Ohio's 5th congressional district
Ohio's 5th congressional district | |
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Distribution |
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Population (2010) | 726,090[1] |
Median household income | 49,793 |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+8 |
Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Michigan and Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta. The district borders have changed somewhat from the previous redistrict as some of the easternmost counties were redistricted to other districts.
From 2003 to 2013 all of Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Huron, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood Counties were included in this district. Portions of Ashland, Lucas, Mercer, and Wyandot Counties were also a part of the 5th District.
List of Largest Municipalities
All or part of twenty-one cities (whose population is greater than 5,000) are in the district.
The largest municipalities[2] represented in this district include:
- Findlay, population 41,202
- Bowling Green, population 29,636
- Perrysburg, population 16,945
- Fremont, population 16,734
- Defiance, population 17,400
- Norwalk, population 16,238
- Fostoria(*), population 13,931
- Bucyrus, population 13,224
- Galion(*), population 11,341
- Van Wert, population 10,690
- Napoleon, population 9,318
- Bryan, population 8,333
- Wauseon, population 7,091
- Upper Sandusky(*), population 6,533
- Rossford, population 6,406
- Northwood, population 5,471
(*) Denotes that areas of the city are located in another Congressional District.
List of representatives
Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Latta* | 140,703 | 67.82 | |
Democratic | Caleb Finkenbiner | 54,919 | 26.47 | |
Libertarian | Brian Smith | 11,831 | 5.70 | |
Total votes | 207,453 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
- Ohio's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007
References
- ^ "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
- ^ Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
- ^ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
- ^ "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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