(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Secretary of State
| Total Population, July 1, 2007 | 11,466,917 | |
| Total Registration, for the March 4, 2008 primary | 7,826,480 |
Largest counties: Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Montgomery, Summit. >
Five largest cities: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron. >
Government
Governor: Ted
Strickland (D) elected Nov. 2006.
State Legislature: Ohio
General Assembly House:
99 seats Senate: 33 seats
Local: Counties
and Municipalities NACO
Counties OSUEDC
Profiles
U.S. House: 11R,
7D - 1. S.Chabot (R) | 2.
J.Schmidt (R) | 3.
M.Turner
(R) | 4.
J.Jordan
(R) | 5. B.Latta (R)
| 6.
C.Wilson (D) | 7. D.Hobson
(R)
| 8. J.Boehner (R) | 9.
M.Kaptur (D) | 10.
D.Kucinich
(D) | 11. S.Tubbs Jones
(D)
| 12.
P.Tiberi
(R) | 13.
B.Sutton (D) | 14.
S. LaTourette (R) | 15.
D.Pryce
(R) | 16. R.Regula (R) |
17.
T.Ryan (D) | 18.
Z.Space (D).
U.S. Senate: Sherrod
Brown (D) elected in 2006, George
Voinovich (R) re-elected in 2004.
| Three U.S.
House seats are open due to retirements. In the 7th CD, south of
Columbus, State
Sen. Steve Austria (R)
and attorney
Sharen
Neuhardt (D)
are vying for the seat held by Rep. David Hobson (R), first elected in
1990. In the 15th CD, Columbus, State
Sen. Steve Stivers
(R) and Franklin
County Commissioner Mary Jo
Kilroy (D), the '06 nominee, are seeking to
succeed Rep. Deborah Pryce (R), first elected in 1992. In the
16th CD, Northeastern Ohio including Canton, State Sen. Kirk
Schuring (R) and State
Sen. John Boccieri (R) are
competing to fill the seat Rep. Ralph
Regula (R), first elected in 1972. In addition to these seats,
the 11th CD is also opened due to the passing of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs
Jones (D) on Aug. 20. While
there is an Oct. 14 Democratic primary and a Nov. 18 special election,
in Sept. Democratic officials selected Warrensville Heights Mayor Marcia Fudge (D) to
appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. |
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