2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election explained

Election Name:	2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election
Country:	Ohio
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2006
Previous Year:	2006
Next Election:	United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Bob Latta 111th Congress 2009.jpg
Nominee1:	Bob Latta
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	56,114
Percentage1:	56.96%
Nominee2:	Robin Weirauch
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	42,229
Percentage2:	42.87%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Paul Gillmor
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Bob Latta
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:	300px

The 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007.^[1] Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch.^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Robin Weirauch, public administrator, 2004 and 2006 Democratic nominee
• George Mays, businessman

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Bob Latta, State Senator
• Steve Buehrer, State Senator
• Mark Hollenbaugh, high school teacher
• Fred Pieper
• Michael Smitley, business consultant

Polling

width=250px	Source	width=125px	Date	width=125px	Buehrer (R)	width=125px	Hollenbaugh (R)	width=125px	Latta (R)	width=125px	Pieper (R)	width=125px	Smitley (R)
Basswood Research^[3]	Oct 27–28, 2007	28%	N/A	25%	N/A	N/A
Public Opinion Strategies^[4]	Oct 16–17, 2007	21%	1%	40%	4%	0%
Basswood Research^[5]	October 15, 2007	25%	N/A	28%	N/A	N/A
Basswood Research^[6]	September 19, 2007	14%	N/A	27%	N/A	N/A

Results

General election

Polling

width=250px	Source	width=125px	Date	width=125px	Latta (R)	width=125px	Weirauch (D)
Public Opinion Strategies^[7]	Nov 11–12, 2007	50%	36%

Results

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

• News: Vardon. Joe. Campbell drops out of race in 5th District. The Blade. October 6, 2007. October 6, 2007.

External links

Candidate Web Sites

Republican

• Steve Buehrer for Congress web site
• Mark Hollenbaugh for Congress web site
• Bob Latta for Congress web site
• Fred Pieper for Congress web site
• Michael Smitley for Congress web site

Democratic

• George Mays for Congress web site
• Robin Weirauch for Congress web site

Notes and References

1. News: Elections set to fill seat of Ohio rep.. Guardian Unlimited. Associated Press. September 15, 2007. October 5, 2007 . London . https://web.archive.org/web/20071127120503/http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6922934,00.html . November 27, 2007.
2. http://www.nbc24.com/News/news_story.aspx?id=74963 Former Ohio congressman's son elected to fill dad's old seat
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144347/http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/oh-05-new-poll-buehrer-r-has-momentum-against-latta-r Basswood Research
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20071127120504/http://filer.case.edu/jkk3/pollingLatta.pdf Public Opinion Strategies
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144347/http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/oh-05-new-poll-buehrer-r-has-momentum-against-latta-r Basswood Research
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728144347/http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/oh-05-new-poll-buehrer-r-has-momentum-against-latta-r Basswood Research
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20071024190112/http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do Public Opinion Strategies