Thomas Worthington was an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Ohio.
Steven Joseph Chabot is an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he lost his 2022 reelection bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. Until his election loss,he was the dean of Ohio's GOP delegation to the House of Representatives,after the retirement of former Speaker John Boehner.
Robert William Ney is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican,Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3,2006,when he resigned. Ney's resignation took place after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. Before he pleaded guilty,Ney was identified in the guilty pleas of Jack Abramoff,former Tom DeLay deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy,former DeLay press secretary Michael Scanlon and former Ney chief of staff Neil Volz for receiving lavish gifts in exchange for political favors.
Charles John Luken is an American politician of the Democratic party who was mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio,and served in the Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Luken,who is divorced,has three children. When Luken left office at the end of 2005,he was the longest serving mayor in Cincinnati's history with 12 years and one month of service in that role.
Jerry Lon Litton was an American politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 1976. A member of the Democratic Party,he ran for United States Senate in 1976. Litton won the Democratic primary;however,he died in a plane crash while heading to his victory party.
Joy Padgett is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006,dogged by personal scandals,she ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and for Congress in Ohio's 18th congressional district. Her run for Congress was the result of the decision of Bob Ney to bow out of the race and plead guilty to corruption charges.
On August 2,2005,elections were held in Ohio's 2nd congressional district to choose a United States representative to replace Rob Portman,who had resigned his seat in April to become United States Trade Representative. Jean Schmidt,the Republican Party candidate,defeated Democrat Paul Hackett,in a surprisingly close election as the district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.
Zachary Thompson Space is an American lawyer and politician and the former U.S. Representative for Ohio's 18th congressional district,serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in Congress,Space became a lobbyist and was a principal for Vorys Advisors LLC,a subsidiary of the law firm Vorys,Sater,Seymour and Pease. He ran unsuccessfully for Ohio State Auditor in 2018,significantly outperforming other members of the ticket in Appalachian Ohio counties. He is currently serving as President of Sunday Creek Horizons,a lobbying and advocacy firm founded in 2019 that serves clients in eastern and southern Ohio.
The 2006 Ohio's 2nd congressional district election was an election for the United States House of Representatives that took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Jean Schmidt,who won the seat in a special election in 2005,ran for reelection. She faced Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin,a doctor from Indian Hill,in the general election. Results showed that Schmidt won reelection by 1.26%,and Wulsin conceded the race.
Steven Leo Driehaus is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for Ohio's 1st congressional district,serving from 2009 until 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the Minority Whip in the Ohio House of Representatives.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Ohio was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The close of registration for electors in the primary election was December 16,2015,and the primary election took place on March 15,2016. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman faced former Democratic Governor Ted Strickland. Green Party nominee Joseph DeMare was also on the ballot along with two other independent candidates and one officially declared write-in candidate.
The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Ohio,concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term.
The Ohio general elections,2018,were held on November 6,2018,throughout Ohio.
The 1982 Ohio gubernatorial election was held in Ohio on November 2,1982. Dick Celeste of the Democratic Party was elected with 59% of the vote.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6,2018,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26,2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
A special election for Ohio's 12th congressional district was held August 7,2018,following the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi. The Republican Party nominated State Senator Troy Balderson for the seat while the Democratic Party nominated Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor. Balderson led O'Connor in preliminary results;however,the race was not officially called on election night. Counting of outstanding ballots began on August 18 and was completed on August 24. The outstanding ballots did not change the margin enough to trigger an automatic recount,so Balderson was declared the winner on August 24.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist J. D. Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman.
On March 10,2021,Marcia Fudge resigned her seat in the United States House of Representatives after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration. Governor Mike DeWine set the primary date for August 3,concurrent with the special election in Ohio's 15th congressional district. The general election was on November 2. Shontel Brown won both the competitive Democratic primary and the general election,and was sworn in on November 4.
Brian Stewart is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 12th district.
On May 16,2021,Representative Steve Stivers resigned from his seat in the United States House of Representatives to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Following Stivers' official communication of his intent to resign,Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that the special election to fill the remainder of his term would be held on November 2,2021,with the primary election held on August 3,concurrent with the special election in Ohio's 11th congressional district. In the general election on November 2,Republican nominee Mike Carey defeated Democratic nominee Allison Russo by roughly 17 percentage points.
