Greg Landsman (D) defeated incumbent Steve Chabot (R) in the November 8, 2022, general election for Ohio's 1st Congressional District.

In September 2022, The Cincinnati Enquirer's Scott Wartman wrote, "A change in district boundaries through redistricting has given Democrats a slight edge in numbers for what had been a reliably Republican district over the last decade."^[1] 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 53.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 45.0%.^[2] According to Cleveland.com's Sabrina Eaton, "The new configuration of the district Chabot represents includes all of Cincinnati, its eastern Hamilton County suburbs and all of Warren County."^[3]

Chabot was first elected to represent the 1st Congressional District in 1994. He lost his 2008 re-election bid but was elected again in 2010. Chabot said, "Nancy Pelosi’s policies, along with the Biden administration, have done a lot of damage to the country. We need to fix that damage. We need to reverse a lot of things."^[4] Chabot said his top goals were "improving the economy and reducing inflation and keeping taxes as low as possible."^[3] Chabot said, "I actually reach out to Democrats, even though I’m a Republican and a conservative Republican at that. The best way to get things done in Congress is to reach across the aisle. And when I offer legislation, I almost always get a Democrat to be a lead sponsor with me."^[4]

At the time of the election, Landsman was a member of the Cincinnati City Council, a position to which he was first elected in 2017. Before joining the city council, Landsman was the executive director of the StrivePartnership. Landsman said, "The opportunity in this election is not just to have somebody who’s going to vote to protect our democracy, who’s going to end this chaos, who’s going to codify Roe, but somebody who’s going to not just vote with them and for their interests, but also who’s there all the time, in their neighborhoods, working on their issues."^[5] Landsman campaigned on reducing inflation and raising the minimum wage, strengthening labor union laws, and supporting the "codification of the rights afforded by Roe v. Wade on the federal level."^[6]

In a campaign ad, Chabot said Landsman "not only worked for Nancy Pelosi, he supports more of her tax-and-spend agenda."^[7] Landsman said, "We can no longer be represented by someone who voted against relief checks for families, voted against rebuilding the Brent Spence Bridge, voted against funding to reopen schools and support for frontline workers, and voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election."^[8]

At the time of the election, two forecasters—The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales—considered the race a toss-up. Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball considered the race Lean Republican.

Click here to learn more about redistricting in Ohio following the 2020 census.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 1

Greg Landsman defeated incumbent Steve Chabot in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 1 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Greg Landsman (D)	52.8	156,416
	Steve Chabot (R)	47.2	140,058

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 296,474
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 1

Greg Landsman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 1 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Landsman	100.0	28,330

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,330
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Savanna Redden (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 1

Incumbent Steve Chabot advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 1 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Chabot	100.0	45,450

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,450
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jenn Giroux (R) (Unofficially withdrew)

Voting information

See also: Voting in Ohio

Election information in Ohio: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 11, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 11, 2022
Online: Oct. 11, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2022
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 12, 2022 to Nov. 7, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Steve Chabot

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office:

Ohio's 1st Congressional District (Assumed office: 2011)
Ohio's 1st Congressional District (1995-2009)
Hamilton County Commissioner (1990-1994)
Cincinnati City Council (1985-1990)

Biography: Chabot earned a bachelor's degree in history from the College of William and Mary in 1975 and a law degree from Salmon P. Chase College in 1978. His professional experience includes working as a teacher at a private school and the University of Cincinnati.

Key Messages

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Chabot campaigned on cutting regulations to revitalize the economy, saying, "I’ve championed legislation to make federal agencies look for alternatives that will ease the burden on small businesses, and let them get back to what they do best, growing their businesses and creating jobs."

Chabot campaigned on repealing Obamacare: "I support repealing the massive healthcare power-grab by the federal government and replacing it with market-based reforms that will give American families more options at a lower cost."

Chabot campaigned on making the country energy independent, saying, "America must move towards energy independence in a manner that does not threaten the environment, or kill job creation. I believe we need to consider all available options including wind, solar, bio, nuclear and drilling right here at home. As part of that effort, I think we need to increase domestic oil production."

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Sources: Steve Chabot 2022 campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 22, 2022; Steve Chabot 2022 campaign website, "About Steve," accessed September 22, 2022; Steve Chabot U.S. House of Representatives website, "About Steve," accessed September 22, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Ohio District 1 in 2022.

Greg Landsman

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office:

Cincinnati City Council (Assumed office: 2018)

Biography: Landman earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1999 and a master's in theological studies from Harvard in 2004. Landman's professional experience includes working as the Director of Faith Based and Community Initiatives under former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) and as the Executive Director of the StrivePartnership.

Key Messages

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Landsman campaigned on lowering costs for families, saying, "Congress must provide much-needed relief for hard working families. With the price of groceries and gas continuing to spiral, Greg broke from his party and called for the suspension of the state and federal gas taxes, as well as lowering the costs of prescription drugs."

Landsman campaigned on expanding access to "good-paying jobs and benefits," saying he will make it "harder for employers to bust unions before they have a chance to organize and updating our labor laws to reflect the realities of the 21st century workplace" and "fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour and expand access to high-quality and affordable childcare."

Landsman said he will "oppose any efforts to undermine the privacy between a woman and her doctor, and he supports the codification of the rights afforded by Roe v. Wade on the federal level."

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Sources: Greg Landsman 2022 campaign website, "The issues," accessed September 22, 2022; Greg Landsman 2022 campaign website, "Meet Greg Landsman," accessed September 22, 2022; City of Cincinnati, "Council Member Greg Landsman," accessed September 22, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Ohio District 1 in 2022.

Campaign advertisements

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Steve Chabot

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Election competitiveness

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[9]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Race ratings: Ohio's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Republican	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[13] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[14]

Name

Party

Receipts*

Disbursements**

Cash on hand

Date

Steve Chabot

Republican Party

$2,234,659

$2,246,582

$38,988

As of December 31, 2022

Greg Landsman

Democratic Party

$2,768,116

$2,700,068

$68,049

As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

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Ohio's 1st Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 4, 2022
	Primary: May 3, 2022; General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
	Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Voting in Ohio
Race ratings
	Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+2; Cook Political Report: Toss-up; Inside Elections: Toss-up; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
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Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Ohio District 1
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Ohio District 1
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.^[15] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.^[16]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Ohio
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Ohio's 1st	53.5%	45.0%	47.7%	50.9%
Ohio's 2nd	26.7%	72.0%	42.9%	55.6%
Ohio's 3rd	71.1%	27.4%	70.0%	28.4%
Ohio's 4th	31.4%	67.1%	31.2%	67.1%
Ohio's 5th	35.8%	62.6%	36.7%	61.6%
Ohio's 6th	35.0%	63.7%	26.5%	72.2%
Ohio's 7th	44.8%	54.0%	42.2%	56.5%
Ohio's 8th	38.3%	60.3%	32.5%	66.0%
Ohio's 9th	47.7%	50.6%	58.8%	39.7%
Ohio's 10th	47.4%	50.9%	47.0%	51.4%
Ohio's 11th	78.3%	20.7%	79.8%	19.2%
Ohio's 12th	33.8%	64.7%	46.3%	52.2%
Ohio's 13th	50.7%	47.9%	51.0%	47.6%
Ohio's 14th	41.9%	56.8%	44.9%	53.9%
Ohio's 15th	45.8%	52.6%	42.2%	56.3%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Ohio.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Ohio in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 6, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

In 2022, 70 candidates filed to run for Ohio’s 15 U.S. House districts, including 39 Republicans, 29 Democrats, and two independents. That's 4.7 candidates per district, more than the 4.4 candidates per district in 2020 and fewer than the 5.5 in 2018.

This was the first candidate filing deadline under new district lines adopted as part of Ohio's decennial redistricting process. Ohio was apportioned 15 seats in the House of Representatives, one less than it received after the 2010 census. The Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map on March 2 in a 5-2 vote along party lines. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map.

Two incumbents announced their departures from the House. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R) originally filed for re-election, but announced on April 6 that he would instead retire, though his name would remain on the ballot. Rep. Tim Ryan (D) chose to run for election to the U.S. Senate instead of seeking re-election. In the race to replace Ryan, seven candidates filed to seek the Republican nomination with the winner facing state Rep. and former House minority leader Emilia Sykes (D), who drew no primary challengers.

In all, candidate filings created 19 contested U.S. House primaries—10 Republicans and nine Democratic. Six incumbents seeking re-election drew no primary challengers. At the time of the filing deadline, all 15 districts were set to be contested in the general election with at least one Democrat and Republican filing in each.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Ohio's 1st the 199th most Democratic district nationally.^[17]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Ohio's 1st based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
53.5%	45.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Ohio, 2020

Ohio presidential election results (1900-2020)

12 Democratic wins
19 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	D	D	R	R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Ohio and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Ohio
	Ohio	United States
Population	11,536,504	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	40,858	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	81.3%	72.5%
Black/African American	12.4%	12.7%
Asian	2.2%	5.5%
Native American	0.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0%	0.2%
Other (single race)	1%	4.9%
Multiple	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	3.8%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	90.4%	88%
College graduation rate	28.3%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$56,602	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	14%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Ohio's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Ohio, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	1	4	5
Republican	1	12	13
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	16	18

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Ohio's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Ohio, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Richard Michael DeWine
Lieutenant Governor	Jon Husted
Secretary of State	Frank LaRose
Attorney General	Dave Yost

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Ohio General Assembly as of November 2022.

Ohio State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	8
	Republican Party	25
	Vacancies	0
Total		33

Ohio House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	35
	Republican Party	64
	Vacancies	0
Total		99

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Ohio was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Ohio Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Ohio in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Ohio, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Ohio	U.S. House	Major party	50	$85.00	2/2/2022	Source
Ohio	U.S. House	Minor party	25	$85.00	2/2/2022	Source
Ohio	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1% of the vote cast for governor in the district in the last election	$85.00	5/2/2022	Source

District history