Jim Lewis (Ohio)

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Jim Lewis

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Last election

November 3, 2020

Jim Lewis was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Ohio. Lewis was defeated in the Republican primary by incumbent Brad Wenstrup.

Biography

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Lewis attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. He then served for six years as a Signal Corps officer. After his military service, he worked at Bell of Pennsylvania for ten years, until the company downsized. Lewis has served on the Clermont County Republican Central Committee since 2010, including two years on the executive committee, and formerly served on the West Clermont School Board.

Elections

2016

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Brad Wenstrup (R) defeated William Smith (D) and Janet Everhard (D write-in) in the general election. Wenstrup defeated Jim Lewis in the Republican primary. Smith defeated Russ Hurley and Ronny Harrison Richards in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup Incumbent	65%	221,193
	Democratic	William Smith	32.8%	111,694
	N/A	Write-in	2.2%	7,392
Total Votes				340,279
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brad Wenstrup Incumbent	84.9%	101,765
Jim Lewis	15.1%	18,136
Total Votes		119,901
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William Smith	41.7%	19,422
Ronny Richards	30%	13,976
Russ Hurley	28.3%	13,154
Total Votes		46,552
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

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See also

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• United States House of Representatives
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District

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)