonzalez defeated Aaron Godfrey in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anthony Gonzalez (R) | 63.2 | 247,335 |
 | Aaron Godfrey (D)  | 36.8 | 144,071 | |
| Total votes: 391,406 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16
Aaron Godfrey defeated Ronald Karpus in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aaron Godfrey | 67.7 | 32,024 |
| Ronald Karpus | 32.3 | 15,244 | ||
| Total votes: 47,268 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16
Incumbent Anthony Gonzalez advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Gonzalez | 100.0 | 43,026 |
| Total votes: 43,026 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 16
Anthony Gonzalez defeated Susan Moran Palmer in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Gonzalez (R) | 56.7 | 170,029 |
 | Susan Moran Palmer (D) | 43.3 | 129,681 | |
| Total votes: 299,710 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan Moran Palmer | 34.6 | 14,507 |
 | Grant Goodrich | 28.1 | 11,758 | |
 | TJ Mulloy | 15.5 | 6,511 | |
 | Mark Dent | 9.4 | 3,932 | |
| Aaron Godfrey | 7.9 | 3,313 | |
| John Wilson | 4.5 | 1,876 | ||
| Total votes: 41,897 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16
Anthony Gonzalez defeated Christina Hagan and Michael Grusenmeyer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Gonzalez | 53.1 | 34,327 |
 | Christina Hagan | 40.8 | 26,380 | |
| Michael Grusenmeyer | 6.1 | 3,977 | ||
| Total votes: 64,684 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kit Seryak (R)
- Darrell Hartman (R)
- Thomas Patton (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Jim Renacci (R) defeated Keith Mundy (D) in the general election. Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Jim Renacci Incumbent |
65.3% | 225,794 | |
| Democratic | Keith Mundy | 34.7% | 119,830 | |
| Total Votes | 345,624 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
2014
The 16th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jim Renacci (R) defeated Pete Crossland (D) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Renacci Incumbent |
63.7% | 132,176 | |
| Democratic | Pete Crossland | 36.3% | 75,199 | |
| Total Votes | 207,375 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
2012
The 16th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jim Renacci won re-election in the district.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Betty Sutton | 48% | 170,600 | |
| Republican | James B. Renacci Incumbent |
52% | 185,165 | |
| Total Votes | 355,765 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Jim Renacci won election to the United States House. He defeated John Boccieri (D), Jeffrey Blevins (L) and Robert Ross in the general election.[3]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | James B. Renacci |
52.1% | 114,652 | |
| Democratic | John A. Boccieri | 41.3% | 90,833 | |
| Libertarian | Jeffrey J. Blevins | 6.6% | 14,585 | |
| Write-in | Robert L. Ross | 0% | 67 | |
| Total Votes | 220,137 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, John A. Boccieri won election to the United States House. He defeated Kirk Schuring (R) in the general election.[4]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John A. Boccieri |
55.4% | 169,044 | |
| Republican | Kirk Schuring | 44.6% | 136,293 | |
| Total Votes | 305,337 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Ralph Regula won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas Shaw (D) in the general election.[5]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ralph Regula incumbent |
58.3% | 137,167 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Shaw | 41.7% | 97,955 | |
| Total Votes | 235,122 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Ralph Regula won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeff Seemann (D) in the general election.[6]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ralph Regula incumbent |
66.5% | 202,544 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Seemann | 33.5% | 101,817 | |
| Total Votes | 304,361 | |||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Ralph Regula won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Rice (D) in the general election.[7]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ralph Regula incumbent |
68.9% | 129,734 | |
| Democratic | Jim Rice | 31.1% | 58,644 | |
| Total Votes | 188,378 | |||
2000
On November 7, 2000, Ralph Regula won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William Smith (D), Richard L. Shelter (L) and Brad Graef (Natural Law) in the general election.[8]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 16 General Election, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ralph Regula incumbent |
69.2% | 162,294 | |
| Democratic | William Smith | 26.8% | 62,709 | |
| Libertarian | Richard L. Shelter | 2.6% | 6,166 | |
| Natural Law | Brad Graef | 1.4% | 3,231 | |
| Total Votes | 234,400 | |||
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021.[9] The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16.[10] The Ohio House of Representatives voted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13]
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.[14]The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] 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.
Ohio District 16
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
2010-2011
The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.[18] As a result, two incumbents faced off against each other in 2012: Rep. Betty Sutton (D) from the 13th District and Jim Renacci.[19]
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 16th Congressional District the 161st most Republican nationally.[20]
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 1.10. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.10 points toward that party.[21]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Ohio 2016 March Primary Candidate List," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Ohio," accessed November 11, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Gov. DeWine approves congressional map over objections of voting rights groups, Democrats," November 20, 2021
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Democrats won't support Republican-drawn Ohio congressional districts, limiting map to four years," November 16, 2021
- ↑ WHIO, "Ohio Congressional map heads to Governor; Clark County would be divided," November 19, 2021
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcnocon - ↑ WKSU, "Legislative leaders send Congressional mapmaking back to Ohio Redistricting Commission," February 9, 2022
- ↑ Neiman, et al v. LaRose, et al," September 5, 2023
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "Order List (6/30/2023)," accessed September 8, 2023
- ↑ Dayton Daily News, "Ohio Redistricting Commission approves new U.S. House map on another party-line vote," March 2, 2022
- ↑ 13ABC, "Ohio Supreme Court makes final judgement on Congressional map challenges," March 18, 2022
- ↑ Washington Times, "Ohio redistricting sets up battles of incumbents," accessed December 21, 2011
- ↑ Roll Call, "Betty Sutton running against freshman Republican in Member-vs.-Member race," accessed December 29, 2011
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
