Ohio's 2nd congressional district

Ohio's 2nd congressional district
	Ohio's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Brad Wenstrup; R–Cincinnati
Distribution	73.38% urban; 26.62% rural;
Population (2019)	730,151
Median household; income	$61,220
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	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.
Thomas Corwin	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Redistricted to the 4th district.
Taylor Webster	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th
Taylor Webster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th
John B. Weller	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845	26th 27th 28th
Francis A. Cunningham	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th
David Fisher	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th
Lewis D. Campbell	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John Scott Harrison	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th
John Scott Harrison	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th
William S. Groesbeck	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th
John A. Gurley	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th
Alexander Long	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	March 4, 1865 – July 20, 1867	39th 40th	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.
Job E. Stevenson	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd
Henry B. Banning	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd 44th 45th
Henry B. Banning	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th
Thomas L. Young	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th
Isaac M. Jordan	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th
Charles Elwood Brown	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th
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.
Herman P. Goebel	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st
Alfred G. Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th
Victor Heintz	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th
Ambrose E. B. Stephens	Republican	March 4, 1919 – February 12, 1927	66th 67th 68th 69th	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.
William E. Hess	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937	71st 72nd 73rd 74th
Herbert S. Bigelow	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th
William E. Hess	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th
Earl T. Wagner	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st
William E. Hess	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th
Donald D. Clancy	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th
Tom Luken	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	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

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Thomas H. Morrow: 41,781	A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,797	John Partridge: 1,291
1922	John R. Quane: 30,051	A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 39,898	Charles A. Herbst (FL): 4,001
1924	Robert J. O'Donnell: 34,118	A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 47,331
1926	Robert J. O'Donnell: 26,322	A. E. B. Stephens (Incumbent): 36,608
1928	James H. Cleveland: 54,332	William E. Hess: 63,605
1930	Charles W. Sawyer: 45,761	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 46,347
1932	Edward F. Alexander: 57,258	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 58,971
1934	Charles E. Miller: 41,701	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 51,171
1936	Herbert S. Bigelow: 67,213	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 62,546
1938	Herbert S. Bigelow (Incumbent): 42,773	William E. Hess: 61,480
1940	James E. O'Connell: 60,410	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 77,769
1942	Nicholas Bauer: 29,823	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 53,083
1944	J. Harry Moore: 61,473	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 78,185
1946	Francis G. Davis: 39,112	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 67,067
1948	Earl T. Wagner: 75,062	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 66,968
1950	Earl T. Wagner (Incumbent): 62,542	William E. Hess: 69,543
1952	Earl T. Wagner: 69,341	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 90,417
1954	Earl T. Wagner: 49,690	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 69,695
1956	James T. Dewan: 57,554	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 109,099
1958	James O. Bradley: 71,674	William E. Hess (Incumbent): 86,656
1960	H. A. Sand: 87,531	Donald D. Clancy: 118,046
1962	H. A. Sand: 62,733	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 105,750
1964	H. A. Sand: 79,824	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 122,487
1966	Thomas E. Anderson: 42,367	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 102,313
1968	Don Driehaus: 52,327	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 108,157
1970	Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer: 60,860	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 77,071
1972	Penny Manes: 65,237	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 109,961
1974	Edward W. Wolterman: 67,685	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 71,512
1976	Thomas A. Luken: 88,178	Donald D. Clancy (Incumbent): 83,459
1978	Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 64,522	Stanley J. Aronoff: 58,716
1980	Thomas A. Luken (Incumbent) (Incumbent) : 103,423	Thearon "Tom" Atkins: 72,693
1982	William J. Luttmer: 53,169	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	Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 149,856
1986	William F. Stineman: 43,448	Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 105,061
1988	Chuck R. Stidham: 58,637	Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 153,162
1990	Tyrone K. Yates: 57,345	Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 103,817
1992	Thomas R. Chandler: 75,924	Willis D. Gradison Jr. (Incumbent): 177,720
1993 (Special)^[b]	Lee Hornberger: 22,652	Robert J. Portman: 53,020
1994	Les Mann: 43,730	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 150,128
1996	Thomas R. Chandler: 58,715	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 186,853	Kathleen M. McKnight (N): 13,905
1998	Charles W. Sanders: 49,293	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 154,344
2000	Charles W. Sanders: 64,091	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 204,184	Robert E. Bidwell (L): 9,266
2002	Charles W. Sanders: 48,785	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 139,218
2004	Charles W. Sanders: 87,156	Robert J. Portman (Incumbent): 221,785
2005 (Special)^[c]	Paul Hackett: 55,151	Jean Schmidt: 59,132
2006	Victoria Wulsin: 117,595	Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 120,112
2008	Victoria Wulsin: 124,076	Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 148,500	David Krikorian: 58,650; James Condit: 30
2010	Surya Yalamanchili: 80,139	Jean Schmidt (Incumbent): 136,120	Marc Johnson (Libertarian) 15,867
2012^[5]	William Smith: 137,082	Brad Wenstrup: 194,299
2014^[6]	Marek Tyszkiewicz: 68,453	Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 132,658
2016^[7]	William Smith: 111,694	Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 221,193	Janet Everhard (write-in Dem): 7,392
2018	Jill Schiller: 119,333	Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 166,714	Jim Condit Jr.: 3,608; David Baker: 8
2020	Jaime Castle: 146,781	Brad Wenstrup (Incumbent): 230,430

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

2012

Ohio's 2nd congressional district (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup	194,296	58.6
	Democratic	William Smith	137,077	41.4
Total votes			331,373	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Ohio's 2nd congressional district (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup (incumbent)	132,658	66.0
	Democratic	Marek Tyszkiewicz	68,453	34.0
Total votes			201,111	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Ohio's 2nd congressional district (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup (incumbent)	221,193	65.0
	Democratic	William R. Smith	111,694	32.8
	Independent	Janet Everhard (write-in)	7,392	2.2
Total votes			340,279	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Ohio's 2nd congressional district (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup (incumbent)	166,714	57.6
	Democratic	Jill Schiller	119,333	41.2
	Green	Jim Condit Jr.	3,606	1.2
	Independent	David Baker (write-in)	8	0.0
Total votes			289,661	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Ohio's 2nd congressional district (2020)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup (incumbent)	230,430	61.1
	Democratic	Jaime Castle	146,781	38.9
	Write-in		37	0.0
Total votes			377,248	100.0
	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%
2020	President	Donald Trump 56 - Joe Biden 43%

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

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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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

[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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[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=02

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=02

[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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