2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

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Nominee Bob Latta Robin Weirauch Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 56,114 42,229 Percentage 56.96% 42.87%

County results Latta:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Paul Gillmor Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bob Latta Republican

Paul Gillmor, whose death triggered a special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district

The 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007. ^[1] Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch. ^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Robin Weirauch, public administrator, 2004 and 2006 Democratic nominee
• George Mays, businessman

Results

Democratic primary results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	32,124	72.13
	Democratic	George Mays	12,412	27.87
Total votes			44,536	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

• Bob Latta, State Senator
• Steve Buehrer, State Senator
• Mark Hollenbaugh, high school teacher
• Fred Pieper
• Michael Smitley, business consultant

Polling

Source	Date	Buehrer (R)	Hollenbaugh (R)	Latta (R)	Pieper (R)	Smitley (R)
Basswood Research [4]	Oct 27–28, 2007	28%	N/A	25%	N/A	N/A
Public Opinion Strategies [5]	Oct 16–17, 2007	21%	1%	40%	4%	0%
Basswood Research [6]	October 15, 2007	25%	N/A	28%	N/A	N/A
Basswood Research [7]	September 19, 2007	14%	N/A	27%	N/A	N/A

Results

Republican primary results ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta	32,392	43.66
	Republican	Steve Buehrer	29,850	40.23
	Republican	Mark Hollenbaugh	4,955	6.68
	Republican	Fred Pieper	4,252	5.73
	Republican	Michael Smitley	2,742	3.70
Total votes			74,191	100.00

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Latta (R)	Weirauch (D)
Public Opinion Strategies [9]	Nov 11–12, 2007	50%	36%

Results

Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta	56,114	56.96
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	42,229	42.87
	Write-ins		167	0.17
Total votes			98,510	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. "Elections set to fill seat of Ohio rep". Guardian Unlimited . London: Associated Press. September 15, 2007. Archived from the original on November 27, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
2. Former Ohio congressman's son elected to fill dad's old seat Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine WNWO NBC 24 December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007
3. "Democratic Fifth Congressional District: November 6, 2007". Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
4. Basswood Research
5. Public Opinion Strategies
6. Basswood Research
7. Basswood Research
8. "Republican Fifth Congressional District: November 6, 2007". Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
9. Public Opinion Strategies
10. "Fifth Congressional District: December 11, 2007". Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.

• Vardon, Joe (October 6, 2007). "Campbell drops out of race in 5th District". The Blade . Retrieved October 6, 2007.

External links

Candidate Web Sites

Republican

• Steve Buehrer for Congress web site
• Mark Hollenbaugh for Congress web site
• Bob Latta for Congress web site
• Fred Pieper for Congress web site
• Michael Smitley for Congress web site

Democratic

• George Mays for Congress web site
• Robin Weirauch for Congress web site