2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election
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U.S. Representative before election; Paul Gillmor; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Bob Latta; Republican

The 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007.^[1] Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch.^[2]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	32,124	72.13
	Democratic	George Mays	12,412	27.87
Total votes			44,536	100.00

Source	Date	Buehrer (R)	Hollenbaugh (R)	Latta (R)	Pieper (R)	Smitley (R)
Basswood Research^[4]	Oct 27–28, 2007	28%	N/A	25%	N/A	N/A
Public Opinion Strategies^[5]	Oct 16–17, 2007	21%	1%	40%	4%	0%
Basswood Research^[6]	October 15, 2007	25%	N/A	28%	N/A	N/A
Basswood Research^[7]	September 19, 2007	14%	N/A	27%	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta	32,392	43.66
	Republican	Steve Buehrer	29,850	40.23
	Republican	Mark Hollenbaugh	4,955	6.68
	Republican	Fred Pieper	4,252	5.73
	Republican	Michael Smitley	2,742	3.70
Total votes			74,191	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Latta	56,114	56.96
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	42,229	42.87
	Write-ins		167	0.17
Total votes			98,510	100.00
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