2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
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The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Ohio, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices.
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November 5, 2002
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All 18 Ohio seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2002[1] | |||||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
| Republican | 1,775,555 | 55.31% | 11 | 12 | +1 | ||
| Democratic | 1,383,889 | 43.11% | 8 | 6 | -2 | ||
| Independent | 50,854 | 1.58% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Totals | 3,210,298 | 100% | 19 | 18 | -1 | ||
District 1
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Chabot (Incumbent) | 110,760 | 64.80 | |
| Democratic | Greg Harris | 60,168 | 35.20 | |
| Total votes | 170,928 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 2
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Rob Portman (Incumbent) | 139,218 | 74.04 | |
| Democratic | Charles W. Sanders | 48,785 | 25.95 | |
| Independent | James J. Condit, Jr. (Write-in) | 13 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 188,016 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
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 County results Turner: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Lean R (flip) | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R (flip) | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Mike Turner | 111,630 | 58.77 | |||
| Democratic | Rick Carne | 78,307 | 41.22 | |||
| Independent | Ronald Williamitis (Write-in) | 14 | 0.01 | |||
| Total votes | 189,951 | 100 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 4
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mike Oxley (Incumbent) | 120,001 | 67.52 | |
| Democratic | Jim Clark | 57,726 | 32.48 | |
| Total votes | 177,727 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 5
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Paul Gillmor (Incumbent) | 126,286 | 67.08 | |
| Democratic | Roger Anderson | 51,872 | 27.55 | |
| Independent | John Green | 10,096 | 5.36 | |
| Total votes | 188,254 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 6
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 Strickland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ted Strickland (Incumbent) | 113,972 | 59.48 | |
| Republican | Mike Halleck | 77,643 | 40.52 | |
| Total votes | 191,615 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dave Hobson (Incumbent) | 113,252 | 67.56 | |
| Democratic | Kara Anastasio | 45,568 | 27.18 | |
| Independent | Frank Doden | 8,812 | 5.26 | |
| Total votes | 167,632 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 8
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 County results Boehner: 50–60% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John Boehner (Incumbent) | 119,947 | 70.81 | |
| Democratic | Jeff Hardenbrook | 49,444 | 29.19 | |
| Total votes | 169,391 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 9
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 County results Kaptur: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent) | 132,236 | 73.99 | |
| Republican | Ed Emery | 46,481 | 26.01 | |
| Total votes | 178,717 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 10
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dennis Kucinich (Incumbent) | 129,997 | 74.06 | |
| Republican | Jon Heben | 41,778 | 23.80 | |
| Independent | Judy Locy | 3,761 | 2.14 | |
| Total votes | 175,536 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 11
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Incumbent) | 116,590 | 76.33 | |
| Republican | Patrick Pappano | 36,146 | 23.67 | |
| Total votes | 152,736 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 12
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Pat Tiberi (Incumbent) | 116,982 | 64.39 | |
| Democratic | Edward S. Brown | 64,707 | 35.61 | |
| Total votes | 181,689 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 13
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 County results Brown: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Sherrod Brown (Incumbent) | 123,025 | 68.97 | |
| Republican | Ed Oliveros | 55,357 | 31.03 | |
| Total votes | 178,382 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 14
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steven LaTourette (Incumbent) | 134,413 | 72.12 | |
| Democratic | Dale Virgil Blanchard | 51,846 | 27.82 | |
| Independent | Sid Stone (Write-in) | 113 | 0.06 | |
| Total votes | 186,372 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 15
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 County results Pryce: 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Deborah Pryce (Incumbent) | 108,193 | 66.59 | |
| Democratic | Mark P. Brown | 54,286 | 33.41 | |
| Total votes | 162,479 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 16
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 County results Regula: 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ralph Regula (Incumbent) | 129,734 | 68.87 | |
| Democratic | Jim Rice | 58,644 | 31.13 | |
| Total votes | 188,378 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 17
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 County results Ryan: 50–60% Womer Benjamin: 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Lean D | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe D | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Tim Ryan | 94,441 | 51.14 | |
| Republican | Ann Womer Benjamin | 62,188 | 33.67 | |
| Independent | James Traficant | 28,045 | 15.19 | |
| Total votes | 184,674 | 100 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 18
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| New York Times[3] | Safe R | October 14, 2002 |
General election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Bob Ney (Incumbent) | 125,546 | 100 | |
| Republican hold | ||||