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(Top) 1 Geography 1.1 Counties 1.2 List of largest municipalities 2 Election results from statewide races 3 List of members representing the district 4 Election results 4.1 2010 4.2 2012 4.3 2014 4.4 2016 4.5 2018 4.6 2020 4.7 2022 5 Historical district boundaries 6 See also 7 References

Ohio's 5th congressional district

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Ohio's 5th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Bob Latta R–Bowling Green
Distribution	62.27% urban^[1] 37.73% rural
Population (2022)	785,544^[2]
Median household income	$64,333^[2]
Ethnicity	83.9% White 7.3% Hispanic 3.7% Two or more races 3.7% Black 0.9% Asian 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+15^[3]

Ohio's 5th congressional district is in northwestern and north central Ohio and borders Indiana. The district is currently represented by Republican Bob Latta.

Geography[edit]

Counties[edit]

List of largest municipalities[edit]

The largest municipalities^[4] represented in this district include:

Lorain, population 65,211
Elyria, population 52,656
Findlay, population 40,313
North Ridgeville, population 35,280
Bowling Green, population 30,808
Avon Lake, population 25,206
Avon, population 24,847
Tiffin, population 17,706
Norwalk, population 17,068
Fostoria(*), population 13,046
Amherst, population 12,681
Bucyrus, population 11,684
Van Wert, population 11,092
Celina, population 10,935
Galion(*), population 10,453

(*) Denotes that area of the city is located in another congressional district.

Election results from statewide races[edit]

Year	President	Result
2000	President	George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 37%
2004	President	George W. Bush 61% - John Kerry 39%
2008	President	John McCain 52% - Barack Obama 46%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53.9% - Barack Obama 44.1%
2016	President	Donald Trump 59.7% - Hillary Clinton 34.6%
2020	President	Donald Trump 61.1% - Joe Biden 36.7%

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1813
James Kilbourne (Worthington)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Philemon Beecher (Lancaster)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Joseph Vance (Urbana)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.
John Wilson Campbell (West Union)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	18th 19th
William Russell (West Union)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
Thomas L. Hamer (Georgetown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. [data missing]
Thomas L. Hamer (Georgetown)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th
William Doan (Withamsville)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.
William Sawyer (St. Marys)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Lost re-election.
Emery D. Potter (Toledo)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Alfred Edgerton (Hicksville)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
Richard Mott (Toledo)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
Richard Mott (Toledo)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
James Mitchell Ashley (Toledo)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Francis Celeste Le Blond (Celina)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data missing]
William Mungen (Findlay)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
Charles Nelson Lamison (Lima)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. [data missing]
Americus Vespucius Rice (Ottawa)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
Benjamin Le Fevre (Sidney)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 4th district.
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Benjamin Le Fevre (Maplewood)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. [data missing]
George E. Seney (Tiffin)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Fernando C. Layton (Wapakoneta)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dennis D. Donovan (Deshler)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]
Francis B. De Witt (Paulding)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data missing]
David Meekison (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Retired.
William W. Campbell (Napoleon)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.
Timothy T. Ansberry (Defiance)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 9, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned when appointed to the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Vacant		January 9, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Nelson E. Matthews (Ottawa)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
John S. Snook (Paulding)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
Charles J. Thompson (Defiance)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1931	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Frank C. Kniffin (Napoleon)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Cliff Clevenger (Bryan)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Retired.
Del Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
Paul Gillmor (Old Fort)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – September 5, 2007	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Died.
Vacant		September 5, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110th
Bob Latta (Bowling Green)	Republican	December 11, 2007 – present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish Gillmor's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results[edit]

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1812	District created following the 1810 census.
...
1920	Newt Bronson: 25,395	Charles J. Thompson: 40,381
1922	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,067	Charles J. Thompson: 31,700
1924	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,245	Charles J. Thompson: 31,045
1926	Frank C. Kniffin: 23,022	Charles J. Thompson: 23,638
1928	Frank C. Kniffin: 31,385	Charles J. Thompson: 36,096
1930	Frank C. Kniffin: 29,117	Charles J. Thompson: 27,497
1932	Frank C. Kniffin: 44,433	William L. Manahan: 29,605
1934	Frank C. Kniffin: 34,249	Davis B. Johnson: 27,423
1936	Frank C. Kniffin: 41,693	Stephan S. Beard: 33,212	Fred L. Hay: 3,663
1938	Frank C. Kniffin: 28,109	Cliff Clevenger: 37,027
1940	C. H. Armbruster: 31,063	Cliff Clevenger: 48,040
1942	Ferdinand E. Warren: 17,514	Cliff Clevenger: 30,667
1944	T. Walter Williams: 22,740	Cliff Clevenger: 48,490
1946	Willard Thomas: 20,163	Cliff Clevenger: 30,623
1948	Dan Batt: 32,076	Cliff Clevenger: 34,950
1950	Dan Batt: 26,689	Cliff Clevenger: 36,096
1952	Dan Batt: 42,104	Cliff Clevenger: 72,168
1954	Martin W. Feigert: 33,483	Cliff Clevenger: 49,265
1956	George E. Rafferty: 42,181	Cliff Clevenger: 69,774
1958	George E. Rafferty: 44,971	Delbert L. Latta: 52,612
1960	Tom T. McRitchie: 41,375	Delbert L. Latta: 85,175
1962	William T. Hunt: 29,114	Delbert L. Latta: 69,272
1964	Milford Landis: 41,621	Delbert L. Latta: 80,394
1966	John H. Shock: 26,503	Delbert L. Latta: 80,906
1968	Louis Richard Batzler: 45,884	Delbert L. Latta: 113,381
1970	Carl G. Sherer: 37,545	Delbert L. Latta: 92,577
1972	Bruce Edwards: 49,465	Delbert L. Latta: 132,032
1974	Bruce Edwards: 53,391	Delbert L. Latta: 89,161
1976	Bruce Edwards: 60,304	Delbert L. Latta: 124,910
1978	James R. Sherck: 51,071	Delbert L. Latta: 85,547
1980	James R. Sherck: 57,704	Delbert L. Latta: 137,003
1982	James R. Sherck: 70,120	Delbert L. Latta: 86,450
1984	James R. Sherck: 78,809	Delbert L. Latta: 132,582
1986	Tom Murray: 54,864	Delbert L. Latta: 102,016
1988	Tom Murray: 80,472	Paul E. Gillmor: 128,838
1990	P. Scott Mange: 41,693	Paul E. Gillmor: 113,615	John E. Jackson: 10,612
1992		Paul E. Gillmor: 187,860
1994	Jarrod Tudor: 49,335	Paul E. Gillmor: 135,879
1996	Annie Saunders: 81,170	Paul E. Gillmor: 145,892	David J. Schaffer (N): 11,461
1998	Susan Davenport Darrow: 61,926	Paul E. Gillmor: 123,979
2000	Dannie Edmon: 62,138	Paul E. Gillmor: 169,857	John F. Green (L): 5,464 David J. Schaffer (N): 5,881
2002	Roger Anderson: 51,872	Paul E. Gillmor: 126,286	John F. Green: 10,096
2004	Robin Weirauch: 95,481	Paul E. Gillmor: 194,559
2006	Robin Weirauch: 95,955	Paul E. Gillmor : 126,898
2007*	Robin Weirauch: 32,246	Robert E. Latta: 41,740
2008	George Mays: 105,840	Robert E. Latta: 188,905	^[5]
2012^[6]	Angela Zimmann: 137,806	Robert E. Latta: 201,514	Eric Eberly (L) : 12,558
2014^[7]	Robert Fry: 57,328	Robert E. Latta: 132,448	Eric Eberly (L) : 9,142
2016	James L. Neu Jr.: 100,392	Robert E. Latta: 244,599
2018	J. Michael Galbraith: 99,655	Robert E. Latta: 176,569	Don Kissick (L): 7,393
2020	Nick Rubando: 120,962	Robert E. Latta: 257,019
2022	Craig Swartz: 92,634	Robert E. Latta: 187,303

2010[edit]

Ohio's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta*	140,703	67.82
	Democratic	Caleb Finkenbiner	54,919	26.47
	Libertarian	Brian Smith	11,831	5.70
Total votes			207,453	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	201,514	57.3
	Democratic	Angela Zimmann	137,806	39.2
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	12,558	3.5
Total votes			351,878	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	134,449	66.5
	Democratic	Robert Fry	58,507	28.9
	Libertarian	Eric Eberly	9,344	4.6
Total votes			202,300	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	244,599	70.9
	Democratic	James L. Neu Jr.	100,392	29.1
Total votes			344,991	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	176,569	62.3
	Democratic	J. Michael Galbraith	99,655	35.1
	Libertarian	Don Kissick	7,393	2.6
Total votes			283,617	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2020)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	257,019	68.0
	Democratic	Nick Rubando	120,962	32.0
Total votes			377,981	100.0
	Republican hold

2022[edit]

Ohio's 5th congressional district (2022)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta (incumbent)	187,303	66.9
	Democratic	Craig Swartz	92,634	33.1
Total votes			279,937	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003–2013

2013–2023

References[edit]

^ Geography. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based) Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

^ ^a ^b "My Congressional District". US Census. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

^ "U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

^ Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009

^ "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.

^ "2014 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present