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Ohio's 11th congressional district

U.S. House district for Ohio

Field	Value
state	Ohio
district number	11
image name	{{switcher
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representative	Shontel Brown
party	Democratic
residence	Warrensville Heights
percent urban	100.00
percent rural	0.00
population	759,075
population year	2024
median income	$56,120
percent white	40.7
percent hispanic	7.9
percent black	44.0
percent asian	2.9
percent more than one race	3.7
percent other race	0.7
cpvi	D+28

| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections | percent more than one race = 3.7

Ohio's 11th congressional district (also known as "Ohio 11") encompasses portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland. It has been represented by Democrat Shontel Brown since 2021.

Ohio has had at least 11 congressional districts since the 1820 census. The district's current general location dates from the 1990 census, when most of the old 21st District was combined with portions of the old 20th District to form the new 11th District centered around Cleveland. Parts of Akron were added to the district when the congressional map was redrawn after the 2010 census, when Ohio lost two seats in the House of Representatives. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28; it is the most Democratic district in Ohio.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map on the basis of unconstitutional gerrymandering. The lawsuit described the 11th District at the time as "a detached shoulder blade with a robotic arm" extending southward from Cleveland to grab its share of Akron. The current district, redistricted again following the 2020 Census and a variety of related constitutional and legislative initiatives and proposals, is a more compact district entirely in Cuyahoga County, including all of Cleveland. Any portion of the county that is not in the 11th is in the .

Following Marcia L. Fudge's resignation on March 10, 2021, a special election was held, with a primary on August 3 and the general election on November 2, as mandated by Ohio law. Shontel Brown won the election, and was sworn in on November 4.

History

The modern-era 11th district came to be as a result of redistricting following the 1990 census, and taking effect for the 1992 election. From then until 2023, it covered eastern Cleveland, including most of that city's majority-black precincts. From 2013 to 2023, it covered portions of Akron.

Following the retirement of Louis Stokes—who was redistricted from the now defunct 21st district to the redrawn 11th, and served three terms there—Stephanie Tubbs Jones served from 1999 through August 20, 2008, when she died in office. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland ordered a special election on November 18, 2008, to fill the remaining month of Jones's term. In addition, the seat was up for election during the November 4, 2008 general election, with the winner of that election to serve a full term beginning on January 3, 2009. Marcia Fudge—the mayor of Warrensville Heights (a Cleveland suburb)—won both the general and special elections and was sworn in on November 19, 2008.

Fudge served eight terms (the last month of Jones's fifth term, followed by six full terms, then three months of another) when she resigned on March 10, 2021, to join President Joe Biden's cabinet as HUD Secretary. In 2021 a special election was held to fill the vacancy, which Cuyahoga County Council member and Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair Shontel Brown won.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:

Cuyahoga County (32)

: Beachwood, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Bratenahl, Chagrin Falls (part; also 7th), Chagrin Falls Township, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hunting Valley, Lakewood, Lyndhurst, Maple Heights, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Orange, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, Warrensville Heights, Woodmere

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
	2008	President	Obama 80% - 19%
	2012	President	Obama 82% - 18%
2016	President	Clinton 79% - 18%
Senate	Strickland 70% - 25%
2018	Senate	Brown 83% - 17%
Governor	Cordray 78% - 20%
Secretary of State	Clyde 79% - 19%
Treasurer	Richardson Jr. 79% - 21%
Auditor	Space 78% - 18%
Attorney General	Dettelbach 81% - 19%
	2020	President	Biden 78% - 21%
2022	Senate	Ryan 80% - 20%
Governor	Whaley 70% - 30%
Secretary of State	Clark 74% - 25%
Treasurer	Schertzer 75% - 25%
Auditor	Sappington 75% - 25%
Attorney General	Crossman 73% - 27%
2024	President	Harris 77% - 22%
Senate	Brown 78% - 19%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong
ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
[[File:John Crafts Wright.jpeg	100px]]
John C. Wright
(Steubenville)		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		Elected in 1822.
Reelected in 1824.
Reelected in 1826.
Lost reelection.
	Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
John M. Goodenow
(Steubenville)		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1829 –
April 9, 1830		Elected in 1828.
Resigned to become Judge the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Vacant	nowrap	April 9, 1830 –
December 6, 1830
[[File:HumphreyHoweLeavitt.jpg	100px]]
Humphrey H. Leavitt
(Steubenville)		Jacksonian	nowrap	December 6, 1830 –
March 3, 1833		Elected to finish Goodenow's term.
Reelected in 1830.
Redistricted to the .
James M. Bell
(Cambridge)		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		Elected in 1832.

[[File:William Kennon, Sr.jpg	100px]]
William Kennon Sr.
(St. Clairsville)		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		Elected in 1834.

James Alexander Jr.
(St. Clairsville)		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839		Elected in 1836.

Isaac Parrish
(Cambridge)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841		Elected in 1838.

Benjamin S. Cowen
(St. Clairsville)		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		Elected in 1840.

[[File:Jacob Brinkerhoff.png	100px]]
Jacob Brinkerhoff
(Mansfield)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847		Elected in 1843.
Reelected in 1844.

John K. Miller
(Mount Vernon)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		Elected in 1846.
Reelected in 1848.

George H. Busby
(Marion)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		Elected in 1850.

Thomas Ritchey
(Somerset)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		Elected in 1852.

[[File:Valentine B. Horton-ppmsca.26742.jpg	100px]]
Valentine B. Horton
(Pomeroy)		Opposition	nowrap	March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		Elected in 1854.
Reelected in 1856.

	Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
[[File:Charles D. Martin from find-a-grave.jpg	100px]]
Charles D. Martin
(Lancaster)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861		Elected in 1858.

[[File:Valentine B. Horton-ppmsca.26742.jpg	100px]]
Valentine B. Horton
(Pomeroy)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		Elected in 1860.

[[File:Wells A. Hutchins Brady Handy.01000.jpg	100px]]
Wells A. Hutchins
(Portsmouth)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		Elected in 1862.

[[File:Hezekiah S. Bundy 002.png	100px]]
Hezekiah S. Bundy
(Reeds Mill)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867		Elected in 1864.

[[File:Hon. John T. Wilson, Ohio - NARA - 527371.jpg	100px]]
John Thomas Wilson
(Tranquility)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1873		Elected in 1866.
Reelected in 1868.
Reelected in 1870.

[[File:Hezekiah S. Bundy 002.png	100px]]
Hezekiah S. Bundy
(Wellston)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		Elected in 1872.

[[File:John L. Vance 1897.jpg	100px]]
John L. Vance
(Gallipolis)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		Elected in 1874.

[[File:HSNeal.jpg	100px]]
Henry S. Neal
(Ironton)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879		Elected in 1876.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Henry L. Dickey Brady Handy.04641.jpg	100px]]
Henry L. Dickey
(Greenfield)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881		Redistricted from the and reelected in 1878.

[[File:HSNeal.jpg	100px]]
Henry S. Neal
(Ironton)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		Redistricted from the and reelected in 1880.

[[File:John Watts McCormick.jpg	100px]]
John W. McCormick
(Gallipolis)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882.

William W. Ellsberry
(Georgetown)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887		Elected in 1884.

[[File:Albert C Thompson.jpg	100px]]
Albert C. Thompson
(Portsmouth)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891		Redistricted from the and reelected in 1886.
Reelected in 1888.

[[File:John M. Pattison 002.png	100px]]
John M. Pattison
(Milford)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		Elected in 1890.
Lost reelection.
[[File:Charles H. Grosvenor 002.png	100px]]
Charles H. Grosvenor
(Athens)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1907		Elected in 1892.
Reelected in 1894.
Reelected in 1896.
Reelected in 1898.
Reelected in 1900.
Reelected in 1902.
Reelected in 1904.

[[File:Albert Douglas.png	100px]]
Albert Douglas
(Chillicothe)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911		Elected in 1906.
Reelected in 1908.

[[File:Horatio C. Claypool-hec.17008.jpg	100px]]
Horatio C. Claypool
(Chillicothe)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1915		Elected in 1910
Reelected in 1912.

[[File:Edwin D. Ricketts npcc.20877.jpg	100px]]
Edwin D. Ricketts
(Logan)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1917		Elected in 1914.

[[File:Horatio C. Claypool-hec.17008.jpg	100px]]
Horatio C. Claypool
(Chillicothe)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919		Elected in 1916.

[[File:Edwin D. Ricketts npcc.00898.jpg	100px]]
Edwin D. Ricketts
(Logan)		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1923		Elected in 1918.
Reelected in 1920.

[[File:Mell G. Underwood-npcc.09863.jpg	100px]]
Mell G. Underwood
(New Lexington)		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1923 –
April 10, 1936		Elected in 1922.
Reelected in 1924.
Reelected in 1926.
Reelected in 1928.
Reelected in 1930.
Reelected in 1932.
Reelected in 1934.
Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Vacant	nowrap	April 10, 1936 –
November 3, 1936
Peter F. Hammond
(Lancaster)		Democratic	nowrap	November 3, 1936 –
January 3, 1937	Elected to finish Underwood's term.
Retired.
Harold K. Claypool
(Chillicothe)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943		Elected in 1936.
Reelected in 1938.
Reelected in 1940.
Lost reelection.
[[File:Walter Ellsworth Brehm.jpg	100px]]
Walter E. Brehm
(Millersport)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1953		Elected in 1942.
Reelected in 1944.
Reelected in 1946.
Reelected in 1948.
Reelected in 1950.
Retired.
[[File:Oliver P. Bolton 84th Congress 1955.jpg	100px]]
Oliver P. Bolton
(Mentor)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1957		Elected in 1952.
Reelected in 1954.
Retired.
[[File:David S. Dennison, Jr.jpg	100px]]
David S. Dennison
(Warren)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959		Elected in 1956.
Lost reelection.
[[File:Robert E. Cook 87th Congress 1961.jpg	100px]]
Robert E. Cook
(Ravenna)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963		Elected in 1958.
Reelected in 1960.
Lost reelection.
[[File:Oliver P. Bolton 88th Congress 1963.jpg	100px]]
Oliver P. Bolton
(Mentor)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965		Elected in 1962.
Redistricted to the and lost reelection.
[[File:J. William Stanton, 1969.jpg	100px]]
J. William Stanton
(Painesville)		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1983		Elected in 1964.
Reelected in 1966.
Reelected in 1968.
Reelected in 1970.
Reelected in 1972.
Reelected in 1974.
Reelected in 1976.
Reelected in 1978.
Reelected in 1980.
Retired.
[[File:Dennis E. Eckart 97th Congress 1981.jpg	100px]]
Dennis E. Eckart
(Mentor)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993		Redistricted from the and reelected in 1982.
Reelected in 1984.
Reelected in 1986.
Reelected in 1988.
Reelected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 19th district and retired.
[[File:Louis Stokes 105th Congress 1997.jpg	100px]]
Louis Stokes
(Shaker Heights)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1999		Redistricted from the and reelected in 1992.
Reelected in 1994.
Reelected in 1996.
Retired.
[[File:Stephanie Tubbs Jones official headshot.jpg	100px]]
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
(Cleveland)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1999 –
August 20, 2008		Elected in 1998.
Reelected in 2000.
Reelected in 2002.
Reelected in 2004.
Reelected in 2006.
Ran for re-election, but died.
Vacant	nowrap	August 20, 2008 –
November 18, 2008
[[File:Marcia Fudge 116th Congress photo.jpg	100px]]
Marcia Fudge
(Warrensville Heights)		Democratic	nowrap	November 18, 2008 –
March 10, 2021		Elected to finish Jones's term.
Elected to full term in 2008.
Reelected in 2010.
Reelected in 2012.
Reelected in 2014.
Reelected in 2016.
Reelected in 2018.
Reelected in 2020.
Resigned to become HUD Secretary.
Vacant	nowrap	March 10, 2021 –
November 4, 2021
[[File:Shontel Brown 116th Congress.jpg	100px]]
Shontel Brown
(Warrensville Heights)		Democratic	nowrap	November 4, 2021 –
present		Elected to finish Fudge's term.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Election results

This is an incomplete list of historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 31,359	√ Edwin D. Ricketts (incumbent): 33,524
1922	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,058	Edwin D. Ricketts (incumbent): 27,162
1924	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 35,696	Edwin D. Ricketts: 24,270
1926	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 29,950	Walter S. Barrett: 18,300
1928	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 34,257	Edwin D. Ricketts: 30,574
1930	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 37,887	Ned Thacher: 21,339
1932	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 44,380	David J. Lewis: 26,075
1934	√ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 36,020	Renick W. Dunlap: 26,723
1936	√ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 41,773	L. P. Mooney: 33,249
1938	√ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 33,764	Tom P. White: 31,004
1940	√ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 43,548	Ray W. Davis: 37,398
1942	Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 19,817	√ Walter E. Brehm: 31,385
1944	Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 33,098	√ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 28,263
1946	Lester S. Reid: 20,543	√ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 31,576
1948	Joseph C. Allen: 32,667	√ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 33,796
1950	Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 29,687	√ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 33,648
1952	Robert J. Kilpatrick: 63,930	√ Oliver P. Bolton: 91,204
1954	Edward C. Kaley: 39,404	√ Oliver P. Bolton (incumbent): 74,065
1956	James P. Bennett: 68,831	√ David S. Dennison Jr.: 96,707
1958	√ Robert E. Cook: 79,468	David S. Dennison Jr. (incumbent): 78,501
1960	√ Robert E. Cook (incumbent): 104,183	David S. Dennison Jr.: 99,991
1962	Robert E. Cook (incumbent): 72,936	√ Oliver P. Bolton: 74,573
1964	C. D. Lambros: 82,728	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 102,619
1966	James F. Henderson: 38,206	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 86,273
1968	Alan D. Wright: 38,063	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 116,323
1970	Ralph Rudd: 42,542	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 91,437
1972	Dennis M. Callahan: 49,891	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 106,841
1974	Michael D. Coffey: 52,017	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 79,756
1976	Thomas R. West Jr.: 47,548	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 120,716
1978	Patrick James Donlin: 37,131	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 89,327	Robert Dean Penny: 4,723
1980	Patrick James Donlin: 51,224	√ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 128,507	Harold V. Richard Jr.: 5,742
1982	√ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 93,302	Glen W. Warner: 56,616	Jim Russell (L): 3,324
1984	√ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 133,096	Dean Beagle: 66,278
1986	√ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 104,740	Margaret R. Mueller: 35,944	Werner J. Lange: 3,884
1988	√ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 124,600	Margaret R. Mueller: 78,028
1990	√ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 111,923	Margaret R. Mueller: 58,372
1992	√ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 154,718	Beryl E. Rothschild: 43,866	Edward Gudenas: 19,773; Gerald Henley: 5,267
1994	√ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 114,220	James J. Sykora: 33,705
1996	√ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 153,546	James J. Sykora: 28,821	Sonja K. Glavina (N): 6,665
1998	√ Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 115,226	James D. Hereford: 18,592	Jean Murrell Capers: 9,477
2000	√ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 164,134	James J. Sykora: 21,630	Joel C. Turner (L): 4,230; Sonja K. Glavina (N): 3,525
2002	√ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 116,590	Patrick A. Pappano: 36,146
2004	√ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 222,371	(Unopposed)
2006	√ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 146,799	Lindsey N. String: 29,125
2008	√ Marcia Fudge: 8,597	(Unopposed)
2008	√ Marcia Fudge: 212,485	Thomas Pekarek: 36,705	Eric Johnson: 23; Craig Willis: 144
2010	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 130,962	Thomas Pekarek: 27,872
2012	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 258,378	(Unopposed)
2014	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 132,396	Mark Zetzer: 34,769
2016	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 242,917	Beverly Goldstein: 59,769
2018	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 206,138	Beverly Goldstein: 44,486
2020	√ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 242,098	Laverne Gore: 60,323
2021 (special)	√ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 81,636	Laverne Gore: 21,929
2022	√ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 167,722	Eric Brewer: 47,988
2024	√ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 236,883	Alan Rapoport: 59,394

Historical district boundaries

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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