Robin Weirauch
BornJanuary 3, 1957
Dayton, Ohio
OccupationPublic Administrator
SpouseBruce Weirauch

Robin Weirauch (/ˈwaɪˌrɒk/ WYE-rok;[1] born January 3, 1957) is an American politician of the Democratic party who was the party's 2004 and 2006 nominee to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Paul Gillmor for the seat in Ohio's 5th congressional district.

She is the daughter of a retired Master Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force and has resided in the 5th District since her elementary school days and is married to her husband of 30 years, Bruce Weirauch, a retired Napoleon, Ohio police lieutenant.

Weirauch is a public administrator who formerly served as an Assistant Director at the Center For Regional Development at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. She holds an MPA in Public Administration from there and cites various other credentials as well.

Weirauch's campaign team toured the geographically large district in a retired ambulance decorated with her, "CPR - Caring Personal Representation", slogan.

Weirauch lost the 2006 election, receiving 43% of the vote. Gillmor was re-elected but died during the term, on September 5, 2007.

Prior to Gillmor's death, Weirauch wrote several letters published in the Toledo Blade, criticizing Rep. Gillmor for supposedly living outside the district with only a token address within the district so that he could claim residency.

On September 20, 2007, Weirauch announced her candidacy for the vacant Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with a video released on YouTube.com. She won the Democratic Primary on November 6, 2007 and faced Republican Bob Latta in the general election on December 11, 2007. She lost the election to the GOP candidate.

In 2008, she ran for Henry County Commissioner in the November election against Republican incumbent Bob Hastedt. Henry County, Ohio is a largely Republican leaning county (it voted for McCain over Obama by 1,900 votes), and Weirauch lost the election for commissioner by a large margin.[2]

Election results

2007 US House, Ohio District 5 Special Election

Democratic Primary Election, November 6

Candidates Democratic Primary Election, November 6 [3]
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Robin Weirauch Democratic 31,744 72.12%
George Mays Democratic 12,274 27.88%

General Election, December 11

Special Election, December 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bob Latta 56,367 56.9 n/a
Democratic Robin Weirauch 42,563 42.9 n/a
Write-in John Green 180 0.2 n/a
Turnout 99,110

2006 US House, Ohio District 5

Candidates General Election, November 7
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Paul Gillmor Republican 129,813 56.85%
Robin Weirauch Democratic 98,544 43.15%
Candidates Democratic Primary Election, May 2
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Robin Weirauch Democratic 27,713 100.00%

2004 US House, Ohio District 5

Candidates General Election, November 2
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Paul Gillmor Republican 196,649 67.05%
Robin Weirauch Democratic 96,656 32.95%
Candidates Democratic Primary Election, March 2
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Robin Weirauch Democratic 38,471 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Robin Weirauch Campaign Announcement". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Giammarise, Kate (November 5, 2008). "Republican takes Henry County commission seat". Toledo Blade. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ Ohio Secretary of State Retrieved November 7, 2007
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