Election 1996 Results
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1996 US House elections in Ohio
Ohio elected 19 members of the House in 1996: Democrats won 8 seats and Republicans 11.
The closest was the 6th district, decided by 2.7 points: Ted Strickland (Democrat) beat Frank A. Cremeans (Republican), 51.3% to 48.7%, a margin of 2.7 points and 6,096 votes.
In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 62 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 26. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 542,400 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.7 points. The closest was Gallia, where 10 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Every district
| District | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Others | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark P. Longabaugh | 94,719 (43.4%) | Steve Chabot | 118,324 (54.2%) | 5,381 | R+10.8 |
| 2 | Thomas R. Chandler | 58,715 (22.6%) | Rob Portman | 186,853 (72.0%) | 13,905 | R+49.4 |
| 3 | Tony P. Hall | 144,583 (63.6%) | David A. Westbrock | 75,732 (33.3%) | 6,888 | D+30.3 |
| 4 | Paul Anthony McClain | 69,096 (30.3%) | Michael G. Oxley | 147,608 (64.8%) | 11,057 | R+34.5 |
| 5 | Annie Saunders | 81,170 (34.0%) | Paul E. Gilmor | 145,892 (61.2%) | 11,461 | R+27.1 |
| 6 | Ted Strickland | 118,003 (51.3%) | Frank A. Cremeans | 111,907 (48.7%) | 16 | D+2.7 |
| 7 | Richard K. Blain | 61,419 (26.4%) | David L. Hobson | 158,087 (67.8%) | 13,495 | R+41.5 |
| 8 | Jeffrey D. Kitchen | 61,515 (26.1%) | John A. Boehner | 165,815 (70.3%) | 8,613 | R+44.2 |
| 9 | Marcy Kaptur | 170,617 (77.1%) | Randy Whitman | 46,040 (20.8%) | 4,677 | D+56.3 |
| 10 | Dennis J. Kucinich | 110,723 (49.1%) | Martin R. Hoke | 104,546 (46.3%) | 10,427 | D+2.7 |
| 11 | Louis Stokes | 153,546 (81.2%) | James J. Sykora | 28,821 (15.2%) | 6,672 | D+66.0 |
| 12 | Cynthia L. Ruccia | 78,762 (33.2%) | John R. Kasich | 151,667 (63.9%) | 7,005 | R+30.7 |
| 13 | Sherrod Brown | 148,690 (60.8%) | Kenneth C. Blair Jr. | 87,108 (35.6%) | 8,707 | D+25.2 |
| 14 | Thomas C. Sawyer | 124,136 (54.3%) | Joyce George | 95,307 (41.7%) | 8,992 | D+12.6 |
| 15 | Cliff Arnebeck Jr. | 64,665 (29.2%) | Deborah Pryce | 156,776 (70.8%) | R+41.6 | |
| 16 | Thomas E. Burkhart | 64,902 (28.0%) | Ralph Regula | 159,314 (68.7%) | 7,611 | R+40.7 |
| 17 | James A. Traficant Jr. | 218,283 (91.0%) | none | 21,685 | D+91.0 | |
| 18 | Robert L. Burch | 108,332 (46.3%) | Robert W. Ney | 117,365 (50.2%) | 8,146 | R+3.9 |
| 19 | Thomas J. Coyne Jr. | 101,152 (41.0%) | Steven C. Latourette | 135,012 (54.7%) | 10,655 | R+13.7 |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga | 324,417 59.8% | 195,731 36.1% | 22,252 | 542,400 | D+23.7 |
| Franklin | 123,998 33.5% | 241,860 65.3% | 4,728 | 370,586 | R+31.8 |
| Hamilton | 125,393 34.6% | 224,939 62.1% | 12,087 | 362,419 | R+27.5 |
| Montgomery | 144,931 63.4% | 76,580 33.5% | 6,954 | 228,465 | D+29.9 |
| Summit | 116,103 54.6% | 88,772 41.7% | 7,932 | 212,807 | D+12.8 |
| Lucas | 137,845 78.2% | 34,417 19.5% | 3,905 | 176,167 | D+58.7 |
| Stark | 44,687 28.5% | 107,213 68.3% | 5,141 | 157,041 | R+39.8 |
| Butler | 32,693 27.6% | 81,652 69.0% | 4,042 | 118,387 | R+41.4 |
| Mahoning | 106,545 92.0% | 0 0.0% | 9,312 | 115,857 | D+92.0 |
| Lorain | 67,119 64.9% | 32,356 31.3% | 4,007 | 103,482 | D+33.6 |
| Trumbull | 82,717 88.3% | 3,075 3.3% | 7,920 | 93,712 | D+85.0 |
| Lake | 28,895 32.3% | 56,609 63.3% | 3,940 | 89,444 | R+31.0 |
| Clermont | 13,995 22.6% | 43,992 71.0% | 3,961 | 61,948 | R+48.4 |
| Greene | 14,806 24.9% | 41,072 69.1% | 3,590 | 59,468 | R+44.2 |
| Licking | 17,601 30.8% | 37,138 65.1% | 2,352 | 57,091 | R+34.2 |
| Clark | 17,101 30.2% | 36,728 64.9% | 2,734 | 56,563 | R+34.7 |
| Medina | 31,942 56.5% | 22,531 39.9% | 2,060 | 56,533 | D+16.6 |
| Portage | 32,189 57.3% | 21,000 37.4% | 2,944 | 56,133 | D+19.9 |
| Warren | 15,436 28.6% | 36,591 67.8% | 1,925 | 53,952 | R+39.2 |
| Richland | 15,718 32.0% | 31,318 63.8% | 2,036 | 49,072 | R+31.8 |
| Wood | 24,760 51.0% | 22,410 46.2% | 1,342 | 48,512 | D+4.8 |
| Fairfield | 12,492 26.4% | 31,891 67.5% | 2,881 | 47,264 | R+41.0 |
| Allen | 12,962 30.1% | 28,515 66.2% | 1,598 | 43,075 | R+36.1 |
| Columbiana | 36,726 87.6% | 195 0.5% | 4,997 | 41,918 | D+87.1 |
| Delaware | 7,993 19.6% | 31,493 77.4% | 1,195 | 40,681 | R+57.8 |
| Wayne | 9,682 24.5% | 28,639 72.3% | 1,274 | 39,595 | R+47.9 |
| Miami | 9,884 25.3% | 27,552 70.6% | 1,569 | 39,005 | R+45.3 |
| Geauga | 17,269 46.6% | 18,725 50.6% | 1,048 | 37,042 | R+3.9 |
| Ashtabula | 16,069 43.5% | 19,051 51.6% | 1,833 | 36,953 | R+8.1 |
| Jefferson | 20,383 59.3% | 12,896 37.5% | 1,101 | 34,380 | D+21.8 |
| Tuscarawas | 17,383 51.0% | 15,456 45.4% | 1,237 | 34,076 | D+5.7 |
| Erie | 13,311 40.9% | 17,725 54.4% | 1,525 | 32,561 | R+13.6 |
| Muskingum | 12,601 38.8% | 18,706 57.6% | 1,178 | 32,485 | R+18.8 |
| Scioto | 17,908 58.3% | 12,820 41.7% | 9 | 30,737 | D+16.6 |
| Belmont | 15,280 50.3% | 14,389 47.4% | 709 | 30,378 | D+2.9 |
| Hancock | 7,534 26.4% | 19,309 67.8% | 1,651 | 28,494 | R+41.3 |
| Washington | 11,831 46.6% | 13,574 53.4% | 2 | 25,407 | R+6.9 |
| Sandusky | 8,576 34.4% | 14,619 58.7% | 1,726 | 24,921 | R+24.2 |
| Ross | 11,283 46.5% | 12,347 50.9% | 639 | 24,269 | R+4.4 |
| Marion | 8,758 36.8% | 13,708 57.6% | 1,351 | 23,817 | R+20.8 |
| Athens | 15,259 65.2% | 8,137 34.8% | 1 | 23,397 | D+30.4 |
| Seneca | 7,580 32.4% | 14,650 62.6% | 1,156 | 23,386 | R+30.2 |
| Lawrence | 12,346 53.6% | 10,704 46.4% | 23,050 | D+7.1 | |
| Darke | 5,041 22.4% | 16,753 74.3% | 741 | 22,535 | R+52.0 |
| Huron | 8,401 41.4% | 10,643 52.5% | 1,239 | 20,283 | R+11.1 |
| Auglaize | 4,874 25.0% | 13,818 70.8% | 816 | 19,508 | R+45.8 |
| Crawford | 5,422 28.4% | 12,836 67.2% | 841 | 19,099 | R+38.8 |
| Ashland | 6,022 31.8% | 12,300 64.9% | 638 | 18,960 | R+33.1 |
| Ottawa | 9,385 50.3% | 8,741 46.9% | 529 | 18,655 | D+3.5 |
| Knox | 5,919 31.8% | 11,500 61.9% | 1,171 | 18,590 | R+30.0 |
| Fulton | 12,025 67.2% | 5,597 31.3% | 266 | 17,888 | D+35.9 |
| Shelby | 4,417 24.9% | 12,483 70.4% | 834 | 17,734 | R+45.5 |
| Mercer | 4,357 25.1% | 12,413 71.4% | 619 | 17,389 | R+46.3 |
| Logan | 4,168 24.8% | 11,570 69.0% | 1,038 | 16,776 | R+44.1 |
| Preble | 4,554 27.2% | 11,488 68.7% | 672 | 16,714 | R+41.5 |
| Pickaway | 4,188 26.3% | 10,828 68.1% | 884 | 15,900 | R+41.8 |
| Putnam | 3,468 22.2% | 11,649 74.4% | 534 | 15,651 | R+52.3 |
| Defiance | 4,996 32.2% | 9,862 63.6% | 640 | 15,498 | R+31.4 |
| Williams | 4,512 29.7% | 9,821 64.7% | 851 | 15,184 | R+35.0 |
| Guernsey | 6,324 42.2% | 8,278 55.2% | 389 | 14,991 | R+13.0 |
| Brown | 4,031 27.6% | 9,789 66.9% | 804 | 14,624 | R+39.4 |
| Highland | 6,631 45.9% | 7,808 54.1% | 14,439 | R+8.2 | |
| Champaign | 3,696 25.7% | 9,793 68.2% | 868 | 14,357 | R+42.5 |
| Union | 3,002 20.9% | 10,419 72.6% | 935 | 14,356 | R+51.7 |
| Clinton | 5,793 41.1% | 8,290 58.9% | 14,083 | R+17.7 | |
| Coshocton | 5,209 37.0% | 8,436 59.9% | 431 | 14,076 | R+22.9 |
| Madison | 3,113 24.1% | 9,783 75.9% | 12,896 | R+51.7 | |
| Van Wert | 4,032 31.7% | 8,312 65.4% | 356 | 12,700 | R+33.7 |
| Henry | 3,229 25.8% | 8,799 70.2% | 499 | 12,527 | R+44.5 |
| Gallia | 6,129 50.0% | 6,139 50.0% | 12,268 | R+0.1 | |
| Perry | 4,943 42.0% | 6,259 53.2% | 555 | 11,757 | R+11.2 |
| Jackson | 5,893 50.7% | 5,741 49.3% | 11,634 | D+1.3 | |
| Morrow | 3,644 31.6% | 7,064 61.3% | 818 | 11,526 | R+29.7 |
| Carroll | 4,788 41.6% | 6,197 53.9% | 520 | 11,505 | R+12.2 |
| Hardin | 3,549 31.2% | 7,343 64.5% | 492 | 11,384 | R+33.3 |
| Pike | 6,347 59.6% | 4,304 40.4% | 10,651 | D+19.2 | |
| Hocking | 5,150 51.7% | 4,818 48.3% | 9,968 | D+3.3 | |
| Adams | 2,752 28.5% | 6,402 66.3% | 509 | 9,663 | R+37.8 |
| Wyandot | 3,039 32.1% | 6,015 63.6% | 401 | 9,455 | R+31.5 |
| Fayette | 2,043 21.9% | 6,880 73.9% | 389 | 9,312 | R+51.9 |
| Meigs | 5,303 57.0% | 3,998 43.0% | 9,301 | D+14.0 | |
| Holmes | 1,776 19.9% | 6,902 77.5% | 232 | 8,910 | R+57.5 |
| Paulding | 2,923 34.8% | 5,172 61.5% | 315 | 8,410 | R+26.7 |
| Harrison | 3,885 52.3% | 3,304 44.5% | 240 | 7,429 | D+7.8 |
| Monroe | 3,479 50.5% | 3,249 47.2% | 162 | 6,890 | D+3.3 |
| Morgan | 1,972 33.6% | 3,710 63.2% | 189 | 5,871 | R+29.6 |
| Noble | 2,029 37.1% | 3,303 60.5% | 132 | 5,464 | R+23.3 |
| Vinton | 2,574 55.3% | 2,080 44.7% | 4,654 | D+10.6 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Ohio in every House election we hold
| Year | Seats | House vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D 5, R 10 | R+13.0 |
| 2022 | D 5, R 10 | R+12.9 |
| 2020 | D 4, R 12 | R+13.9 |
| 2018 | D 4, R 12 | R+4.7 |
| 2016 | D 4, R 12 | R+16.1 |
| 2014 | D 4, R 12 | R+19.7 |
| 2012 | D 4, R 12 | R+4.0 |
| 2010 | D 5, R 13 | R+11.6 |
| 2008 | D 10, R 8 | D+4.8 |
| 2006 | D 7, R 11 | D+5.3 |
| 2004 | D 6, R 12 | R+2.6 |
| 2002 | D 6, R 12 | R+14.1 |
| 2000 | D 8, R 11 | R+3.0 |
| 1998 | D 8, R 11 | R+4.7 |
| 1996 | D 8, R 11 | R+3.6 |
| 1994 | D 6, R 13 | R+18.1 |
| 1992 | D 10, R 9 | D+1.0 |
| 1990 | D 11, R 10 | D+6.3 |