Ohio's 9th congressional district

Ohio's 9th congressional district
Ohio's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Marcy Kaptur (D–Toledo)
Distribution
  • 86.02% urban
  • 13.98% rural
Population (2016) 706,201
Median income 37,520
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+14[1]

Ohio's 9th congressional district has been represented by Representative Marcy Kaptur (D) since 1983.

This district is in the northern part of the state, bordering Michigan and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes portions of Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Lucas, and Ottawa counties. Due to redistricting by the Republican-controlled state legislature following the 2010 state elections, the 9th district absorbed part of western Cuyahoga County[2] pitting 10th district Democratic incumbent Dennis Kucinich against Kaptur in the 2012 Democratic primary.[3][4][5]

The new 9th district has been called "The Snake by the Lake" (due to its long and skinny appearance on the map)[6] and one of the "Top 5 Ugliest Districts" due to gerrymandering. The two portions of the district are only connected via a bridge between Erie and Ottawa counties, as well as Crane Creek State Park. Some Ohio Democrats argued that when the beach floods, the reconfigured 9th is not contiguous.[7]

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as unconstitutional gerrymandering.[8] According to the lawsuit, the 9th "eats its way across the southern border of Lake Erie" while fragmenting Cleveland and Toledo.[9]

List of largest municipalities

All or part of ten cities (whose population is greater than 5,000) are in the district.

The largest municipalities[10] represented in this district include:

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
Philemon Beecher Adams-Clay
Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18 [Data unknown/missing.]
Adams March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829		 19
20		 [Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Irvin Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833		 21
22		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John Chaney Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 23
24		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839		 25 [Data unknown/missing.]
William Medill Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843		 26
27		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Elias Florence Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28 [Data unknown/missing.]
Augustus L. Perrill Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29 [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas O. Edwards Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30 [Data unknown/missing.]
Edson B. Olds Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853		 31
32		 Redistricted to the 12th district
Frederick W. Green Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33 Redistricted from the 6th district
Cooper K. Watson Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 34 [Data unknown/missing.]
Lawrence W. Hall Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859		 35 [Data unknown/missing.]
John Carey Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861		 36 [Data unknown/missing.]
Warren P. Noble Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865		 37
38		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph P. Buckland Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869		 39
40		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Edward F. Dickinson Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871		 41 [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles Foster Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 42 Redistricted to the 10th district
James W. Robinson Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43 [Data unknown/missing.]
Earley F. Poppleton Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 44 [Data unknown/missing.]
John S. Jones Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879		 45 [Data unknown/missing.]
George L. Converse Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881		 46 Redistricted to the 12th district
James S. Robinson Republican March 4, 1881 –
January 12, 1885		 47
48		 Resigned to become
Ohio Secretary of State
Vacant January 12, 1885 –
March 4, 1885		 48
William C. Cooper Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891		 49
50
51		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph H. Outhwaite Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 52 Redistricted from the 13th district
Redistricted to the 12th district
Byron F. Ritchie Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53 [Data unknown/missing.]
James H. Southard Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1907		 54
55
56
57
58
59		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Isaac R. Sherwood Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1921		 60
61
62
63
64
65
66		 [Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Chalmers Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923		 67 [Data unknown/missing.]
Isaac R. Sherwood Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925		 68 [Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Chalmers Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931		 69
70
71		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Wilbur M. White Republican March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933		 72 [Data unknown/missing.]
Warren J. Duffey Democratic March 4, 1933 –
July 7, 1936		 73
74		 First elected in 1932
Re-elected in 1934
Died
Vacant July 7, 1936 –
January 3, 1937		 74
John F. Hunter Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943		 75
76
77		 First elected in 1936
Re-elected in 1938
Re-elected in 1940
Lost re-election
Homer A. Ramey Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949		 78
79
80		 First elected in 1942
Re-elected in 1944
Re-elected in 1946
Lost re-election
Thomas Henry Burke Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951		 81 Elected in 1948
Lost renomination
Frazier Reams Independent January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1955		 82
83		 First elected in 1950
Re-elected in 1952
Lost re-election
Thomas L. Ashley Democratic January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1981		 84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96		 First 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
Re-elected in 1972
Re-elected in 1974
Re-elected in 1976
Re-elected in 1978
Lost re-election
Ed Weber Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983		 97 First elected in 1980
Lost re-election
Marcy Kaptur Democratic January 3, 1983 –
Present		 98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114		 First elected in 1982
Re-elected in 1984
Re-elected in 1986
Re-elected in 1988
Re-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
Re-elected in 2016

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
2014[11]Marcia C. Kaptur: 106,338Richard May: 50,792Cory Hoffman, George A. Skalsky (Both WI): 0
2012Marcia C. Kaptur: 217,775Joe Wurzelbacher: 68,666Sean Stipe (L): 11,725
2010Marcia C. Kaptur: 121,819Rich Iott: 83,423 
2008Marcia C. Kaptur: 210,822Bradley S. Leavitt: 73,610 
2006Marcia C. Kaptur: 153,880Bradley S. Leavitt: 55,119 
2004Marcia C. Kaptur: 199,528Larry A. Kaczala: 93,930 
2002Marcia C. Kaptur: 132,236Edward S. Emery: 46,481 
2000Marcia C. Kaptur: 168,547Dwight E. Bryan: 49,446Galen Fries (L): 4,239
Dennis Slotnick (N): 3,096
1998Marcia C. Kaptur: 130,793Edward S. Emery: 30,312 
1996Marcia C. Kaptur: 170,617R. Randy Whitman: 46,040Elizabeth A. Slotnick (N): 4,677
1994Marcia C. Kaptur: 118,120R. Randy Whitman: 38,665 
1992Marcia C. Kaptur: 178,879Ken D. Brown: 53,011Edward Howard: 11,162
1990Marcia C. Kaptur: 117,681Jerry D. Lammers: 33,791 
1988Marcia C. Kaptur: 157,557Al Hawkins: 36,183 
1986Marcia C. Kaptur: 105,646Mike Shufeldt: 30,643 
1984Marcia C. Kaptur: 117,985Frank Venner: 93,210Other: 3,714
1982Marcia C. Kaptur: 95,162Edward F. Weber: 64,459David Muir (L): 1,217
Susan A. Skinner: 1,785
James J. Somers: 1,594
1980Thomas W. L. Ashley: 68,728Edward F. Weber: 96,927Edward S. Emery: 4,357
Toby Elizabeth Emmerich: 2,411
1978Thomas W. L. Ashley: 71,709John C. Hoyt: 34,326Edward S. Emery: 2,563
Michael James Lewinski: 4,530
1976Thomas W. L. Ashley: 91,040Carty Finkbeiner: 73,919Edward S. Emery: 1,533
Lynn Galonsky: 1,477
1974Thomas W. L. Ashley: 64,831Carty Finkbeiner: 57,892 
1972Thomas W. L. Ashley: 110,450Joseph C. Richards: 49,388 
1970Thomas W. L. Ashley: 82,777Allen H. Shapiro: 33,947 
1968Thomas W. L. Ashley: 85,280Ben Marsh: 63,290 
1966Thomas W. L. Ashley: 83,261Jane M. Kuebbeler: 53,777 
1964Thomas W. L. Ashley: 109,167John O. Celusta: 64,401 
1962Thomas W. L. Ashley: 86,443Martin A. Janis: 64,279 
1960Thomas W. L. Ashley: 108,688Howard C. Cook: 82,433 
1958Thomas W. L. Ashley: 102,115William K. Gernheuser: 63,660 
1956Thomas W. L. Ashley:Harvey G. Straub: 81,562 
1954Thomas W. L. Ashley: 48,471Irving C. Reynolds: 39,933Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 44,656
1952Thomas H. Burke: 61,047Gilmore Flues: 46,989Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 74,821
1950Thomas H. Burke: 45,268Homer A. Ramey: 43,301Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 51,024
1948Thomas H. Burke: 85,409Homer A. Ramey: 73,394 
1946Michael V. DiSalle: 59,057Homer A. Ramey: 59,394 
1944John F. Hunter: 77,693Homer A. Ramey: 82,735 
1942John F. Hunter: 44,027Homer A. Ramey: 47,377 
1940John F. Hunter: 86,956Wilbur McK. White: 71,927 
1938John F. Hunter: 56,306Homer A. Ramey: 55,441 
1936John F. Hunter: 75,737Raymond E. Hildebrand: 55,043Earl O. Lehman: 3,739
1934Warren J. Duffey: 61,037Frank L. Mulholland: 35,732Kenneth Eggert (C): 684
Karl Pauli (S): 510
1932Warren J. Duffey: 56,755Wilbur McK. White: 54,078Silas E. Hurin: 4,200
Clyde E. Kiker: 2,135
Karl Pauli (S): 1,314
Eugene Stoll (C): 620
1930Scott Stahl: 36,375Wilbur McK. White: 49,498 
1928William P. Clarke: 50,601William W. Chalmers: 82,560Charles V. Stephenson (W): 190
1926C. W. Davis: 23,947William W. Chalmers: 47,331George F. Parrish (TRI): 1,110
Millard Price (S): 1,018
1924Isaac R. Sherwood: 48,482William W. Chalmers: 54,792Millard Price (P): 2,159
John Kocinski: 747
1922Isaac R. Sherwood: 45,059William W. Chalmers: 42,712 
1920Isaac R. Sherwood: 38,292William W. Chalmers: 49,732Karl E. Pauli: 47

Accusations of gerrymandering

The current district lines were drawn in 2011, following the redistricting based on the 2000 census.[10] The boundaries of the 9th district have been cited as a signature example of the partisan gerrymandering of the Ohio redistricting.[8] A lawsuit challenging the redistricting referred to the shape of District 9 as "the snake on the lake,"[12][6] and it has been referred to as one of the United States' "Top 5 Ugliest Districts" due to gerrymandering.[7]

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ohio's 9th congressional district elections, 2012". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ Alex M. Parker (February 9, 2012). "Friendly Fire Coming in House Re-Elections?". U.S. News and World Report.
  4. ↑ Andrea Billups (February 6, 2012). "Kaptur, Kucinich face off in Ohio". The Washington Times.
  5. ↑ Kevin Milliken (January 16, 2012). "Kaptur, Kucinich square off for one congressional seat". La Prensa.
  6. 1 2 "Kill the Snake by the Lake", Toledo Blade, Jan. 16, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Shira Toeplitz (November 10, 2011). "Top 5 Ugliest Districts: Partisan Gerrymandering 101". Roll Call.
  8. 1 2 Todd Ruger, "Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander", Roll Call, May 23, 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute et al., v. John Kasich, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, filed 05/23/2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  10. 1 2 U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
  11. ↑ http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2014Results.aspx
  12. ↑ Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute et al., v. John Kasich, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, filed 05/23/2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • 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

Coordinates: 41°30′N 82°54′W / 41.500°N 82.900°W / 41.500; -82.900

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