Ohio's 8th congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 786,259 [1] |
Median household income | $77,023 [2] |
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Cook PVI | R+14 [3] |
Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Eaton, and Greenville are part of the district. [4] The district was represented by Republican John Boehner, the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced his resignation from the speakership and retirement from Congress, which became effective on October 31, 2015. [5]
The current representative for this district is Republican Warren Davidson, who defeated Democrat Corey Foister and Green Party candidate James J. Condit Jr. in the 2016 special election to fill Boehner's seat. [6] [7]
Year | Office | Results [8] [9] [10] |
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2008 | President | McCain 59% - 39% |
2012 | President | Romney 61% - 39% |
2016 | President | Trump 61% - 35% |
Senate | Portman 68% - 28% | |
2018 | Senate | Renacci 57% - 43% |
Governor | DeWine 60% - 37% | |
Attorney General | Yost 61% - 39% | |
2020 | President | Trump 60% - 38% |
2022 | Senate | Vance 61% - 39% |
Governor | DeWine 69% - 31% | |
Secretary of State | LaRose 66% - 33% | |
Treasurer | Sprague 66% - 34% | |
Auditor | Faber 66% - 34% | |
Attorney General | Yost 67% - 33% | |
2024 | President | Trump 61% - 38% |
Senate | Moreno 57% - 40% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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17 | Butler | Hamilton | 393,043 |
37 | Darke | Greenville | 51,415 |
61 | Hamilton | Cincinnati | 827,058 |
109 | Miami | Troy | 110,876 |
135 | Preble | Eaton | 40,556 |
Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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1920 | Fred H. Guthery: 36,665 | √ Clint Cole (incumbent): 43,473 | |
1922 | H. H. Hartmann: 34,105 | √ Clint Cole (incumbent): 37,065 | |
1924 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher : 38,439 | Clint Cole (incumbent): 33,258 | Charles E. Lukens: 555 |
1926 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 30,167 | James R. Hopley: 23,247 | |
1928 | Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 38,651 | √ Grant E. Mouser Jr. : 42,199 | |
1930 | Carl W. Smith: 33,906 | √ Grant E. Mouser Jr. (incumbent): 35,663 | |
1932 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher : 45,930 | Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 41,234 | |
1934 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 39,466 | Gertrude Jones: 36,112 | |
1936 | √ Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 49,668 | Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,565 | |
1938 | Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 33,972 | √ Frederick C. Smith : 40,772 | |
1940 | Kenneth M. Petri: 44,605 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 49,218 | |
1942 | Thomas B. Fletcher: 22,753 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 33,797 | |
1944 | Roy Warren Roof: 34,494 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 51,253 | |
1946 | John T. Siemon: 22,945 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 40,755 | |
1948 | Andrew T. Durbin: 36,685 | √ Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 43,929 | |
1950 | W. Dexter Hazen: 28,379 | √ Jackson E. Betts : 47,761 | |
1952 | Henry P. Drake: 34,474 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 75,768 | |
1954 | Thomas M. Dowd: 30,592 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 52,196 | |
1956 | Robert M. Corry: 40,716 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 70,690 | |
1958 | Virgil M. Gase: 39,343 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 62,232 | |
1960 | Virgil M. Gase: 38,871 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 81,373 | |
1962 | Morris Laderman: 28,400 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 66,458 | |
1964 | Frank B. Bennett: 45,445 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 73,395 | |
1966 | Frank B. Bennett: 38,787 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 78,933 | |
1968 | Marie Baker: 40,898 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 101,974 | |
1970 | √ Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 90,916 | ||
1972 | James D. Ruppert: 73,344 | √ Walter E. Powell *: 80,050 | |
1974 | T. Edward Strinko: 45,701 | √ Tom Kindness : 51,097 | Don Gingerich: 23,616 |
1976 | John W. Griffin: 46,424 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 110,775 | Joseph F. Payton: 4,158 |
1978 | Luella R. Schroeder: 32,493 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 81,156 | George Hahn: 3 |
1980 | John W. Griffin: 44,162 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 139,590 | |
1982 | John W. Griffin: 49,877 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 98,527 | |
1984 | John T. Francis: 46,673 | √ Tom Kindness (incumbent): 155,200 | |
1986 | John W. Griffin: 46,195 | √ Donald "Buz" Lukens : 98,475 | |
1988 | John W. Griffin: 49,084 | √ Donald "Buz" Lukens (incumbent): 154,164 | |
1990 | Gregory V. Jolivette: 63,584 | √ John Boehner *: 99,955 | |
1992 | Fred Sennet: 62,033 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 176,362 | |
1994 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 148,338 | ||
1996 | Jeffrey D. Kitchen: 61,515 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 165,815 | William Baker (N): 8,613 |
1998 | John W. Griffin: 52,912 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 127,979 | |
2000 | John G. Parks: 66,293 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 179,756 | David R. Shock (L): 3,802 |
2002 | Jeff Hardenbrook: 49,444 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 119,947 | |
2004 | Jeff Hardenbrook: 87,769 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 195,923 | |
2006 | Mort Meier: 74,641 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 132,743 | |
2008 | Nicholas von Stein: 74,848 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 163,586 | |
2010 | Justin Coussoule: 65,883 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 142,731 | David Harlow (L): 5,121 James Condit (C): 3,701 |
2012 [11] | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 246,380 | James Condit (C) : 1,938 | |
2014 | Tom Poetter: 51,534 | √ John Boehner (incumbent): 126,539 | James Condit (C): 10,257 |
2016 (special) [12] | Corey Foister: 5,937 | √ Warren Davidson : 21,618 | James Condit (G): 607 |
2016 | Steve Fought: 87,794 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 223,833 | Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,879 |
2018 | Vanessa Enoch: 89,451 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 177,892 | |
2020 | Vanessa Enoch: 110,766 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 246,276 | |
2022 | Vanessa Enoch: 98,629 | √ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 180,287 |
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