- Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007
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Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007 2006 ← → 2008 Nominee Bob Latta Robin Weirauch Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 56,114 42,229 Percentage 56.96% 42.87%
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Montgomery County The 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007.[1] Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch. [2]
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Robin Weirauch, public administrator, 2004 and 2006 Democratic nominee
- George Mays, businessman
Results
Democratic primary results[3] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Democratic Robin Weirauch 32,124 72.13% Democratic George Mays 12,412 27.87% Totals 44,536 100.00% Republican primary
Candidates
- Bob Latta, State Senator
- Steve Buehrer, State Senator
- Mark Hollenbaugh, high school teacher
- Fred Pieper
- Michael Smitley, business consultant
Polling
Source Date Buehrer (R) Hollenbaugh (R) Latta (R) Pieper (R) Smitley (R) Basswood Research Oct 27-28, 2007 28% N/A 25% N/A N/A Public Opinion Strategies Oct 16-17, 2007 21% 1% 40% 4% 0% Basswood Research Oct 15, 2007 25% N/A 28% N/A N/A Basswood Research Sep 19, 2007 14% N/A 27% N/A N/A Results
Republican primary results[4] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Bob Latta 32,392 43.66% Republican Steve Buehrer 29,850 40.23% Republican Mark Hollenbaugh 4,955 6.68% Republican Fred Pieper 4,252 5.73% Republican Michael Smitley 2,742 3.70% Totals 74,191 100.00% General election
Polling
Source Date Latta (R) Weirauch (D) Public Opinion Strategies Nov 11-12, 2007 50% 36% Results
Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007[5] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Bob Latta 56,114 56.96% Democratic Robin Weirauch 42,229 42.87% Write-ins 167 0.17% Totals 98,510 100.00% Republican hold See also
References
- ^ "Elections set to fill seat of Ohio rep.". Guardian Unlimited (London: Associated Press). 2007-09-15. Archived from the original on 2007-11-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20071127120503/http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6922934,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ Former Ohio congressman's son elected to fill dad's old seat WNWO NBC 24 December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007
- ^ http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106demFifthCong.aspx
- ^ http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106repFifthCong.aspx
- ^ http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1211fifthCongressional.aspx
- Vardon, Joe (2007-10-06). "Campbell drops out of race in 5th District". The Blade. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS09/71006004. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
External links
Candidate Web Sites
Republican
- Steve Buehrer for Congress web site
- Mark Hollenbaugh for Congress web site
- Bob Latta for Congress web site
- Fred Pieper for Congress web site
- Michael Smitley for Congress web site
Democratic
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