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Ohio's 9th Congressional District
Ohio's 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Marcy Kaptur (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
2024
See also: Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated Derek Merrin and Tom Pruss in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 48.3 | 181,098 |
 | Derek Merrin (R)  | 47.6 | 178,716 | |
 | Tom Pruss (L) | 4.1 | 15,381 | |
| Total votes: 375,195 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur | 100.0 | 38,398 |
| Total votes: 38,398 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Derek Merrin defeated Craig Riedel and Steve Lankenau in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Derek Merrin | 52.5 | 27,632 |
 | Craig Riedel | 34.3 | 18,072 | |
| Steve Lankenau | 13.2 | 6,946 | ||
| Total votes: 52,650 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terry Smith (R)
- Daniel Wilczynski (R)
- J.R. Majewski (R) (Unofficially withdrew)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated J.R. Majewski in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 56.6 | 150,655 |
 | J.R. Majewski (R) | 43.4 | 115,362 | |
| Total votes: 266,017 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Youseff Baddar (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur | 100.0 | 32,968 |
| Total votes: 32,968 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
J.R. Majewski defeated Craig Riedel, Theresa Gavarone, and Beth Deck in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.R. Majewski | 35.7 | 21,666 |
| Craig Riedel | 31.0 | 18,861 | |
 | Theresa Gavarone | 28.5 | 17,337 | |
| Beth Deck | 4.7 | 2,883 | ||
| Total votes: 60,747 | |||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated Rob Weber and McKenzie Levindofske in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 63.1 | 190,328 |
 | Rob Weber (R) | 36.9 | 111,385 | |
| McKenzie Levindofske (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 301,752 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated Peter Rosewicz in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur | 90.7 | 52,433 |
 | Peter Rosewicz | 9.3 | 5,370 | |
| Total votes: 57,803 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Rob Weber defeated Timothy Corrigan, Tim Connors, and Charles Barrett in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rob Weber | 59.8 | 10,863 |
| Timothy Corrigan | 21.3 | 3,873 | ||
 | Tim Connors | 11.4 | 2,064 | |
| Charles Barrett | 7.6 | 1,376 | ||
| Total votes: 18,176 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terry Crist (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated Steven Kraus in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur (D) | 67.8 | 157,219 |
 | Steven Kraus (R) | 32.2 | 74,670 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 48 | ||
| Total votes: 231,937 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Incumbent Marcy Kaptur defeated Joshua Garcia in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcy Kaptur | 85.5 | 41,502 |
 | Joshua Garcia | 14.5 | 7,029 | |
| Total votes: 48,531 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9
Steven Kraus defeated Keith Colton and W. Benjamin Franklin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 9 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Kraus | 49.4 | 10,373 |
| Keith Colton | 29.9 | 6,263 | ||
| W. Benjamin Franklin | 20.7 | 4,342 | ||
| Total votes: 20,978 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Marcy Kaptur (D) defeated Donald Philip Larson (R) in the general election. Kaptur was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Larson defeated Steven Kraus and Joel Lieske in the Republican primary on March 15, 2016.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Marcy Kaptur Incumbent |
68.7% | 193,966 | |
| Republican | Donald Philip Larson | 31.3% | 88,427 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 282,398 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donald Philip Larson |
44.3% | 20,859 | ||
| Steven Kraus | 36% | 16,966 | ||
| Joel Lieske | 19.7% | 9,262 | ||
| Total Votes | 47,087 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State |
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2014
The 9th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Marcy Kaptur (D) defeated Richard May (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur Incumbent |
67.7% | 108,870 | |
| Republican | Richard May | 32.2% | 51,704 | |
| Write-in | Cory Hoffman (write-in) | 0.1% | 112 | |
| Write-in | George A. Skalsky (write-in) | 0% | 29 | |
| Total Votes | 160,715 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
2012
An election for Ohio's 9th Congressional District was held on November 6, 2012. The primary took place on March 6, 2012. Incumbent Marcy Kaptur won re-election in the district.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur Incumbent |
73% | 217,771 | |
| Republican | Samuel Wurzelbacher | 23% | 68,668 | |
| Libertarian | Sean Stipe | 3.9% | 11,725 | |
| Total Votes | 298,164 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Rich Iott (R) in the general election.[3]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
59.4% | 121,819 | |
| Republican | Rich Iott | 40.6% | 83,423 | |
| Total Votes | 205,242 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Bradley Leavitt (R) in the general election.[4]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
74.4% | 222,054 | |
| Republican | Bradley S. Leavitt | 25.6% | 76,512 | |
| Total Votes | 298,566 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Bradley Leavitt (R) in the general election.[5]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
73.6% | 153,880 | |
| Republican | Bradley S. Leavitt | 26.4% | 55,119 | |
| Total Votes | 208,999 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Larry Kaczala (R) in the general election.[6]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
68.1% | 205,149 | |
| Republican | Larry A. Kaczala | 31.9% | 95,983 | |
| Total Votes | 301,132 | |||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ed Emery (R) in the general election.[7]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
74% | 132,236 | |
| Republican | Ed Emery | 26% | 46,481 | |
| Total Votes | 178,717 | |||
2000
On November 7, 2000, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Ed Emery (R), Galen Fries (L) and Dennis Slotnick (Natural Law) in the general election.[8]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
74.8% | 168,547 | |
| Republican | Ed Emery | 21.9% | 49,446 | |
| Libertarian | Galen Fries | 1.9% | 4,239 | |
| Natural Law | Dennis Slotnick | 1.4% | 3,096 | |
| Total Votes | 225,328 | |||
1998
On November 3, 1998, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Edward Emery (R) in the general election.[9]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
81.2% | 130,793 | |
| Republican | Edward S. Emery | 18.8% | 30,312 | |
| Total Votes | 161,105 | |||
1996
On November 5, 1996, Marcy Kaptur won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Randy Whitman (R) and Elizabeth Slotnick (Natural Law) in the general election.[10]
| U.S. House, Ohio District 9 General Election, 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur incumbent |
77.1% | 170,617 | |
| Republican | Randy Whitman | 20.8% | 46,040 | |
| Natural Law | Elizabeth A. Slotnick | 2.1% | 4,677 | |
| Total Votes | 221,334 | |||
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
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.
Ohio District 9
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2010-2011
The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Because of redistricting, Kaptur faced a primary challenge from Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, who formerly represented Ohio's 10th district.[20] On March 30, 2012, the National Journal released a list of the top ten most contorted congressional districts.[21] The 9th District was on the list.[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 R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 9th the 201st 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+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 9th the 204th most Republican district nationally.[23]
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) 50.6%-47.7%.[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+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 9th the 202nd 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 47.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 50.6%.[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+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Ohio's 9th Congressional District the 100th 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 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.[28]
See also
- Redistricting in Ohio
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
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
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," 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
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 National Journal, "Modern Gerrymanders: 10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts—MAPS," accessed March 31, 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ 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
