2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election

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2008 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election
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  November 2008 November 18, 2008 2010  
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Candidate Marcia Fudge
Party Democratic
Popular vote8,450
Percentage97.2%

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Representative before election

Vacant

Elected Representative

Marcia Fudge
Democratic

Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008 took place on November 18, 2008. The seat of the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones on August 20, 2008. Since more than one candidate from the Democratic Party filed to take part in the election, a primary was held on October 14, 2008. The special election was won by Marcia Fudge. [1]

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Candidates

Democratic primary election

Fifteen Democratic candidates qualified for the primary election, fourteen of whom appeared on the ballot and one of which qualified as a write-in candidate. Four candidates withdrew, but their names still appeared on the ballot. Votes for such candidates were not counted. [2]

Special election

Only Marcia L. Fudge appeared on the ballot for the special election. [1]

Results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary election, October 14, 2008 [4] [5]
CandidateVotesPercentage
Marcia Fudge 10,75374.27%
Jeffrey Johnson2,02814.01%
Carolyn Johnson6904.77%
Sean Ryan2411.66%
Thomas Wheeler1751.21%
Isaac Powell1621.12%
Frank Rives1551.07%
Nathaniel Martin1380.95%
Gerald Henley1360.94%
Brahim Ayad (write-in)00.00%
Totals14,478100.00%
Voter turnout3.00%

Special election

Ohio's 11th congressional district special election, 2008 [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marcia Fudge 8,450 97.19
Invalid or blank votes2442.81
Total votes8,694 100.00
Turnout  1.77
Democratic hold

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