Ohio's 12th congressional district
U.S. House district for Ohio
Ohio's 12th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Population (2022) 793,038[1] Median household income $69,819[1] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+18[2]
Ohio's 12th congressional district is a United States congressional district in central Ohio, covering Athens County , Coshocton County , Fairfield County , Guernsey County , Knox County , Licking County , Morgan County , Muskingum County and Perry County along with parts of Delaware , Holmes and Tuscarawas counties.[3] The district includes communities east of Columbus including Zanesville , Cambridge , and Mount Vernon . It is currently represented by Troy Balderson , a member of the Republican Party. Balderson took office following a special election held on August 7, 2018, to replace Rep. Pat Tiberi , who had resigned on January 15, 2018. Balderson was then re-elected in the 2018 general election two months later.[4] [5]
From 2003 to 2013 the district included eastern Columbus, including most of its heavily African-American neighborhoods. The district also took in most of its northern suburbs, including Westerville . It was one of two districts that split the state's capital city, the other being the 15th District . For most of the time from the 1980s to the 2000s, it was considered to be less Republican than the 15th, in part due to its large black population. However, redistricting after the 2010 census drew nearly all of the 15th's black constituents into the 3rd District , while the 15th was pushed into more exurban and Republican areas north and east of the capital.
It has been in Republican hands since 1920, except for an eight-year stretch in the 1930s and a two-year term in 1980 where the Democratic Party held the seat; in both instances the Democratic incumbent was later defeated by a GOP challenger. In the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush narrowly won the district against John Kerry , 51% to 49%.[6] However, in the 2008 presidential election, Democratic candidate Barack Obama won the 12th district by a margin of 53% to 46%. After the 2011 redistricting cycle, the district has since been won in larger margins by Republican presidential candidates.[7]
In the 2018 special election, Balderson was endorsed by prominent Republicans including President Donald Trump , Governor of Ohio John Kasich (who represented the 12th from 1983 to 2001), and former Rep. Tiberi. The Democratic candidate was Danny O'Connor . The winner was not immediately clear following the unexpectedly competitive August 7 election.[5] Only on August 24 was Balderson officially declared the winner of the special election, which witnessed a significant swing away from the Republican Party as Balderson won with a margin of less than 1%, while fellow Republican Trump had carried the district by 11% in the 2016 presidential election .[5] In 2020 the district swung heavily back to the Republicans as Balderson won by over 14%.
Election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Year(s)
Cong ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
John Sloane (Wooster )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th 19th 20th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1822 .Re-elected in 1824 .Re-elected in 1826 . Lost re-election.
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
John Thomson (New Lisbon )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
21st 22nd
Elected in 1828 .Re-elected in 1830 .Redistricted to the 17th district .
Robert Mitchell (Zanesville )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
23rd
Elected in 1832 .[data missing ]
Elias Howell (Newark )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
24th
Elected in 1834 .[data missing ]
Alexander Harper (Zanesville )
Whig
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
25th
Elected in 1836 .[data missing ]
Jonathan Taylor (Newark )
Democratic
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
26th
Elected in 1838 .[data missing ]
Joshua Mathiot (Newark )
Whig
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
27th
Elected in 1840 .[data missing ]
Samuel Finley Vinton (Gallipolis )
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851
28th 29th 30th 31st
Elected in 1843 .Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 .[data missing ]
John Welch (Athens )
Whig
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1850 .[data missing ]
Edson B. Olds (Circleville )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1852 .[data missing ]
Samuel Galloway (Columbus )
Opposition
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1854 .[data missing ]
Samuel S. Cox (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
35th 36th 37th
Elected in 1856 .Re-elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 .Redistricted to the 7th district .
William E. Finck (Somerset )
Democratic
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
38th 39th
Elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .[data missing ]
Philadelph Van Trump (Lancaster )
Democratic
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873
40th 41st 42nd
Elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 .[data missing ]
Hugh J. Jewett (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – June 23, 1874
43rd
Elected in 1872 . Resigned to become President of the Erie Railroad .
Vacant
June 23, 1874 – December 7, 1874
William E. Finck (Somerset )
Democratic
December 7, 1874 – March 3, 1875
Elected to finish Jewett's term .[data missing ]
Ansel T. Walling (Circleville )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874 .[data missing ]
Thomas Ewing Jr. (Lancaster )
Democratic
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
45th
Elected in 1876 .Redistricted to the 10th district .
Henry S. Neal (Ironton )
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
46th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1878 .Redistricted to the 11th district .
George L. Converse (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1880 .Redistricted to the 13th district .
Alphonso Hart (Hillsboro )
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
Elected in 1882 .[data missing ]
Albert C. Thompson (Portsmouth )
Republican
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
49th
Elected in 1884 .Redistricted to the 11th district .
Jacob J. Pugsley (Hillsboro )
Republican
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
50th 51st
Elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .[data missing ]
William H. Enochs (Ironton )
Republican
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
52nd
Elected in 1890 .Redistricted to the 10th district .
Joseph H. Outhwaite (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1892 .[data missing ]
David K. Watson (Columbus )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
54th
Elected in 1894 .[data missing ]
John J. Lentz (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
55th 56th
Elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .[data missing ]
Emmett Tompkins (Columbus )
Republican
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
57th
Elected in 1900 .[data missing ]
De Witt C. Badger (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 .[data missing ]
Edward L. Taylor Jr. (Columbus )
Republican
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913
59th 60th 61st 62nd
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .[data missing ]
Clement L. Brumbaugh (Columbus )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921
63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired.
John C. Speaks (Columbus )
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 . Lost re-election.
Arthur P. Lamneck (Columbus )
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.
John M. Vorys (Columbus )
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.
Samuel L. Devine (Columbus )
Republican
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th
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 . Lost re-election.
Bob Shamansky (Columbus )
Democratic
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
97th
Elected in 1980 . Lost re-election.
John Kasich (Westerville )
Republican
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2001
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th
Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 . Retired to run for U.S. President .
Pat Tiberi (Galena )
Republican
January 3, 2001 – January 15, 2018
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th
Elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 . Resigned to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable.[8]
Vacant
January 15, 2018 – August 7, 2018
115th
Troy Balderson (Zanesville )
Republican
August 7, 2018[9] – present
115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected to finish Tiberi's term .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
Recent election results
The following chart shows historic election results.
Year
Democratic
Republican
Other
1920
Arthur P. Lamneck : 43,845
√ John C. Speaks : 62,247
Enoch B. Eubanks: 1,481
1922
H. Sage Valentine : 37,875
√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 47,265
William Garminden (SL ): 632
1924
Lowry F. Sater : 41,291
√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 58,705
1926
H. S. Atkinson : 31,724
√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 41,119
1928
Carl H. Valentine : 50,216
√ John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 82,574
1930
√ Arthur P. Lamneck : 59,330
John C. Speaks (Incumbent): 43,840
1932
√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 63,135
John C. Speaks : 62,704
1934
√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 63,396
John C. Speaks : 50,386
1936
√ Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 88,222
Grant P. Ward : 64,766
1938
Arthur P. Lamneck (Incumbent): 62,026
√ Jonn M. Vorys : 64,409
1940
Arthur P. Lamneck : 87,115
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 91,767
1942
Arthur P. Lamneck : 40,290
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 56,558
1944
Forrest F. Smith : 82,503
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 97,856
1946
Arthur P. Lamneck : 45,779
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 74,691
1948
Robert M. Draper : 87,770
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 95,575
1950
John W. Guy : 65,860
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 117,396
1952
George T. Tarbutton : 81,665
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 134,693
1954
Jacob F. Myers : 59,210
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 94,585
1956
Walter J. Shapter Jr. : 79,597
√ John M. Vorys (Incumbent): 128,682
1958
Walter J. Shapter Jr. : 84,470
√ Samuel L. Devine : 100,684
1960
Richard E. Liming : 90,894
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 140,236
1962
Paul D. Cassidy : 60,563
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 130,316
1964
Robert L. Van Heyde : 118,299
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 146,971
1966
Bob Shamansky : 39,140
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 70,102
1968
Herbert J. Pfeifer : 51,202
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 106,664
1970
James W. Goodrich : 60,538
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 82,486
1972
James W. Goodrich : 81,074
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 103,655
1974
Francine Ryan : 70,818
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 73,303
1976
Francine Ryan : 89,424
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 90,987
William Roger "Bill" Moss (I ): 15,429
1978
James L. Baumann : 61,698
√ Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 81,573
1980
√ Bob Shamansky : 108,690
Samuel L. Devine (Incumbent): 98,110
1982
Bob Shamansky (Incumbent): 82,753
√ John Kasich : 88,335
Russell A. Lewis (L ): 3,939
1984
Richard S. Sloan : 65,215
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 148,899
1986
Timothy C. Jochim : 42,727
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 117,905
1988
Mark P. Brown : 50,782
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 204,892
1990
Mike Gelpi : 50,784
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 130,495
1992
Bob Fitrakis : 68,761
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 170,297
1994
Cynthia L. Ruccia : 57,294
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 114,608
1996
Cynthia L. Ruccia : 78,762
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 151,667
Barbara Ann Edelman (N ): 7,005
1998
Edward S. Brown : 60,694
√ John Kasich (Incumbent): 124,197
2000
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy : 115,432
√ Pat Tiberi : 139,242
Charles Ed Jordan: 1,566 Nick Hogan (L ): 4,546 Gregory B. Richey (N ): 2,600
2002
Edward S. Brown : 64,707
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 116,982
2004
Edward S. Brown : 122,109
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 198,912
2006
Robert N. Shamansky : 126,573
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 198,723
2008 [10]
David Robinson : 152,234
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 197,447
Steven Linnabary (L): 10,707
2010 [11]
Paula Brooks : 110,307
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 150,163
Travis Irvine (L): 8,710
2012 [12]
Jim Reese : 134,614
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 233,874
2014 [13]
David Tibbs: 61,360
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 150,573
Bob Hart (G ): 9,148
2016 [14]
Ed Albertson: 112,638
√ Pat Tiberi (Incumbent): 251,266
Joe Manchik (G ): 13,474
Write-in: 156
2018 (Special) [15]
Danny O'Connor : 102,648
√ Troy Balderson : 104,328
Joe Manchik (G ): 1,165
2018 [16]
Danny O'Connor: 161,251
√ Troy Balderson (Incumbent): 175,677
Joe Manchik (G ): 4,718
Write-in: 71
2020
Alaina Shearer: 182,847
√ Troy Balderson (Incumbent): 241,790
John S. Stewart (L): 13,035
2022
Amy Rippel-Elton: 84,893
√ Troy Balderson (Incumbent): 191,344
Historical district boundaries
2003–2013
2013–2023
See also
References
^ a b "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2023 .
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^ "Ohio's 12th Congressional District" . Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
^ Ludlow, Randy (January 5, 2018). "Kasich sets primary for Tiberi seat for May 8; special election on Aug. 7" . The Columbus Dispatch . Retrieved January 11, 2018 .
^ a b c Weigel, David; Wagner, John (August 24, 2018). "After a lengthy vote count, Republican Troy Balderson declared the winner of Aug. 7 House special election in Ohio" . The Washington Post . Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
^ "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008" . Swing State Project . December 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009 .
^ "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2016, 2012, and 2008" . Daily Kos .
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^ "BALDERSON, Troy - Biographical Information" . bioguide.congress.gov .
^ Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
^ 2010 Election Results Archived copy at the Library of Congress (November 9, 2011)., Ohio Secretary of State, Retrieved December 17, 2010
^ "2012 Election Results" . Ohio Secretary of State.
^ "2014 Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State" . www.sos.state.oh.us . Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
^ "2016 Official Elections Results - Ohio Secretary of State" . www.sos.state.oh.us . Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
^ "Official Results - Most Populous - Summary" (PDF) . Franklin County Board of Elections . August 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
^ "Official Results - Most Populous - Summary" (PDF) . Franklin County Board of Elections . November 27, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
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