Ohio's 5th congressional district

Ohio's 5th congressional district
Ohio's 5th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Bob Latta; R–Bowling Green
Distribution	62.27% urban; 37.73% rural;
Population (2022)	785,544
Median household; income	$64,333
Ethnicity	89.5% White; 4.6% Hispanic; 2.9% Black; 1.4% Two or more races; 1.3% Asian; 0.2% other;
Cook PVI	R+15

Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta.

Geography

Counties

List of largest municipalities

The largest municipalities^[5] represented in this district include:

Lorain, population 65,211
Elyria, population 52,656
Findlay, population 40,313
North Ridgeville, population 35,280
Bowling Green, population 30,808
Avon Lake, population 25,206
Avon, population 24,847
Tiffin, population 17,706
Norwalk, population 17,068
Fostoria(*), population 13,046
Amherst, population 12,681
Bucyrus, population 11,684
Van Wert, population 11,092
Celina, population 10,935
Galion(*), population 10,453

(*) Denotes that area of the city is located in another congressional district.

Election results from statewide races

Year	President	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 37%
2004	President	George W. Bush 61% - John Kerry 39%
2008	President	John McCain 52% - Barack Obama 46%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53.9% - Barack Obama 44.1%
2016	President	Donald Trump 59.7% - Hillary Clinton 34.6%
2020	President	Donald Trump 61.1% - Joe Biden 36.7%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne (Worthington)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Philemon Beecher (Lancaster)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Joseph Vance (Urbana)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	18th 19th
William Russell (West Union)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
Thomas L. Hamer (Georgetown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. [data missing]
Thomas L. Hamer (Georgetown)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th
William Doan (Withamsville)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
William Sawyer (St. Marys)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Alfred Edgerton (Hicksville)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
Richard Mott (Toledo)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
Richard Mott (Toledo)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
James Mitchell Ashley (Toledo)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Francis Celeste Le Blond (Celina)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing]
William Mungen (Findlay)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
Charles Nelson Lamison (Lima)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. [data missing]
Americus Vespucius Rice (Ottawa)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
Benjamin Le Fevre (Sidney)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 4th district.
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Benjamin Le Fevre (Maplewood)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. [data missing]
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Fernando C. Layton (Wapakoneta)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dennis D. Donovan (Deshler)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]
Francis B. De Witt (Paulding)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data missing]
David Meekison (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Retired.
William W. Campbell (Napoleon)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.
Timothy T. Ansberry (Defiance)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Nelson E. Matthews (Ottawa)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
Charles J. Thompson (Defiance)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Frank C. Kniffin (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Cliff Clevenger (Bryan)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Retired.
Del Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	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. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
Paul Gillmor (Old Fort)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	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. Died.
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110th
Bob Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	December 11, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish Gillmor's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

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

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1812	District created following the 1810 census.
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1920	Newt Bronson: 25,395	Charles J. Thompson: 40,381
1922	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,067	Charles J. Thompson: 31,700
1924	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,245	Charles J. Thompson: 31,045
1926	Frank C. Kniffin: 23,022	Charles J. Thompson: 23,638
1928	Frank C. Kniffin: 31,385	Charles J. Thompson: 36,096
1930	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,117	Charles J. Thompson: 27,497
1932	Frank C. Kniffin: 44,433	William L. Manahan: 29,605
1934	Frank C. Kniffin: 34,249	Davis B. Johnson: 27,423
1936	Frank C. Kniffin: 41,693	Stephan S. Beard: 33,212	Fred L. Hay: 3,663
1938	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,109	Cliff Clevenger: 37,027
1940	C. H. Armbruster: 31,063	Cliff Clevenger: 48,040
1942	Ferdinand E. Warren: 17,514	Cliff Clevenger: 30,667
1944	T. Walter Williams: 22,740	Cliff Clevenger: 48,490
1946	Willard Thomas: 20,163	Cliff Clevenger: 30,623
1948	Dan Batt: 32,076	Cliff Clevenger: 34,950
1950	Dan Batt: 26,689	Cliff Clevenger: 36,096
1952	Dan Batt: 42,104	Cliff Clevenger: 72,168
1954	Martin W. Feigert: 33,483	Cliff Clevenger: 49,265
1956	George E. Rafferty: 42,181	Cliff Clevenger: 69,774
1958	George E. Rafferty: 44,971	Delbert L. Latta: 52,612
1960	Tom T. McRitchie: 41,375	Delbert L. Latta: 85,175
1962	William T. Hunt: 29,114	Delbert L. Latta: 69,272
1964	Milford Landis: 41,621	Delbert L. Latta: 80,394
1966	John H. Shock: 26,503	Delbert L. Latta: 80,906
1968	Louis Richard Batzler: 45,884	Delbert L. Latta: 113,381
1970	Carl G. Sherer: 37,545	Delbert L. Latta: 92,577
1972	Bruce Edwards: 49,465	Delbert L. Latta: 132,032
1974	Bruce Edwards: 53,391	Delbert L. Latta: 89,161
1976	Bruce Edwards: 60,304	Delbert L. Latta: 124,910
1978	James R. Sherck: 51,071	Delbert L. Latta: 85,547
1980	James R. Sherck: 57,704	Delbert L. Latta: 137,003
1982	James R. Sherck: 70,120	Delbert L. Latta: 86,450
1984	James R. Sherck: 78,809	Delbert L. Latta: 132,582
1986	Tom Murray: 54,864	Delbert L. Latta: 102,016
1988	Tom Murray: 80,472	Paul E. Gillmor: 128,838
1990	P. Scott Mange: 41,693	Paul E. Gillmor: 113,615	John E. Jackson: 10,612
1992		Paul E. Gillmor: 187,860
1994	Jarrod Tudor: 49,335	Paul E. Gillmor: 135,879
1996	Annie Saunders: 81,170	Paul E. Gillmor: 145,892	David J. Schaffer (N): 11,461
1998	Susan Davenport Darrow: 61,926	Paul E. Gillmor: 123,979
2000	Dannie Edmon: 62,138	Paul E. Gillmor: 169,857	John F. Green (L): 5,464 David J. Schaffer (N): 5,881
2002	Roger Anderson: 51,872	Paul E. Gillmor: 126,286	John F. Green: 10,096
2004	Robin Weirauch: 95,481	Paul E. Gillmor: 194,559
2006	Robin Weirauch: 95,955	Paul E. Gillmor : 126,898
2007*	Robin Weirauch: 32,246	Robert E. Latta: 41,740
2008	George Mays: 105,840	Robert E. Latta: 188,905	^[6]
2012^[7]	Angela Zimmann: 137,806	Robert E. Latta: 201,514	Eric Eberly (L) : 12,558
2014^[8]	Robert Fry: 57,328	Robert E. Latta: 132,448	Eric Eberly (L) : 9,142
2016	James L. Neu Jr.: 100,392	Robert E. Latta: 244,599
2018	J. Michael Galbraith: 99,655	Robert E. Latta: 176,569	Don Kissick (L): 7,393
2020	Nick Rubando: 120,962	Robert E. Latta: 257,019
2022	Craig Swartz: 92,634	Robert E. Latta: 187,303

2010

Ohio's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta*	140,703	67.82
	Democratic	Caleb Finkenbiner	54,919	26.47
	Libertarian	Brian Smith	11,831	5.70
Total votes			207,453	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	201,514	57.3
	Democratic	Angela Zimmann	137,806	39.2
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	12,558	3.5
Total votes			351,878	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	134,449	66.5
	Democratic	Robert Fry	58,507	28.9
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	9,344	4.6
Total votes			202,300	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	244,599	70.9
	Democratic	James L. Neu Jr.	100,392	29.1
Total votes			344,991	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	176,569	62.3
	Democratic	J. Michael Galbraith	99,655	35.1
	Libertarian	Don Kissick	7,393	2.6
Total votes			283,617	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2020)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	257,019	68.0
	Democratic	Nick Rubando	120,962	32.0
Total votes			377,981	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2022)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	187,303	66.9
	Democratic	Craig Swartz	92,634	33.1
Total votes			279,937	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

2013–2023

References

↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "My Congressional District".
↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
↑ "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
↑ Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
↑ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
↑ "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[5] "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[6] Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009

[7] "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.

[8] "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

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