Ohio's 2nd congressional district

Ohio's 2nd congressional district
Ohio's 2nd congressional district
	Ohio's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Brad Wenstrup; R–Cincinnati
Distribution	73.38% urban; 26.62% rural;
Population (2016)	724,451
Median household; income	$57,083
Ethnicity	87.14% White; 8.52% Black; 2.09% Hispanic; 1.39% Asian; 0.06% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+9

Ohio's 2nd congressional district is a district in southern Ohio. It is currently represented by Brad Wenstrup.

The district stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County. It includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, Clermont, and Highland counties, as well as parts of Hamilton, Scioto, and Ross counties.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year(s)	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1813
John Alexander	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.
John Wilson Campbell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15th 16th 17th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Thomas R. Ross	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
John Woods	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
James Shields	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data missing]
Thomas Corwin	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Taylor Webster	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	[data missing]
Taylor Webster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th	[data missing]
John B. Weller	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845	26th 27th 28th	[data missing]
Francis A. Cunningham	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data missing]
David Fisher	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data missing]
Lewis D. Campbell	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John Scott Harrison	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	[data missing]
John Scott Harrison	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	[data missing]
William S. Groesbeck	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data missing]
John A. Gurley	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data missing]
Alexander Long	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data missing]
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867	39th 40th	[data missing] Retired to run for Governor of Ohio.
Vacant		July 20, 1867 – November 21, 1867	40th
Samuel Fenton Cary	Independent Republican	November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected to finish Hayes's term. [data missing]
Job E. Stevenson	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data missing]
Henry B. Banning	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd 44th 45th	[data missing]
Henry B. Banning	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	[data missing]
Thomas L. Young	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data missing]
Isaac M. Jordan	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data missing]
Charles Elwood Brown	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data missing]
John A. Caldwell	Republican	March 4, 1889 – May 4, 1894	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected Mayor of Cincinnati
Vacant		May 4, 1894 – December 3, 1894	53rd
Jacob H. Bromwell	Republican	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Caldwell's term. [data missing]
Herman P. Goebel	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[data missing]
Alfred G. Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th	[data missing]
Victor Heintz	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	[data missing]
Ambrose E. B. Stephens	Republican	March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927	66th 67th 68th 69th	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		February 12, 1927 – November 8, 1927	69th 70th
Charles Tatgenhorst Jr.	Republican	November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected to finish Stephens's term. [data missing]
William E. Hess	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937	71st 72nd 73rd 74th	[data missing]
Herbert S. Bigelow	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data missing]
William E. Hess	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data missing]
Earl T. Wagner	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data missing]
William E. Hess	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	[data missing]
Donald D. Clancy	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data missing]
Tom Luken	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
Bill Gradison	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 31, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1982. Resigned.
Vacant		January 31, 1993 – May 4, 1993	103rd
Rob Portman	Republican	May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Elected to finish Gradison's term. Resigned to become U.S. Trade Representative.
Vacant		April 29, 2005 – August 2, 2005	109th
Jean Schmidt	Republican	August 2, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Portman's term. Lost renomination.
Brad Wenstrup	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	[data missing]

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Thomas H. Morrow: 41,781	Y A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,797	John Partridge: 1,291
1922	John R. Quane: 30,051	Y A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 39,898	Charles A. Herbst (FL): 4,001
1924	Robert J. O'Donnell: 34,118	Y A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,331
1926	Robert J. O'Donnell: 26,322	Y A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 36,608
1928	James H. Cleveland: 54,332	Y William E. Hess: 63,605
1930	Charles W. Sawyer: 45,761	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 46,347
1932	Edward F. Alexander: 57,258	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 58,971
1934	Charles E. Miller: 41,701	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 51,171
1936	Y Herbert S. Bigelow: 67,213	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 62,546
1938	Herbert S. Bigelow (Incumbent): 42,773	Y William E. Hess: 61,480
1940	James E. O'Connell: 60,410	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 77,769
1942	Nicholas Bauer: 29,823	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 53,083
1944	J. Harry Moore: 61,473	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 78,185
1946	Francis G. Davis: 39,112	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 67,067
1948	Y Earl T. Wagner: 75,062	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 66,968
1950	Earl T. Wagner (Incumbent): 62,542	Y William E. Hess: 69,543
1952	Earl T. Wagner: 69,341	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 90,417
1954	Earl T. Wagner: 49,690	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 69,695
1956	James T. Dewan: 57,554	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 109,099
1958	James O. Bradley: 71,674	Y William E. Hess (Incumbent): 86,656
1960	H. A. Sand: 87,531	Y Donald D. Clancy: 118,046
1962	H. A. Sand: 62,733	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 105,750
1964	H. A. Sand: 79,824	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 122,487
1966	Thomas E. Anderson: 42,367	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 102,313
1968	Don Driehaus: 52,327	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 108,157
1970	Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer: 60,860	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 77,071
1972	Penny Manes: 65,237	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 109,961
1974	Edward W. Wolterman: 67,685	Y Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 71,512
1976	Y Thomas A. Luken: 88,178	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 83,459
1978	Y Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 64,522	Stanley J. Aronoff: 58,716
1980	Y Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 103,423	Thearon "Tom" Atkins: 72,693
1982	William J. Luttmer: 53,169	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent)^[a]: 97,434	Joseph I. Lombardo: 1,827 Charles K. Shrout Jr. (L): 2,948
1984	Thomas J. Porter: 68,597	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 149,856
1986	William F. Stineman: 43,448	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 105,061
1988	Chuck R. Stidham: 58,637	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 153,162
1990	Tyrone K. Yates: 57,345	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 103,817
1992	Thomas R. Chandler: 75,924	Y Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 177,720
1993 (Special)^[b]	Lee Hornberger: 22,652	Y Robert J. Portman: 53,020
1994	Les Mann: 43,730	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 150,128
1996	Thomas R. Chandler: 58,715	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 186,853	Kathleen M. McKnight (N): 13,905
1998	Charles W. Sanders: 49,293	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 154,344
2000	Charles W. Sanders: 64,091	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 204,184	Robert E. Bidwell (L): 9,266
2002	Charles W. Sanders: 48,785	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 139,218
2004	Charles W. Sanders: 87,156	Y Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 221,785
2005 (Special)^[c]	Paul Hackett: 55,151	Y Jean Schmidt: 59,132
2006	Victoria Wulsin: 117,595	Y Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 120,112
2008	Victoria Wulsin: 124,076	Y Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 148,500	David Krikorian: 58,650; James Condit: 30
2010	Surya Yalamanchili: 80,139	Y Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 136,120	Marc Johnson (Libertarian) 15,867
2012^[5]	William Smith: 137,082	Y Brad Wenstrup: 194,299
2014^[6]	Marek Tyszkiewicz: 68,453	Y Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 132,658
2016^[7]	William Smith: 111,694	Y Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 221,193	Janet Everhard (write-in Dem): 7,392
2018	Jill Schiller: 119,333	Y Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 166,714	Jim Condit Jr.: 3,608; David Baker: 8

2005 special election

The state of Ohio, showing the second district in 2005.

The district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.

On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose a United States Representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative. Republican Jean Schmidt candidate defeated Democrat Paul Hackett in a surprisingly close election.

Re-election bid in 2006

Schmidt defeated Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin, a doctor from Indian Hill, in the November general election.

2010

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Schmidt*	139,027	58.45
	Democratic	Surya Yalamanchili	82,431	34.66
	Libertarian	Marc Johnston	16,259	6.84
Total votes			237,717	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Competitiveness

Election results from presidential races:

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 63 - Al Gore 34%
2004	President	George W. Bush 64 - John Kerry 36%
2008	President	John McCain 59 - Barack Obama 40%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 55 - Barack Obama 44%
2016	President	Donald Trump 56 - Hillary Clinton 40%

Historical district boundaries

Notes

^ Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Luken from the 2nd district to this district and Gradison from the first district to the 2nd district.
^ In May 1993, a special election was held to fill the seat to replace Bill Gradison who, three months after his re-election, resigned on January 31, 1993, to become a lobbyist for the insurance industry as president of the Health Insurance Association of America.
^ In 2005, a special election was required to fill the seat following Portman's resignation to accept nomination to the office of United States Trade Representative.

References

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=02
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=02
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
^ "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.
^ "2016 Official Elections Results". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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[5] Redistricting following the 1980 census moved Luken from the 2nd district to this district and Gradison from the first district to the 2nd district.

[6] In May 1993, a special election was held to fill the seat to replace Bill Gradison who, three months after his re-election, resigned on January 31, 1993, to become a lobbyist for the insurance industry as president of the Health Insurance Association of America.

[7] In 2005, a special election was required to fill the seat following Portman's resignation to accept nomination to the office of United States Trade Representative.

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[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[8] "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[9] "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

[10] "2016 Official Elections Results". www.sos.state.oh.us. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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