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Ohio's 9th congressional district

U.S. House district for Ohio

Ohio's 9th congressional district

U.S. House district for Ohio

FieldValue
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries
representativeMarcy Kaptur
partyDemocratic
residenceToledo
percent urban86.02
percent rural13.98
population776,236
population year2024
median income$66,802
percent white74.5
percent hispanic7.2
percent black12.0
percent asian1.3
percent more than one race4.4
percent other race0.6
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| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections | percent more than one race = 4.4

Ohio's 9th congressional district has been represented by Representative Marcy Kaptur (D) since 1983.

This district is located in the northwestern part of the state, bordering Michigan, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes all of Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties, and a portion of northern Wood County.

The previous iteration of the 9th district stretched along Lake Erie from Toledo to Cleveland, and was called "The Snake by the Lake" due to its long and skinny appearance on the map. The two parts of the district were connected only via the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge between Erie and Ottawa counties, as well as Crane Creek State Park. Some Ohio Democrats argued that when the beach flooded, the district was not contiguous.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as unconstitutional gerrymandering. According to the lawsuit, the 9th "eats its way across the southern border of Lake Erie" while fragmenting Cleveland and Toledo. In 2019, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, meaning that Ohio's congressional districts, including District 9, would not need to be redrawn.

The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.

Recent election results from statewide races

2023-2027 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 58% - 40%
2012PresidentObama 59% - 41%
2016PresidentTrump 48% - 47%
SenatePortman 54% - 41%
2018SenateBrown 58% - 42%
GovernorCordray 50% - 46%
Attorney GeneralDettelbach 52% - 48%
2020PresidentTrump 51% - 48%
2022SenateRyan 50.2% - 49.8%
GovernorDeWine 63% - 37%
Secretary of StateLaRose 57% - 41%
TreasurerSprague 56% - 44%
AuditorFaber 57% - 43%
Attorney GeneralYost 58% - 42%
2024PresidentTrump 53% - 46%
SenateBrown 48% - 47%

2027–2033 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 56% - 42%
2012PresidentObama 56% - 44%
2016PresidentTrump 50% - 45%
SenatePortman 56% - 39%
2018SenateBrown 57% - 43%
GovernorDeWine 48.4% - 48.1%
Attorney GeneralYost 50.3% - 49.7%
2020PresidentTrump 52% - 46%
2022SenateVance 52% - 48%
GovernorDeWine 65% - 35%
Secretary of StateLaRose 58% - 40%
TreasurerSprague 58% - 42%
AuditorFaber 59% - 41%
Attorney GeneralYost 60% - 40%
2024PresidentTrump 55% - 44%
SenateMoreno 50% - 46%

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:

Defiance County (16)

: All 16 townships and municipalities

Erie County (18)

: All 18 townships and municipalities

Fulton County (10)

: All 10 townships and municipalities

Lucas County (22)

: All 22 townships and municipalities

Ottawa County (20)

: All 20 townships and municipalities

Sandusky County (22)

: All 22 townships and municipalities

Williams County (21)

: All 21 townships and municipalities

Wood County (8)

: Lake Township, Middleton Township (part; also 5th), Millbury, Northwood, Perrysburg, Perrysburg Township, Rossford, Walbridge

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral history
District established March 4, 1823
Philemon Beecher
(Lancaster)Adams-Clay
Democratic-
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Lost re-election.
Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
[[File:William W. Irvin.jpg100px]]
William W. Irvin
(Lancaster)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
[[File:John Chaney (congressman).jpg100px]]
John Chaney
(Courtwright)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
[[File:William Medill.png100px]]
William Medill
(Lancaster)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[[File:Elias Florence.jpg100px]]
Elias Florence
(Circleville)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Elected in 1843.
Augustus L. Perrill
(Lithopolis)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847Elected in 1844.
Thomas O. Edwards
(Lancaster)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849Elected in 1846.
[[File:Edson B. Olds.jpg100px]]
Edson B. Olds
(Circleville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the .
Frederick W. Green
(Tiffin)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.
[[File:Cooper K. Watson - bench and bar.jpg100px]]
Cooper K. Watson
(Tiffin)OppositionnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Lawrence W. Hall
(Bucyrus)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859Elected in 1856.
[[File:John Carey (congressman).JPG100px]]
John Carey
(Carey)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861Elected in 1858.
[[File:Warren P. Noble 1897.jpg100px]]
Warren P. Noble
(Tiffin)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1865Elected in 1860.
Re-elected in 1862.
[[File:Ralph Pomeroy Buckland.jpg100px]]
Ralph P. Buckland
(Fremont)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Edward F. Dickinson
(Fremont)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871Elected in 1868.
[[File:Charles foster.jpg100px]]
Charles Foster
(Fostoria)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James Wallace Robinson 1897.jpg100px]]
James W. Robinson
(Marysville)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1872.
Earley F. Poppleton
(Delaware)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
[[File:JSJones.jpg100px]]
John S. Jones
(Delaware)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879Elected in 1876.
[[File:George L. Converse.png100px]]
George L. Converse
(Columbus)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881Elected in 1878.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James S. Robinson by Howe.jpg100px]]
James S. Robinson
(Kenton)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1881 –
January 12, 1885Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Resigned to become Ohio Secretary of State.
VacantnowrapJanuary 12, 1885 –
March 3, 1885
[[File:William C. Cooper 005.png100px]]
William C. Cooper
(Mount Vernon)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[[File:Joseph Hodson Outhwaite.jpg100px]]
Joseph H. Outhwaite
(Columbus)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Byron Foster Ritchie.jpg100px]]
Byron F. Ritchie
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895Elected in 1892.
[[File:James H. Southard 1899.jpg100px]]
James H. Southard
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1907Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[[File:Isaac R. Sherwood 1910.jpg100px]]
Isaac R. Sherwood
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1921Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.
[[File:William W. Chalmers npcc.21435.jpg100px]]
William W. Chalmers
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Isaac R. Sherwood from Ohio in the War.png100px]]
Isaac R. Sherwood
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.
[[File:William W. Chalmers npcc.21435.jpg100px]]
William W. Chalmers
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Wilbur M. White WWI.jpg100px]]
Wilbur M. White
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933Elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Warren J. Duffey (1913).jpg100px]]
Warren J. Duffey
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
July 7, 1936Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
VacantnowrapJuly 7, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
John F. Hunter
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Homer A. Ramey 1921.jpg100px]]
Homer A. Ramey
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
Thomas Henry Burke
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951Elected in 1948.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Frazier Reams.jpg100px]]
Frazier Reams
(Toledo)IndependentnowrapJanuary 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1955Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Thomas W. L. Ashley 95th Congress 1977.jpg100px]]
Thomas L. Ashley
(Maumee)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1981Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-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.
[[File:Ed Weber 97th Congress 1981.jpg100px]]
Ed Weber
(Toledo)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983Elected in 1980.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Marcy Kaptur Wikipedia.jpg100px]]
Marcy Kaptur
(Toledo)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1983 –
presentElected 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.
Re-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.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Election results

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

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
1920Isaac R. Sherwood: 38,292William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 49,732Karl E. Pauli: 47
1922Isaac R. Sherwood: 45,059William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 42,712(none)
1924Isaac R. Sherwood (Incumbent): 48,482William W. Chalmers: 54,792Millard Price (Prohibition): 2,159
John Kocinski: 747
1926C. W. Davis: 23,947William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 47,331George F. Parrish (TRI): 1,110
Millard Price (Socialist): 1,018
1928William P. Clarke: 50,601William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 82,560Charles V. Stephenson (Workers): 190
1930Scott Stahl: 36,375Wilbur M. White: 49,498(none)
1932Warren J. Duffey: 56,755Wilbur M. White (Incumbent): 54,078Silas E. Hurin: 4,200
Clyde E. Kiker: 2,135
Karl Pauli (Socialist): 1,314
Eugene Stoll (Communist): 620
1934Warren J. Duffey (Incumbent): 61,037Frank L. Mulholland: 35,732Kenneth Eggert (Communist): 684
Karl Pauli (Socialist): 510
1936John F. Hunter: 75,737Raymond E. Hildebrand: 55,043Earl O. Lehman: 3,739
1938John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 56,306Homer A. Ramey: 55,441(none)
1940John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 86,956Wilbur M. White: 71,927(none)
1942John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027Homer A. Ramey: 47,377(none)
1944John F. Hunter: 77,693Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 82,735(none)
1946Michael DiSalle: 59,057Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 59,394(none)
1948Thomas H. Burke: 85,409Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 73,394(none)
1950Thomas H. Burke (Incumbent): 45,268Homer A. Ramey: 43,301Frazier Reams (Independent): 51,024
1952Thomas H. Burke: 61,047Gilmore Flues: 46,989Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 74,821
1954Thomas L. Ashley: 48,471Irving C. Reynolds: 39,933Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 44,656
1956Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent):Harvey G. Straub: 81,562(none)
1958Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 102,115William K. Gernheuser: 63,660(none)
1960Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 108,688Howard C. Cook: 82,433(none)
1962Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 86,443Martin A. Janis: 64,279(none)
1964Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 109,167John O. Celusta: 64,401(none)
1966Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 83,261Jane M. Kuebbeler: 53,777(none)
1968Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 85,280Ben Marsh: 63,290(none)
1970Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 82,777Allen H. Shapiro: 33,947(none)
1972Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 110,450Joseph C. Richards: 49,388(none)
1974Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 64,831Carty Finkbeiner: 57,892(none)
1976Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 91,040Carty Finkbeiner: 73,919Edward S. Emery: 1,533
Lynn Galonsky: 1,477
1978Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 71,709John C. Hoyt: 34,326Edward S. Emery: 2,563
Michael James Lewinski: 4,530
1980Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 68,728Ed Weber: 96,927Edward S. Emery: 4,357
Toby Elizabeth Emmerich: 2,411
1982Marcy Kaptur: 95,162Ed Weber (Incumbent): 64,459David Muir (Libertarian): 1,217
Susan A. Skinner: 1,785
James J. Somers: 1,594
1984Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,985Frank Venner: 93,210Other: 3,714
1986Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 105,646Mike Shufeldt: 30,643(none)
1988Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,557Al Hawkins: 36,183(none)
1990Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,681Jerry D. Lammers: 33,791(none)
1992Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 178,879Ken D. Brown: 53,011Edward Howard: 11,162
1994Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 118,120R. Randy Whitman: 38,665(none)
1996Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 170,617R. Randy Whitman: 46,040Elizabeth A. Slotnick (Natural Law): 4,677
1998Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 130,793Edward S. Emery: 30,312(none)
2000Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 168,547Dwight E. Bryan: 49,446Galen Fries (Libertarian): 4,239
Dennis Slotnick (Natural Law): 3,096
2002Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 132,236Edward S. Emery: 46,481(none)
2004Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 199,528Larry A. Kaczala: 93,930(none)
2006Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 153,880Brad Leavitt: 55,119(none)
2008Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 210,822Brad Leavitt: 73,610(none)
2010Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 121,819Rich Iott: 83,423(none)
2012Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 217,775Joe Wurzelbacher: 68,666Sean Stipe (Libertarian): 11,725
2014Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 106,338Richard May: 50,792Cory Hoffman (Write-in): 112
George A. Skalsky (Write-in): 29
2016Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 193,966Donald P. Larson: 88,427George A. Skalsky (Write-in): 5
2018Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,219Steve Kraus: 74,670McKenzie Levindofske (Write-in): 48
2020Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 190,328Rob Weber: 111,385McKenzie Levindofske (Write-in): 39
2022Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 150,655J.R. Majewski: 115,362(none)
2024Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 181,098Derek Merrin: 178,716Tom Pruss (Libertarian): 15,381

Historical district boundaries

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References

References

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  4. Shira Toeplitz. (November 10, 2011). "Top 5 Ugliest Districts: Partisan Gerrymandering 101". Roll Call.
  5. Todd Ruger, "[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/voters-challenge-ohio-congressional-map-partisan-gerrymander Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander"] {{Webarchive. link. (August 7, 2018 , ''Roll Call,'' May 23, 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.)
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