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City elections in Columbus, Ohio (2019)

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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 6, 2019
Primary election: May 7, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor and city council
Total seats up: 5 (click here for mayoral elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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U.S. municipal elections, 2019

The city of Columbus, Ohio, held general elections for mayor and four at-large city council seats on November 5, 2019. A primary was scheduled for May 7, 2019, but was canceled after only two candidates per seat made the ballot.[1] The filing deadline for this election was February 6, 2019.

Incumbents Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, and Emmanuel Remy won re-election to the Columbus City Council.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.

Elections

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Candidates and results

City council

General election

General election candidates


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Note: According to The Columbus Dispatch, candidates Jennifer Lynch and Fran Ryan served as placeholder candidates for two vacant seats on the Columbus City Council and withdrew once the vacancies were filled by appointed members Shayla Favor and Rob Dorans.[2]

Primary election

Primary candidates

This primary was canceled and these candidates advanced:


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Past elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Columbus, Ohio (2017)

City council

Columbus City Council, Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Priscilla Tyson Incumbent 19.30% 20,621
Green check mark transparent.png Shannon Hardin Incumbent 17.47% 18,663
Green check mark transparent.png Mitchell Brown Incumbent 16.72% 17,864
Green check mark transparent.png Jasmine Ayres 8.65% 9,245
Green check mark transparent.png Will Petrik 8.13% 8,691
Green check mark transparent.png Kieran Cartharn 7.52% 8,035
Sarah Ries 7.37% 7,873
Josh Jaffe 7.09% 7,574
Whitney Smith 5.23% 5,592
Kathryn Hille (Withdrawn) 2.37% 2,528
Write-in votes 0.15% 158
Total Votes 106,844
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 Primary Election Results," accessed May 19, 2017
Columbus City Council, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Priscilla Tyson Incumbent 23.75% 59,889
Green check mark transparent.png Shannon Hardin Incumbent 23.45% 59,141
Green check mark transparent.png Mitchell Brown Incumbent 20.64% 52,046
Jasmine Ayres 12.23% 30,853
Will Petrik 10.43% 26,313
Kieran Cartharn 8.68% 21,887
Write-in votes 0.82% 2,072
Total Votes 252,201
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 21, 2017

City attorney

Columbus City Attorney, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Zachary M. Klein 71.85% 68,635
Don Kline 28.15% 26,897
Total Votes 95,532
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 21, 2017

City auditor

Columbus City Auditor, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Megan Kilgore 77.05% 70,259
Bob Mealy 22.95% 20,927
Total Votes 91,186
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 21, 2017

Education Service Center of Central Ohio

Education Service Center of Central Ohio, Full Term General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joyce Galbraith Incumbent 55.21% 7,430
Green check mark transparent.png Greg Spencer Incumbent 44.79% 6,028
Total Votes 13,458
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 21, 2017
Education Service Center of Central Ohio, Unexpired Term General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Beth Glitt Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 8,272
Total Votes 8,272
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 21, 2017

2015

See also: Columbus, Ohio municipal elections, 2015

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Ohio elections, 2019

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Survey responses

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About the city

See also: Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the seat of Franklin County, Ohio, and is the state capital. As of 2010, its population was 787,033.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Columbus uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[3]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Ohio
Population 787,033 11,536,504
Land area (sq mi) 219 40,858
Race and ethnicity**
White 58.6% 81.3%
Black/African American 29% 12.4%
Asian 5.8% 2.2%
Native American 0.3% 0.2%
Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Other (single race) 2.1% 1%
Multiple 4.2% 2.9%
Hispanic/Latino 6.2% 3.8%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.8% 90.4%
College graduation rate 36.6% 28.3%
Income
Median household income $53,745 $56,602
Persons below poverty level 19.5% 14%
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 profile

See also: Ohio and Ohio elections, 2019
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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Ohio voted Republican in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • A Democrat held one, Republicans held eleven, and an independent held one of Ohio's 37 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
  • Ohio's governor was Republican Mike DeWine.

State legislature

Ohio Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
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Ohio quick stats
  • Became a state in 1803
  • 17th state admitted to the United States
  • Ohio was the first non-colonial free state admitted to the union.
  • Members of the Ohio State Senate: 33
  • Members of the Ohio House of Representatives: 99
  • U.S. senators: 2
  • U.S. representatives: 16
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Demographic data for Ohio
 OhioU.S.
Total population:11,605,090316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):40,8613,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:82.4%73.6%
Black/African American:12.2%12.6%
Asian:1.9%5.1%
Native American:0.2%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:3.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:89.1%86.7%
College graduation rate:26.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$49,429$53,889
Persons below poverty level:19.6%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Ohio.
**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.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Nine of 88 Ohio counties—10.2 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Ashtabula County, Ohio 18.80% 12.78% 13.54%
Erie County, Ohio 9.48% 12.29% 13.86%
Montgomery County, Ohio 0.73% 4.62% 6.22%
Ottawa County, Ohio 19.51% 4.30% 6.24%
Portage County, Ohio 9.87% 5.52% 8.99%
Sandusky County, Ohio 22.58% 2.71% 4.64%
Stark County, Ohio 17.17% 0.47% 5.46%
Trumbull County, Ohio 6.22% 23.00% 22.43%
Wood County, Ohio 7.99% 4.84% 7.13%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Ohio with 51.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Ohio cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 93.3 percent of the time (28 out of 30 elections), more than any other state in the country. In that same time frame, Ohio supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 60 to 40 percent. Between 2000 and 2016, Ohio voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Ohio. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[4][5]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 35.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 33 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 34 points. Clinton won seven districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 60 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 17.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

Columbus, Ohio Ohio Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "With two candidates disqualified, no primary for Columbus City Council in May," February 19, 2019
  2. ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "With two candidates disqualified, no primary for Columbus City Council in May," February 19, 2019
  3. ↑ City Charter of Columbus, OH, "Sec. 3, 17, 57 and 62-65," accessed September 14, 2017
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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