Ohio's 8th congressional district explained

State:Ohio
District Number:8
Image Caption:Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative:Warren Davidson
Party:Republican
Residence:Troy
Percent Urban:77.95
Percent Rural:22.05
Population:781,678[1]
Population Year:2022
Median Income:$72,748[2]
Percent White:74.5
Percent Hispanic:5.0
Percent Black:12.6
Percent Asian:3.0
Percent More Than One Race:4.3
Percent Other Race:0.7
Cpvi:R+14[3]

Ohio's 8th congressional district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, Middletown, Springfield, Eaton, Greenville, Piqua, and Troy are part of the district. 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.[4]

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.[5] [6]

Election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResult
2000PresidentGeorge W. Bush 61% – Al Gore 36%
2004PresidentGeorge W. Bush 64% – John Kerry 35%
2008PresidentJohn McCain 60.3% – Barack Obama 38.1%
2012PresidentMitt Romney 61.9% – Barack Obama 36.4%
2016PresidentDonald Trump 60.9% – Hillary Clinton 34.9%
2020PresidentDonald Trump 60.3% – Joe Biden 38.3%
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List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
William Wilson
nowrap March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Died.
Anti-Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1825 –
June 6, 1827
Vacantnowrap June 6, 1827 –
October 9, 1827

William Stanbery
Jacksoniannowrap October 9, 1827 –
March 3, 1831
Elected to finish Wilson's term.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Lost renomination.
Anti-Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
align=left Jeremiah McLene
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.
align=left Joseph Ridgway
Whignowrap March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1843
Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
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John I. Vanmeter
Whignowrap March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
Elected in 1843.
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Allen G. Thurman
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
Elected in 1844.
align=left John L. Taylor
Whignowrap March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853
Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the .
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Moses Bledso Corwin
Whignowrap March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
Elected in 1852.

Benjamin Stanton
Oppositionnowrap March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Republicannowrap March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
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Samuel Shellabarger
Republicannowrap March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
Elected in 1860.
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William Johnston
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
Elected in 1862.
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James Randolph Hubbell
Republicannowrap March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
Elected in 1864.
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Cornelius S. Hamilton
Republicannowrap March 4, 1867 –
December 22, 1867
Elected in 1866.
Died.
Vacantnowrap December 22, 1867 –
February 5, 1868
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John Beatty
Republicannowrap February 5, 1868 –
March 3, 1873
Elected to finish Hamilton's term.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
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William Lawrence
Republicannowrap March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
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J. Warren Keifer
Republicannowrap March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
Elected in 1876.
Redistricted to the .
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Ebenezer B. Finley
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1878.
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J. Warren Keifer
Republicannowrap March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1885
Redistricting from the and re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
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John Little
Republicannowrap March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
Elected in 1884.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
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Robert P. Kennedy
Republicannowrap March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
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Darius D. Hare
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .
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Luther M. Strong
Republicannowrap March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
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Archibald Lybrand
Republicannowrap March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Lost re-election
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William R. Warnock
Republicannowrap March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1905
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Retired.
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Ralph D. Cole
Republicannowrap March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.
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Frank B. Willis
Republicannowrap March 4, 1911 –
January 9, 1915
Elected in 1910
Re-elected in 1912.
Retired then resigned early when elected Governor of Ohio.
Vacantnowrap January 9, 1915 –
March 3, 1915
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John A. Key
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
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R. Clint Cole
Republicannowrap March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1925
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.
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Thomas B. Fletcher
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1929
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
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Grant E. Mouser Jr.
Republicannowrap March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
Elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
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Thomas B. Fletcher
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost re-election.
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Frederick Cleveland Smith
Republicannowrap January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1951
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired.
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Jackson Edward Betts
Republicannowrap January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1973
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired.
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Walter E. Powell
Republicannowrap January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972.
Retired.
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Tom Kindness
Republicannowrap January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1987
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Buz Lukens
Republicannowrap January 3, 1987 –
October 24, 1990
Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Lost re-nomination and resigned.
Vacantnowrap October 24, 1990 –
January 3, 1991
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John Boehner
Republicannowrap January 3, 1991 –
October 31, 2015
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Resigned.
Vacantnowrap October 31, 2015 –
June 7, 2016
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Warren Davidson
Republicannowrap June 7, 2016 –
present
Elected to finish Boehner's term.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
Fred H. Guthery

36,665

Clint Cole (incumbent): 43,473  
H. H. Hartmann

34,105

Clint Cole (incumbent): 37,065  
Thomas B. Fletcher: 38,439 Clint Cole (incumbent): 33,258 Charles E. Lukens

555

Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 30,167 James R. Hopley

23,247

 
Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 38,651 Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,199  
Carl W. Smith

33,906

Grant E. Mouser Jr. (incumbent): 35,663  
Thomas B. Fletcher: 45,930 Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 41,234  
Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 39,466 Gertrude Jones

36,112

 
Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 49,668 Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,565  
Thomas B. Fletcher (incumbent): 33,972 Frederick C. Smith: 40,772  
Kenneth M. Petri

44,605

Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 49,218  
Thomas B. Fletcher

22,753

Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 33,797  
Roy Warren Roof

34,494

Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 51,253  
John T. Siemon

22,945

Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 40,755  
Andrew T. Durbin

36,685

Frederick C. Smith (incumbent): 43,929  
W. Dexter Hazen

28,379

Jackson E. Betts: 47,761  
Henry P. Drake

34,474

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 75,768  
Thomas M. Dowd

30,592

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 52,196  
Robert M. Corry

40,716

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 70,690  
Virgil M. Gase

39,343

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 62,232  
Virgil M. Gase

38,871

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 81,373  
Morris Laderman

28,400

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 66,458  
Frank B. Bennett

45,445

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 73,395  
Frank B. Bennett

38,787

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 78,933  
Marie Baker

40,898

Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 101,974  
  Jackson E. Betts (incumbent): 90,916  
James D. Ruppert

73,344

Walter E. Powell*: 80,050  
T. Edward Strinko

45,701

Tom Kindness: 51,097 Don Gingerich: 23,616
John W. Griffin

46,424

Tom Kindness (incumbent): 110,775 Joseph F. Payton: 4,158
Luella R. Schroeder

32,493

Tom Kindness (incumbent): 81,156 George Hahn: 3
John W. Griffin

44,162

Tom Kindness (incumbent): 139,590  
John W. Griffin

49,877

Tom Kindness (incumbent): 98,527  
John T. Francis

46,673

Tom Kindness (incumbent): 155,200  
John W. Griffin

46,195

√ Donald "Buz" Lukens: 98,475  
John W. Griffin

49,084

√ Donald "Buz" Lukens (incumbent): 154,164  
Gregory V. Jolivette

63,584

John Boehner*: 99,955  
Fred Sennet

62,033

John Boehner (incumbent): 176,362  
  John Boehner (incumbent): 148,338  
Jeffrey D. Kitchen

61,515

John Boehner (incumbent): 165,815 William Baker (N): 8,613
John W. Griffin

52,912

John Boehner (incumbent): 127,979  
John G. Parks

66,293

John Boehner (incumbent): 179,756 David R. Shock (L): 3,802
Jeff Hardenbrook

49,444

John Boehner (incumbent): 119,947  
Jeff Hardenbrook

87,769

John Boehner (incumbent): 195,923  
Mort Meier

74,641

John Boehner (incumbent): 132,743  
Nicholas von Stein

74,848

John Boehner (incumbent): 163,586  
Justin Coussoule

65,883

John Boehner (incumbent): 142,731 David Harlow (L): 5,121
James Condit (C): 3,701
2012[8] John Boehner (incumbent): 246,380James Condit (C) : 1,938
Tom Poetter: 51,534 John Boehner (incumbent): 126,539 James Condit (C): 10,257
2016 (special)[9] Corey Foister

5,937

Warren Davidson: 21,618 James Condit (G): 607
2016Steve Fought: 87,794Warren Davidson (incumbent): 223,833 Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,879
2018Vanessa Enoch: 89,451Warren Davidson (incumbent): 177,892
2020Vanessa Enoch: 110,766Warren Davidson (incumbent): 246,276
2022Vanessa Enoch: 98,629 Warren Davidson (incumbent): 180,287

Historical district boundaries

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Congressional District. US Census Bureau. www.census.gov.
  2. Web site: My Congressional District. US Census Bureau. www.census.gov.
  3. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022 . en.
  4. News: John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress (Published 2015). Jennifer. Steinhauer. The New York Times . September 25, 2015. NYTimes.com.
  5. Web site: Ohio Secretary of State . 2016 Official Election Results .
  6. Web site: Statement on the US House OH-8 District race Ohio Green Party. ohiogreens.org. March 5, 2016 .
  7. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List . July 12, 2022 .
  8. Web site: 2012 Election Results . Ohio Secretary of State .
  9. Web site: June 7, 2016 Special Congressional General Election Official Canvass . Ohio Secretary of State . July 28, 2019.