Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
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Ohio's 3rd Congressional District |
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Election details |
Filing deadline: December 20, 2023 |
Primary: March 19, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in Ohio |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 3rd Congressional District of Ohio, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was March 19, 2024. The filing deadline was December 20, 2023. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 70.5%-29.5%. 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) 71.1%-27.4%.[3]
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
- Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Michael Young in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty (D) | 70.7 | 242,632 |
![]() | Michael Young (R) ![]() | 29.3 | 100,355 |
Total votes: 342,987 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty | 100.0 | 46,733 |
Total votes: 46,733 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Michael Young advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Michael Young ![]() | 100.0 | 22,066 |
Total votes: 22,066 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charles Chope (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a Savvy Businessman and very Knowledgable in U.S. Government affairs. I am a Military Veteran (U.S. Air Force) and a Private Pilot. and I have been to countries all over the world including Ukraine and Russia."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Ohio District 3 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Ohio
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Michael Young (R)
We need to Keep Providing Economic and Military Aid to Ukraine to stop "Madman Putin" and the Russians, even if we and the NATO Countries have to confront Russia on a Direct Military basis.
We need to get Government out of our Daily Lives, Free our Government Departments of their Illegal Actions, Balance the U.S. Budget but always Maintain the Best Military Forces in th World.

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Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Joyce Beatty | Democratic Party | $1,820,580 | $1,265,490 | $2,712,574 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Michael Young | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." |
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.[4]
- 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.[5][6][7]
Race ratings: Ohio's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
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. |
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Ohio in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Ohio, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Ohio | U.S. House | Major party | 50 | $85.00 | 12/20/2023 | Source |
Ohio | U.S. House | Minor party | 25 | $85.00 | 3/18/2024 | Source |
Ohio | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1% of the vote cast for governor in the district in the last election | $85.00 | 3/18/2024 | Source |
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 in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Ohio.
Ohio U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2024 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 61 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 46.7% | 4 | 30.8% | ||||
2022 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 67 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 60.0% | 6 | 42.9% | ||||
2020 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 67 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 68.8% | 10 | 62.5% | ||||
2018 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 82 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 71.9% | 8 | 57.1% | ||||
2016 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 59 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 31.3% | 4 | 26.7% | ||||
2014 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 47 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 37.5% | 5 | 31.3% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Ohio in 2024. Information below was calculated on 2/12/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Seventy candidates filed to run for Ohio's 15 U.S. House districts, including 28 Democrats and 42 Republicans. That was 4.7 candidates per district, the most since 2018.
In 2022, the first election after the number of Congressional districts in Ohio decreased from 16 to 15 following the 2020 census, 4.5 candidates ran. In 2020, when the state still had 16 Congressional districts, 4.2 candidates filed per district. In 2018, 5.1 candidates filed.
The total number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House in 2024 was also higher than any other year this decade besides 2018, when 82 candidates ran.
Two districts—the 2nd and the 6th—were open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That was more than in 2022, when only one district was open, and 2020, when none were.
Rep. Bill Johnson (R), the incumbent in the 6th District, resigned on Jan. 21 to assume the presidency of Youngstown State University. A special election to fill Johnson’s seat took place place on June 11.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R), the incumbent in the 2nd district, retired from public office. Eleven candidates—one Democrat and 10 Republicans—ran to replace Wenstrup, the most candidates who ran for a district in 2024.
Fourteen primaries—six Democratic and eight Republican—were contested. That was the fewest contested primaries since 2016, when 10 were. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 17 primaries were contested.
Three incumbents faced primary challengers, a decade-low. The three incumbents—Reps. Bob Latta (5th), Warren Davidson (8th), and David Joyce (14th)—were Republican.
Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in all districts, meaning none were guaranteed to either party.
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Ohio's 3rd the 67th most Democratic district nationally.[8]
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 3rd based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
71.1% | 27.4% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
67.4 | 31.5 | R+36.0 |
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 |
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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 |
- See also: Party control of Ohio state government
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Ohio's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Ohio | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Republican | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 15 | 17 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Ohio's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
State executive officials in Ohio, May 2024 | |
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Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Ohio State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 7 | |
Republican Party | 26 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 33 |
Ohio House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 31 | |
Republican Party | 66 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 99 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Ohio Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-six 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 | 23 | 24 |
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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 | 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 | 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 | R | R |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Lee Stahley and Alexander Amicucci in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty (D) | 70.5 | 182,324 |
Lee Stahley (R) ![]() | 29.5 | 76,455 | ||
Alexander Amicucci (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 18 |
Total votes: 258,797 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty | 100.0 | 48,241 |
Total votes: 48,241 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Meade (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Lee Stahley advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Lee Stahley ![]() | 100.0 | 30,250 |
Total votes: 30,250 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Martin (R)
- Michael Young (R)
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Mark Richardson, Nicholas Moss, and Angela Davis in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty (D) | 70.8 | 227,420 |
![]() | Mark Richardson (R) ![]() | 29.1 | 93,569 | |
Nicholas Moss (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 92 | ||
Angela Davis (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 |
Total votes: 321,092 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Morgan Harper in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty | 68.1 | 44,995 |
![]() | Morgan Harper ![]() | 31.9 | 21,057 |
Total votes: 66,052 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Mark Richardson defeated Cleophus Dulaney in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Richardson ![]() | 86.4 | 11,451 |
Cleophus Dulaney ![]() | 13.6 | 1,797 |
Total votes: 13,248 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Littler (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty defeated Jim Burgess in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty (D) | 73.6 | 181,575 |
![]() | Jim Burgess (R) | 26.4 | 65,040 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 62 |
Total votes: 246,677 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Incumbent Joyce Beatty advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Beatty | 100.0 | 46,338 |
Total votes: 46,338 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3
Jim Burgess defeated Abdulkadir Haji in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 3 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jim Burgess | 93.1 | 19,559 |
![]() | Abdulkadir Haji | 6.9 | 1,450 |
Total votes: 21,009 | ||||
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023