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Ohio Secretary of State
2008 Ohio Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 1/4/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 3/3/08, Primary: 3/4/08, New Party Filing Deadline: 8/18/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/21/08, Write-in Deadline: 9/3/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: March 6, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 50.8% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 54.29%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 44.00%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.71%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 59.92%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 30.6%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.65%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.29%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1.54%, |
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1st Congressional District, 52.1% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, |
| St. Rep. Steven L. Driehaus (D), |
Steve Chabot (R), |
term limits advocate Rich Stevenson (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 50.5% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, |
'06 nominee / Dr. Victoria W. Wulsin (D) 57.82%,
attorney Steve Black (D) 29.69%, William "Bill" Smith (D) 12.49%, |
Jean Schmidt (R) 57.51%,
St. Rep. Tom Brinkman, Jr. (R) 39.58%, Nathan Bailey (R) 2.91%,
ex-Hamilton Co. Comm'r. Phil Heimlich (R) withdrew |
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3rd Congressional District, 58.7% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
'04 nominee / consultant L. Jane Mitakides (D) 53.64%,
ex-Waynesville Mayor / '98, '00, '02 & '04 nominee, '05 & '06 candidate Charles W. Sanders (D) 34.71%,advertising agency owner David Esrati (D) 11.65%, |
Michael R. "Mike" Turner (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 60.1% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| steelworker Mike Carroll (D), |
Jim Jordan (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 56.9% in '07, 1st term, Paul E. Gillmor (R) died 9/5/07, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| '06 Senate candidate / '07 candidate George F. Mays (D), |
St. Rep. Bob Latta (R) 74.8%,
Iraqi vet. Scott B. Radcliffe (R) 17.07%, '07 candidate / retiree Michael Reynolds (R) 8.12%, |
'00 / '02 Libertaian candidate / '07 write-in candidate / retired mortgage broker John F. "Jack" Green (L/WI), |
6th Congressional District, 61.9% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson, Jr. (D), |
'06 candidate / ex-sheriff Richard D. "Dick" Stobbs (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 61.0% in '06, David L. "Dave" Hobson (R) retiring after 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
attorney Sharen Swartz Neuhardt (D) 37.1%,
'06 nominee / computer programmer William R. "Bill" Conner (D) 33.94%, businessman F. David "Dave" Woolever (D) 10.45%, '00 candidate Jack Null (D) 6.91%, physician Richard Wyderski (D) 5.92%, Co. health inspector Thomas Scrivens (D) 5.68%, |
St. Sen. Steve Austria (R) 54.96%,
ex-St. Rep. Ron Hood (R) 33.6%, party activist Dan Harkins (R) 6.23%, '98 Governor candidate John Mitchel (R) 5.21%, |
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8th Congressional District, 64.0% in '06, 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
political organizer Nick von Stein (D),
'06 candidate Morton "Mort" Meier (D) withdrew |
John A. Boehner (R), |
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9th Congressional District, 73.6% in '06, 13th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Marcy Kaptur (D), |
'06 nominee / Bradley S. Leavitt (R) 55.7%,
sociologist / '98 & '02 nominee Edward S. "Ed" Emery (R) 44.3%, |
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10th Congressional District, 66.3% in '06, 6th term, running for President, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Dennis J. Kucinich (D) 50.32%,
Cleveland Councilor Joe Cimperman (D) 35.16%, '06 candidate Barbara Anne Ferris (D) 6.48%, North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady (D) 5.03%, anti-war activist Rosemary Palmer (D) 3.01%, |
ex-St. Rep. James P. "Jim" Trakas (R) 79.31%,
'06 candidate / real estate investor Jason Werner (R) 20.69%, |
property manager / trainer Paul Visokaj (I), |
11th Congressional District, 83.3 in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D), |
engineer Thomas Pekarek (R), |
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12th Congressional District, 58.1% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
attorney David Robinson (D) 51.13%,
sales rep. Russ Goodwin (D) 34.46%, army vet Aaron Dagres (D) 14.51%, |
Patrick J. "Pat" Tiberi (R) 90.47%,
David Ryon (R) 9.53%, |
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13th Congressional District, 61.2% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Betty Sutton (D), |
David Potter (R) 40.2%,
restaurant owner Frank Chestney (R) 33.63%, police officer Frank Kalapodis (R) 26.17%, |
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14th Congressional District, 57.6% in '06, 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
Retire Army Lt. Col. / RN / Appeals Court Judge / 2006 Ohio Supreme Court nominee William O'Neill (D) 62.29%,
John Greene, Jr. (D) 21.36%, accountant / '00 / '02 nominee / '04 & '06 candidate Dale V. Blanchard (D) 16.35%, |
Steven C. LaTourette (R), |
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15th Congressional District, 50.2% in '06, Deborah Pryce (R) retiring after 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 2nd Most Likely Seat to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Takeover, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up, DCCC target, |
| '06 nominee Co Comm'r. Mary Jo Kilroy (D), |
St. Sen. Steve Stivers (R) 65.91%,
prof. Robert Wagner (R) 34.09%, |
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16th Congressional District, 58.6% in '06, Ralph Regula (R) retiring after 18th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: 5th Most Likely Seat to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss-up / Tilt Republican, DCCC target, |
St. Sen. John Boccieri (D) 63.73%,
ex-St. Rep. / Canton City Councillor Mary M. Cirelli (D) 36.27%, |
St. Sen. J. Kirk Schuring (R) 47.42%,
'06 candidate / Ashland Co. Comm'r. Matt Miller (R) 42.05%, radio talk show host Paul Schiffer (R) 10.53%, |
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17th Congressional District, 80.2% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Timothy J. "Tim" Ryan (D), |
teacher Duane Grassell (R), |
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18th Congressional District, 62.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
Zachary T. "Zack" Space (D) 84.56%,
navy vet. Mark Pitrone (D) 15.44%, |
ex-St. Ag. Dir. Fred Dailey (R) 39.13%,
ex-magistrate Jeanette M. Moll (R) 30.86%, attorney Paul Phillips (R) 22.36%, business manager Beau Bromberg (R) 7.66%, |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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