The Green Papers: Ohio 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 7 May 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:19(4.37% of 435)
2002 Representatives:18(4.14% of 435)
1990 Census:10,847,115 (4.36% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:11,374,540 (4.03% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):6,058,808
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):8,401,000
Capital:Columbus
Tuesday 7 May 2002 polls close 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:30p EST (0030 UTC)
 

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Ohio State and Local Government


preview re: General Election in OHIO-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
(0030 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • OHIO is electing its Governor in 2002; incumbent Republican Bob Taft is a candidate for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • OHIO is NOT electing either of its U.S. Senators in 2002.
  • OHIO is electing 18 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State lost one (1) House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of OHIO not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

Incumbent Party District
[per 1990
Apportionment ]
Reason for not
seeking re-election
Tony Hall Democrat CD # 3 resigned to become ambassador
Thomas Sawyer Democrat CD # 14 lost primary for U.S. House

NOTE: There is a vacancy in the House seat re: CD 3 [1990 Apportionment] due to the resignation of Democrat Tony Hall.

NOTE: There is a vacancy in the House seat re: CD 17 [1990 Apportionment] due to the expulsion of Democrat James Traficant on 24 July 2002; former Congressman Traficant is apparently running as an Independent for the House seat re: CD 17 [2000 Apportionment] on 5 November.


Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from OHIO in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

  • CD 3

Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in OHIO:

  • CD 18: Republican Congressman Bob Ney is running unopposed.
 

Governor  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, Governors

Chair up for election Republican Governor Bob Taft
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
  Candidate Democrat Timothy F. Hagan
Lieutenant Governor: Charleta B. Tavares
  Candidate Natural Law John A. Eastman
Lieutenant Governor: Sadie M. Stewart
Listed as Independent by Secretary of State.
  Elected Republican Governor Bob Taft
Lieutenant Governor: Jennette Bradley
  Candidate Write-In Eva Braiman
Lieutenant Governor: Michael Fitzsimmons
  Candidate Write-In James G. Whitman
Lieutenant Governor: Thomas K. Clark

Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Mike DeWine
First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 3 Republican Senator George V. Voinovich
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
11 Republicans (11 Renominated);
6 Democrats (5 Renominated, 1 Lost);
2 Vacancies

CD 1 Republican Congressman Steve Chabot
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Chabot is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1

CD 2 Republican Congressman Rob Portman
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Portman is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2

CD 3 Democrat Congressman Tony Hall
Vacant Office - Resigned - 9 September 2002
 The U.S. House of Representatives seat for the 3rd Congressional District of Ohio became vacant on 9 September 2002 when Congressman Tony P. Hall resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Food Agencies.

CD 4 Republican Congressman Michael G. Oxley
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Oxley is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4

CD 5 Republican Congressman Paul E. Gillmor
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Gillmor is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 5

CD 6 Democrat Congressman Ted Strickland
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Strickland is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 6

CD 7 Republican Congressman Dave Hobson
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Hobson is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 7

CD 8 Republican Congressman John A. Boehner
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Boehner is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8

CD 9 Democrat Congressman Marcy Kaptur
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Kaptur is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 9

CD 10 Democrat Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Kucinich is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 10

CD 11 Democrat Congressman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Jones is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 11

CD 12 Republican Congressman Pat Tiberi
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Tiberi is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 12

CD 13 Democrat Congressman Sherrod Brown
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Brown is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 13

CD 14 Democrat Congressman Thomas Sawyer
Lost Primary - 7 May 2002
 Congressman Sawyer is no longer a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 17.

CD 15 Republican Congressman Deborah Pryce
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Pryce is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 15

CD 16 Republican Congressman Ralph Regula
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Regula is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 16

CD 17 Democrat Congressman James Traficant, Jr
30 July 2002: former Congressman Traficant was sentenced an 8 year prison term.
Democratic Congressman James Traficant, Jr. was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday 24 July by a vote of 420-1 with 9 Congressmen voting "present". The sole vote against Traficant's expulsion came from California Congressman Gary Condit, who has already lost his bid for renomination to another term in the House; the 9 Members of Congress voting "present" were: Callahan from Alabama (Republican), Young from Alaska (Republican), Bilirakis from Florida (Republican), Otter from Idaho (Republican), Hostettler and Simpson- both Republicans from Indiana, Bartlett from Maryland (Republican), Ford from Tennessee (Democrat) and Paul from Texas (Republican). The Governor of Ohio, Bob Taft, will now have to decide whether to call for a Special Election for Traficant's seat or to let it remain vacant until the 108th Congress takes office on 3 January 2003 (as a practical matter, any Special Election will probably take place at the same time as the General Election and within current CD 17 district boundaries which are different from those of the new Ohio CD 17 voting this coming 5 November).
18 July 2002: An 8 member panel from the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct found Traficant guilty of 9 of the 10 ethics violations stemming from his conviction on bribery, tax evasion and fraud charges. The committee's recommendation for explusion will be considered by the full House of Representatives.
11 April 2002: A jury in a Federal District Court in Ohio finds Congressman Traficant guilty of bribery and other corruption charges. (News item)
4 May 2001: Representative Traficant faces a 10-count federal indictment claiming that he accepted gifts in return for political favors and used his Congressional staff to work on his property.
Vacant Office - Expelled 24 July 2002
 While imprisoned, former Congressman Traficant ran an Independent candidate for "re-election" in the new CD # 17. He was not elected to another term.

CD 18 Republican Congressman Bob Ney
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Ney is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 18

CD 19 Republican Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
Renominated - 7 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman LaTourette is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 14

108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)

CD 1
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Greg Harris
  Elected Republican Congressman Steve Chabot

CD 2
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Charles W. Sanders
  Candidate Independent James J. Condit, Jr.
Listed as write-in by Secretary of State
  Elected Republican Congressman Rob Portman

CD 3
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Richard Alan Carne
  Candidate Libertarian Ron V. Williamitis
Listed as write-in Independent by Secretary of State
  Elected Republican Michael R. Turner

CD 4
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Jim Clark
  Elected Republican Congressman Michael G. Oxley

CD 5
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Roger C. Anderson
  Candidate Independent John F. Green
  Elected Republican Congressman Paul E. Gillmor

CD 6
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Ted Strickland
  Candidate Republican Mike Halleck

CD 7
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Kara Anastasio
Endorsement: Natural Law Party
  Candidate Green Frank A. Doden
Listed as Independent by Secretary of State
  Elected Republican Congressman Dave Hobson

CD 8
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Jeff Hardenbrook
  Elected Republican Congressman John A. Boehner

CD 9
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Marcy Kaptur
  Candidate Republican Ed Emery

CD 10
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
  Candidate Independent Judy Locy
  Candidate Republican Jon A. Heben

CD 11
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Stephanie Tubbs Jones
  Candidate Republican Patrick A. Pappano

CD 12
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Edward S. Brown
  Elected Republican Congressman Pat Tiberi

CD 13
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Sherrod Brown
  Candidate Republican Ed Oliveros

CD 14
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Dale Virgil Blanchard
  Candidate Libertarian Sid Stone
Listed as write-in Independent by Secretary of State
  Elected Republican Congressman Steven C. LaTourette

CD 15
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Mark P. Brown
  Elected Republican Congressman Deborah Pryce

CD 16
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Jim Rice
  Elected Republican Congressman Ralph Regula

CD 17
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat Timothy J. Ryan
  Candidate Independent James "Jim" Traficant
Former Congressman Traficant was elected in 2000 as a Democrat. On 11 April 2002 a federal jury found Congressman Traficant guilty of bribery and racketeering (News item). He was expelled from Congress on 24 July and received an 8 year prison term on 30 July 2002.
  Candidate Republican Ann Womer Benjamin

CD 18
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Republican Congressman Bob Ney

 


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