Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

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Ohio's 5th congressional district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor, reported September 5, 2007. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for 2007-12-11.[1] The primary elections were held on 2007-11-06.[1] Republican Bob Latta won election to congress defeating Democrat Robin Weirauch. [2]

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[edit] Candidates

[edit] Republican

[edit] Defeated in primary

  • Steve Buehrer - State Senator, 2007–Present; St. Representative, 1999–2007
  • Mark Hollenbaugh - High school history and government teacher
  • Fred Pieper - Lineman for a rural electrical cooperative
  • Michael Smitley - Business Consultant

[edit] Democratic

[edit] Defeated in primary

  • George Mays - Self-employed with his karaoke and DJ company

[edit] Polling

[edit] General Election

Source Date Latta (R) Weirauch (D)
Public Opinion Strategies Nov 11-12, 2007 50% 36%

[edit] Republican Primary

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

[edit] Results

[edit] Republican primary

Candidates Republican Primary Election, Nov 6 [3]
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Bob Latta Republican 32,036 43.73%
Steve Buehrer Republican 29,387 40.12%
Mark Hollenbaugh Republican 4,901 6.69%
Fred Pieper Republican 4,211 5.75%
Michael Smitley Republican 2,716 3.71%

[edit] Democratic primary

Candidates Democratic Primary Election, Nov 6 [4]
Candidate Party Votes Percent
Robin Weirauch Democratic 31,744 72.12%
George Mays Democratic 12,274 27.88%

[edit] General Election

2007 Special Election for Ohio's 5th Congressional District
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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Elections set to fill seat of Ohio rep.", Guardian Unlimited, Associated Press, 2007-09-15. Retrieved on 2007-10-05. 
  2. ^ Former Ohio congressman's son elected to fill dad's old seat WNWO NBC 24 December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007
  3. ^ Ohio Secretary of State Retrieved November 7, 2007
  4. ^ Ohio Secretary of State Retrieved November 7, 2007

[edit] External links

[edit] Candidate Web Sites

[edit] Republican

[edit] Democratic