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: 87,794√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 223,833 Derrick Hendricks (G): 13,879
2018Vanessa Enoch: 89,451√ Warren Davidson (incumbent): 177,892
2020Vanessa Enoch: 110,766√ Warren 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.

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