2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

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2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election
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  2006
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Nominee Bob Latta Robin Weirauch
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote56,11442,229
Percentage56.96%42.87%

2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election results by county.svg
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 Paul Gillmor, official Congressional photo.jpg
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]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robin Weirauch 32,124 72.13
Democratic George Mays12,41227.87
Total votes44,536 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

SourceDateBuehrer (R)Hollenbaugh (R)Latta (R)Pieper (R)Smitley (R)
Basswood Research Oct 27–28, 200728%N/A25%N/AN/A
Public Opinion Strategies Oct 16–17, 200721%1%40%4%0%
Basswood Research October 15, 200725%N/A28%N/AN/A
Basswood Research September 19, 200714%N/A27%N/AN/A

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Latta 32,392 43.66
Republican Steve Buehrer29,85040.23
Republican Mark Hollenbaugh4,9556.68
Republican Fred Pieper4,2525.73
Republican Michael Smitley2,7423.70
Total votes74,191 100.00

General election

Polling

SourceDateLatta (R)Weirauch (D)
Public Opinion Strategies Nov 11–12, 200750%36%

Results

Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Latta 56,114 56.96
Democratic Robin Weirauch 42,22942.87
Write-ins1670.17
Total votes98,510 100.00
Republican hold

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