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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
country	Ohio
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
previous_year	2006
next_election	2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 18 Ohio seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election1	7
seats1	10
seat_change1	3
popular_vote1	2,752,111
percentage1	51.21%
swing1	1.34%
party2	Republican Party (United States)
last_election2	11
seats2	8
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	2,491,498
percentage2	46.36%
swing2	0.86%
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Democratic Republican

The 2008 congressional elections in Ohio were held on November 4, 2008, and determined who would represent the state of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. The primary election was held on March 4, 2008.

Ohio had eighteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected in November 2008 served in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Districts 1, 15, and 16 changed party (from Republican to Democratic), although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 1, 2, 14, 15, 16 and 18 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. District 15 was not decided until December 8, 2008. As of , this is the last time that Democrats won both a majority of congressional districts and the House popular vote in the state.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008	Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after
Democratic	2,752,111	51.21%	7	10	+3
Republican	2,491,498	46.36%	11	8	-3
Libertarian	44,902	0.84%	0	0	-
Green	13,812	0.26%	0	0	-
Independent	72,017	1.34%	0	0	-
Totals	5,374,340	100%	18	18	—

Match-up summary

District	2008 status	Democratic	Republican	Green	Libertarian	Ind	Ind	Ind
1	Steve Chabot	Re-election		Steve Driehaus	Steve Chabot				Rich Stevenson (WI)		Eric Wilson (WI)
2	Jean Schmidt	Re-election	Victoria Wulsin		Jean Schmidt			David Krikorian		James Condit (WI)
3	Mike Turner	Re-election	Jane Mitakides		Mike Turner
4	Jim Jordan	Re-election	Mike Carroll		Jim Jordan
5	Bob Latta	Re-election	George Mays		Bob Latta
6	Charlie Wilson	Re-election		Charlie Wilson	Richard Stobbs	Dennis Spisak
7	David Hobson	Open	Sharen Neuhardt		Steve Austria
8	John Boehner	Re-election	Nicholas Von Stein		John Boehner
9	Marcy Kaptur	Re-election		Marcy Kaptur	Bradley Leavitt
10	Dennis Kucinich	Re-election		Dennis Kucinich	Jim Trakas		Paul Conroy
11	Marcia L. Fudge	Re-election		Marcia L. Fudge	Thomas Pekarek			Craig Willis (WI)	Eric Johnson (WI)	Robert Reed (WI)
12	Pat Tiberi	Re-election	David Robinson		Pat Tiberi		Steve Linnabary
13	Betty Sutton	Re-election		Betty Sutton	David Potter				Robert Crow (WI)
14	Steve LaTourette	Re-election	Bill O'Neill		Steve LaTourette		David Macko
15	Deborah Pryce	Open		Mary Jo Kilroy	Steve Stivers		Mark M. Noble	Don Elijah Eckhart	Travis Casper
16	Ralph Regula	Open		John Boccieri	Kirk Schuring
17	Tim Ryan	Re-election		Tim Ryan	Duane Grassell
18	Zack Space	Re-election		Zack Space	Fred Dailey

District 1

Driehaus:
Chabot:
Democratic nominee Steve Driehaus won against Republican incumbent Steve Chabot. Driehaus lost re-election to Chabot in 2010, who was re-elected 5 more times before losing re-election again in 2022.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
Chabot (R-i) vs Driehaus (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com

District 2

Schmidt:
Wulsin:
Republican incumbent Jean Schmidt won against Democratic nominee Victoria Wulsin and Independent candidate David Krikorian.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
Schmidt (R-i) vs Wulsin (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com

District 3

Turner:
Republican incumbent Mike Turner won against Democratic nominee Jane Mitakides.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 4

Jordan:
Republican incumbent Jim Jordan won against Democratic nominee Mike Carroll.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 5

Latta:
Republican incumbent Bob Latta won against Democratic nominee George Mays.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 6

Stobbs:
Democratic incumbent Charlie Wilson won against Republican nominee Richard Stobbs.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 7

Austria:
Neuhardt:
Republican incumbent David Hobson did not run for re-election in 2008. Republican nominee Steve Austria won against Democratic nominee Sharen Neuhardt.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
Austria (R) vs Neuhardt (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com

District 8

Boehner:
Republican incumbent John Boehner won against Democratic nominee Nicholas Von Stein.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 9

Kaptur:
Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur won against Republican nominee Bradley S. Leavitt.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 10

The Democratic primary was held March 4, 2008, the same day as the Texas and Ohio presidential primaries. The candidates were Cleveland city councilman Joe Cimperman, North Olmsted mayor Thomas O'Grady, Barbra Ferris and Rosemary Palmer.

Kucinich previously stated that he would run again for Congress in 2008 if his bid for president were unsuccessful.

For 2008, however, Kucinich was facing four challengers in the Democratic primary scheduled for March 4, which prompted him to abandon his run for president. Opponents included Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman and North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady. Having only raised around $50,000 so far compared to Cimperman's $228,000, Kucinich put out appeals for campaign funding on YouTube. He managed to raise $700,000, surpassing Cimperman's $487,000.

Cimperman, who was endorsed by the Mayor of Cleveland and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, criticized Kucinich for focusing too much on campaigning for president and not on the district. Kucinich accused Cimperman of representing corporate and real estate interests. Cimperman described Kucinich as an absentee congressman who failed to pass any major legislative initiatives in his 12-year House career. In an interview, Cimperman said he was tired of Kucinich and Cleveland being joke fodder for late-night talk-show hosts, saying, "It's time for him to go home". An ad paid for by Cimperman's campaign claimed that Kucinich had missed over 300 votes, but by checking the ad's source, the actual number was 139.

A report suggested that representatives of Nancy Pelosi and American Israel Public Affairs Committee would "guarantee" Kucinich's re-election if he dropped his bid to impeach Cheney and Bush, though Kucinich denied the meeting happened. It was also suggested that Kucinich's calls for universal health care and an immediate withdrawal from Iraq made him a thorn in the side of the Democrats' congressional leadership, as well as his refusal to pledge to support the eventual presidential nominee.

At the last minute, Kucinich took part in a debate with the other primary challengers. Barbara Ferris criticized him for not bringing as much money back to the district as other area legislators and authoring just one bill that passed during his 12 years in Congress. Kucinich responded:

"It was a Republican Congress and there weren't many Democrats passing meaningful legislation during a Republican Congress."

Kucinich easily won the primary by a 15-point-margin over his nearest opponent, Joe Cimperman.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Kucinich then beat Republican nominee Jim Trakas.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 11

Democratic nominee Marcia Fudge won against Republican nominee Thomas Pekarek.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

A special election was held on November 18, 2008, to fill Jones's seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress, until January 3, 2009, which Fudge won with 100% of the vote. See Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008.

District 12

Tiberi:
Robinson: Republican incumbent Pat Tiberi won against Democratic nominee David Robinson.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 13

Sutton:
Democratic incumbent Betty Sutton won against Republican nominee David Potter.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 14

LaTourette:
Republican incumbent Steve LaTourette won against Democratic nominee Bill O'Neill.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 15

Kilroy:
Stivers:
The election results were essentially tied, requiring an automatic recount. Republican incumbent Deborah Pryce did not run for re-election in 2008, leaving this an open seat. Kilroy defeated Stivers by 2,311 votes in a race not decided until the final ballots were counted on December 7, 2008.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
Stivers (R) vs Kilroy (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com

District 16

Boccieri:
Schuring:
Democratic nominee John Boccieri won against Republican nominee Kirk Schuring. Republican incumbent Ralph Regula did not run for re-election.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 17

Ryan:
Democratic incumbent Tim Ryan won against Republican nominee Duane Grassell.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

District 18

Space:
Dailey:
Democratic incumbent Zack Space won against Republican nominee Fred Dailey.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

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