Ohio's 5th Congressional District

Ohio's 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Bob Latta

Assumed office: January 3, 2007

Ohio's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Bob Latta (R).

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

2024

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Keith Mundy in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta (R)	67.5	255,633
		Keith Mundy (D)	32.5	123,024

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 378,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Keith Mundy advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Keith Mundy	100.0	26,920

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,920
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Robert Owsiak Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta	82.9	70,077
		Robert Owsiak Jr.	17.1	14,478

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,555
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2022

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Craig Swartz in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta (R)	66.9	187,303
		Craig Swartz (D)	33.1	92,634

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 279,937
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Craig Swartz defeated Martin Heberling III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Swartz	55.3	14,590
		Martin Heberling III	44.7	11,812

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,402
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeffrey Agan Jr. (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta	100.0	69,981

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,981
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2020

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Nick Rubando in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta (R)	68.0	257,019
		Nick Rubando (D)	32.0	120,962

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 377,981
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Nick Rubando defeated Gene Redinger and Xavier Carrigan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nick Rubando	51.4	17,902
	Submit photo	Gene Redinger	26.1	9,079
		Xavier Carrigan	22.5	7,843

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,824
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta	100.0	57,537

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,537
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2018

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated John Michael Galbraith and Don Kissick in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta (R)	62.3	176,569
		John Michael Galbraith (D)	35.1	99,655
	Submit photo	Don Kissick (L)	2.6	7,393

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,617 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

John Michael Galbraith defeated James Neu Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Michael Galbraith	73.2	19,317
	Submit photo	James Neu Jr.	26.8	7,070

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,387
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5

Incumbent Bob Latta defeated Todd Wolfrum and Bob Kreienkamp in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 5 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Latta	73.7	45,732
		Todd Wolfrum	16.7	10,385
		Bob Kreienkamp	9.5	5,897

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 62,014
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2016

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Bob Latta (R) defeated James Neu, Jr. (D) in the general election. Both ran unopposed in their respective primaries.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Latta Incumbent	70.9%	244,599
	Democratic	James Neu, Jr.	29.1%	100,392
Total Votes				344,991
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2014

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Bob Latta (R) defeated Robert Fry (D) and Eric Eberly (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Latta Incumbent	66.5%	134,449
	Democratic	Robert Fry	28.9%	58,507
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	4.6%	9,344
Total Votes				202,300
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2012

See also: Ohio's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Bob Latta won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Angela Zimmann	39.2%	137,806
	Republican	Robert E. Latta Incumbent	57.3%	201,514
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	3.6%	12,558
Total Votes				351,878
Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Robert Latta won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Caleb Finkenbiner (D) and Brian Smith (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert E. Latta	67.8%	140,703
	Democratic	Caleb Finkenbiner	26.5%	54,919
	Libertarian	Brian L. Smith	5.7%	11,831
Total Votes				207,453

2008
On November 4, 2008, Robert Latta won re-election to the United States House. He defeated George Mays in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5, General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert Latta incumbent	64.1%	188,905
	Democratic	George Mays	35.9%	105,840
Total Votes				294,745

2007 special
On December 11, 2007, Robert Latta won election to the United States House. He defeated two candidates in the special general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 Special election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert Latta	57%	56,114
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	42.9%	42,229
	Write-in	John Green	0.2%	167
Total Votes				98,510
Source: Results via Ohio Secretary of State

2006
On November 7, 2006, Paul E. Gillmor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robin Weirauch (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul E. Gillmor incumbent	56.8%	129,813
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	43.2%	98,544
Total Votes				228,357

2004
On November 2, 2004, Paul E. Gillmor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robin Weirauch (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul E. Gillmor incumbent	67%	196,649
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	33%	96,656
Total Votes				293,305

2002
On November 5, 2002, Paul E. Gillmor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Roger Anderson (D) and John Green (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul E. Gillmor incumbent	67.1%	126,286
	Democratic	Roger Anderson	27.6%	51,872
	Independent	John Green	5.4%	10,096
Total Votes				188,254

2000
On November 7, 2000, Paul E. Gillmor won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dannie Edmon (D), John F. Green (L) and David J. Schaffer (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul E. Gillmor incumbent	69.8%	169,857
	Democratic	Dannie Edmon	25.5%	62,138
	Libertarian	John F. Green	2.2%	5,464
	Natural Law	David J. Schaffer	2.4%	5,881
Total Votes				243,340

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

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

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. 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.

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.The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries 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. 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. 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 5
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2010-2011

This is the 5th 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.

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 R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 5th the 79th most Republican district nationally.

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+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 5th the 80th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 62.6%-35.8%.

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+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 5th the 83rd most Republican district nationally.

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 35.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 62.6%.

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 R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 5th Congressional District the 126th most Republican nationally.

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 1.02. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.02 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Ohio
• Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Ohio's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Husted (R)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

David Taylor (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (5)