Ohio's 2nd Congressional District

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

David Taylor

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by David Taylor (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Ohio representatives represented an average of 787,257 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,031 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 2

David Taylor defeated Samantha Meadows and Alexander Schrank in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Taylor (R)	73.6	268,211
		Samantha Meadows (D)	26.4	96,401
	Submit photo	Alexander Schrank (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 364,616
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Samantha Meadows advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Samantha Meadows	100.0	15,022

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 15,022
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Wessels (D) (Unofficially withdrew)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Taylor	25.5	26,247
		Tim O'Hara	22.0	22,626
		Larry Kidd	19.0	19,583
		Shane Wilkin	9.6	9,932
		Ron Hood	8.8	9,020
		Phil Heimlich	4.9	5,080
		Tom Hwang	3.1	3,202
		Kim Georgeton	2.2	2,311
		Charles Tassell	1.7	1,737
		Niraj Antani	1.7	1,700
		Derek Myers	1.5	1,565

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,003
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Henderson (R)

2022

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup defeated Samantha Meadows in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup (R)	74.5	192,117
		Samantha Meadows (D)	25.5	65,745

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,862
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Samantha Meadows defeated Alan Darnowsky in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Samantha Meadows	72.0	11,694
		Alan Darnowsky	28.0	4,541

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,235
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup defeated James Condit Jr. and David Windisch in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup	77.4	56,805
		James Condit Jr.	12.6	9,250
	Submit photo	David Windisch	10.1	7,382

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,437
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2020

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup defeated Jaime Castle and James Condit Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup (R)	61.1	230,430
		Jaime Castle (D)	38.9	146,781
		James Condit Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	37

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 377,248
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Jaime Castle advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jaime Castle	100.0	40,956

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup defeated H. Robert Harris in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup	94.2	53,674
	Submit photo	H. Robert Harris	5.8	3,326

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,000
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2018

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup defeated Jill Schiller and James Condit Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup (R)	57.6	166,714
		Jill Schiller (D)	41.2	119,333
		James Condit Jr. (G)	1.2	3,606
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,661 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Myers (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Jill Schiller defeated Janet Everhard and William Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jill Schiller	54.2	18,110
		Janet Everhard	34.4	11,505
		William Smith	11.3	3,791

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 33,406
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Russ Hurley (D)
• Richard Crosby (D)
• Mickey Edwards (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2

Incumbent Brad Wenstrup advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Wenstrup	100.0	45,508

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2016

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Brad Wenstrup (R) defeated William Smith (D) and Janet Everhard (D write-in) in the general election. Wenstrup defeated Jim Lewis in the Republican primary. Smith defeated Russ Hurley and Ronny Harrison Richards in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup Incumbent	65%	221,193
	Democratic	William Smith	32.8%	111,694
	N/A	Write-in	2.2%	7,392
Total Votes				340,279
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brad Wenstrup Incumbent	84.9%	101,765
Jim Lewis	15.1%	18,136
Total Votes		119,901
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William Smith	41.7%	19,422
Ronny Richards	30%	13,976
Russ Hurley	28.3%	13,154
Total Votes		46,552
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2014

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Brad Wenstrup (R) defeated Marek Tyszkiewicz (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup Incumbent	66%	132,658
	Democratic	Marek Tyszkiewicz	34%	68,453
Total Votes				201,111
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2012

See also: Ohio's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Republican Brad Wenstrup won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	William R. Smith	41.4%	137,077
	Republican	Brad Wenstrup	58.6%	194,296
Total Votes				331,373
Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jean Schmidt won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Surya Yalamanchili (D) and Marc Johnston (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jean Schmidt incumbent	58.5%	139,027
	Democratic	Surya Yalamanchili	34.7%	82,431
	Libertarian	Marc Johnston	6.8%	16,259
Total Votes				237,717

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jean Schmidt won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Victoria Wulsin (D), David H. Krikorian (I) and James Condit, Jr. (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jean Schmidt incumbent	44.8%	148,671
	Democratic	Victoria Wulsin	37.5%	124,213
	Independent	David H. Krikorian	17.7%	58,710
	Write-in	James Condit, Jr.	0%	30
Total Votes				331,624

2006
On November 7, 2006, Jean Schmidt won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Victoria Wulsin (D), Nathan Noy (Write-in) and James J. Condit, Jr. (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jean Schmidt incumbent	50.5%	120,112
	Democratic	Victoria Wulsin	49.4%	117,595
	Write-in	Nathan Noy	0.1%	298
	Write-in	James Condit, Jr.	0%	76
Total Votes				238,081

2005 special
On August 2, 2005, Jean Schmidt won election to the United States House. He defeated three candidates in the special general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 Special election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jean Schmidt	51.6%	59,671
	Democratic	Paul Hackett	48.4%	55,886
	Write-in	James J. Condit, Jr.	0%	15
	Write-in	James E. Constable, Jr.	0%	4
Total Votes				115,576
Source: Results via Ohio Secretary of State

2004
On November 2, 2004, Rob Portman won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles W. Sanders (D) and James Condit, Jr. (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rob Portman incumbent	71.7%	227,102
	Democratic	Charles W. Sanders	28.3%	89,598
	Write-in	James Condit, Jr.	0%	60
Total Votes				316,760

2002
On November 5, 2002, Rob Portman won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles W. Sanders (D) and James Condit, Jr. (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rob Portman incumbent	74%	139,218
	Democratic	Charles W. Sanders	25.9%	48,785
	Write-in	James Condit, Jr.	0%	13
Total Votes				188,016

2000
On November 7, 2000, Rob Portman won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles W. Sanders (D) and Robert E. Bidwell (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rob Portman incumbent	73.6%	204,184
	Democratic	Charles W. Sanders	23.1%	64,091
	Libertarian	Robert E. Bidwell	3.3%	9,266
Total Votes				277,541

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021. The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16. The Ohio House of Representatives voted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18.

On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's enacted congressional map and ordered the Ohio State Legislature to redraw it. On February 9, 2022, legislative leaders said they would not draw a new map, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission assumed responsibility for drawing the map.

On September 7, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional district boundaries after the petitioners who filed the original lawsuit requested that the court dismiss the case and leave the boundaries in place for the 2024 election.The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries Since the congressional district boundaries that the state's redistricting commission adopted in March 2022 and which were used in the 2022 elections did not have support from members of the minority party, they were in effect for only two U.S. House elections with the commission required to enact a new map after the 2024 elections.

On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map in a 5-2 vote along party lines, meaning the map lasted for four years. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map before the state's primary elections as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map. This map took effect for Ohio's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Ohio work? In Ohio, the state legislature or a commission may have the opportunity to draw congressional maps. A bipartisan state legislative commission draws state legislative maps. A six-member advisory commission is involved in both the congressional and state legislative redistricting processes.

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2010 census

The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 2nd the 14th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 72.0%-26.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 2nd the 12th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 26.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 72.0%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 2nd Congressional District the 155th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.08. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.08 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Ohio
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Ohio's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Husted (R)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

David Taylor (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (5)