| The Green Papers: Ohio 2005 Off Year Elections |
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Ohio
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Special Primary House CD 2: Tuesday 14 June 2005 Special Election House CD 2: Tuesday 2 August 2005 |
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OHIO Special Primary:
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Republican | Senator Mike DeWine • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Democratic | (pending) • Possible candidate: Iraq War veteran Paul Hackett |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator George V. Voinovich • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Bob Taft • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. |
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Democratic | (pending) • Possible candidates: Congressman Ted Strickland (CD 6); Mayor Mike Coleman (Columbus) |
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Republican | (pending) • Possible candidates: State Auditor Betty Montgomery |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor. No separate primaries for Gov and Lt Gov. | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Bruce Johnson • Appointed: January 2005 by Governor Bob Taft • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Lieutenant Governor Bruce Johnson was appointed to fill a vacancy left when Lieutenant Governor Jennette Bradley, who was elected in 2002, was appointed by Governor Taft to become Treasurer of State. | |||||
| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 12 Republican (11 Undetermined, 1 Open); 6 Democratic (2 Open, 4 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 | Republican | Congressman Steve Chabot • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Republican | Congressman Jean Schmidt • Elected in a Special Election, 2 August 2005, held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Rob Portman in order to become U.S. Trade Representative, 29 April 2005 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 August 2005 |
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Republican | 59,132 | 51.74% | Jean Schmidt | |
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Democratic | 55,151 | 48.25% | Paul L. Hackett | |
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Write-in | 10 | 0.01% | James J. Condit, Jr. | |
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Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | James E. Constable, Jr. | |
| Total | 114,296 | 100.00% | |||
| CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Michael R. Turner • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Michael G. Oxley • First elected in a special election in 1981 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - On 1 November 2005 Congressman Oxley announced that after 25 years of service he is retiring will not seek re-election in 2006. |
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| CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Paul E. Gillmor • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 6 | Democratic | Congressman Ted Strickland • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2006 |
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| CD 7 | Republican | Congressman Dave Hobson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 8 | Republican | Congressman John A. Boehner • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 9 | Democratic | Congressman Marcy Kaptur • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 10 | Democratic | Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 11 | Democratic | Congressman Stephanie Tubbs Jones • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 12 | Republican | Congressman Pat Tiberi • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 13 | Democratic | Congressman Sherrod Brown • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Possible candidate for Senate |
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| CD 14 | Republican | Congressman Steven C. LaTourette • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 15 | Republican | Congressman Deborah Pryce • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 16 | Republican | Congressman Ralph Regula • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 17 | Democratic | Congressman Timothy J. Ryan • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 18 | Republican | Congressman Bob Ney • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State J. Kenneth "Ken" Blackwell • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Jim Petro • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Jennette B. Bradley • Appointed January 2005 by Governor Bob Taft • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Betty Montgomery • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2006 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| • America First | |
| • Constitution | |
| • Democratic | |
| • Green | |
| • Libertarian | |
| • Natural Law | |
| • Republican | |
| • Write-in |
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