# Ohio's 11th congressional district

Ohio's 11th congressional district (also known as "Ohio 11") encompasses portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland. It has been represented by Democrat Shontel Brown since 2021.
Ohio has had at least 11 congressional districts since the 1820 census. The district's current general location dates from the 1990 census, when most of the old 21st District was combined with portions of the old 20th District to form the new 11th District centered around Cleveland. Parts of Akron were added to the district when the congressional map was redrawn after the 2010 census, when Ohio lost two seats in the House of Representatives. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28; it is the most Democratic district in Ohio and the most Democratic district in the Midwest outside of Chicago, Illinois.
It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map on the basis of unconstitutional gerrymandering. The lawsuit described the 11th District at the time as "a detached shoulder blade with a robotic arm" extending southward from Cleveland to grab its share of Akron. The current district, redistricted again following the 2020 Census and a variety of related constitutional and legislative initiatives and proposals, is a more compact district entirely in Cuyahoga County, including all of Cleveland. Any portion of the county that is not in the 11th is in the 7th.
Following Marcia L. Fudge's resignation on March 10, 2021, a special election was held, with a primary on August 3 and the general election on November 2, as mandated by Ohio law. Shontel Brown won the election, and was sworn in on November 4.

## History

The modern-era 11th district came to be as a result of redistricting following the 1990 census, and taking effect for the 1992 election. From then until 2023, it covered eastern Cleveland, including most of that city's majority-black precincts. From 2013 to 2023, it covered portions of Akron.
Following the retirement of Louis Stokes—who was redistricted from the now defunct 21st district to the redrawn 11th, and served three terms there—Stephanie Tubbs Jones served from 1999 through August 20, 2008, when she died in office. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland ordered a special election on November 18, 2008, to fill the remaining month of Jones's term. In addition, the seat was up for election during the November 4, 2008 general election, with the winner of that election to serve a full term beginning on January 3, 2009. Marcia Fudge—the mayor of Warrensville Heights (a Cleveland suburb)—won both the general and special elections and was sworn in on November 19, 2008.
Fudge served eight terms (the last month of Jones's fifth term, followed by six full terms, then three months of another) when she resigned on March 10, 2021, to join President Joe Biden's cabinet as HUD Secretary. In 2021 a special election was held to fill the vacancy, which Cuyahoga County Council member and Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair Shontel Brown won.

## Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:
Cuyahoga County (32)
    Beachwood, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Bratenahl, Chagrin Falls (part; also 7th), Chagrin Falls Township, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hunting Valley, Lakewood, Lyndhurst, Maple Heights, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Orange, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, Warrensville Heights, Woodmere

## Recent election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | Obama 80% - 19% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 82% - 18% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 79% - 18% |
| 2016 | Senate | Strickland 70% - 25% |
| 2018 | Senate | Brown 83% - 17% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cordray 78% - 20% |
| 2018 | Attorney General | Dettelbach 81% - 19% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 78% - 21% |
| 2022 | Senate | Ryan 80% - 20% |
| 2022 | Governor | Whaley 70% - 30% |
| 2022 | Secretary of State | Clark 74% - 25% |
| 2022 | Treasurer | Schertzer 75% - 25% |
| 2022 | Auditor | Sappington 75% - 25% |
| 2022 | Attorney General | Crossman 73% - 27% |
| 2024 | President | Harris 77% - 22% |
| 2024 | Senate | Brown 78% - 19% |

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1823 |||||
| John C. Wright (Steubenville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th 20th | Elected in 1822. Reelected in 1824. Reelected in 1826. Lost reelection. |
| John C. Wright (Steubenville) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | 18th 19th 20th | Elected in 1822. Reelected in 1824. Reelected in 1826. Lost reelection. |
| John M. Goodenow (Steubenville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – April 9, 1830 | 21st | Elected in 1828. Resigned to become Judge the Supreme Court of Ohio. |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 9, 1830 – December 6, 1830 | 21st | |
| Humphrey H. Leavitt (Steubenville) | Jacksonian | December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1833 | 21st 22nd | Elected to finish Goodenow's term. Reelected in 1830. Redistricted to the 19th district. |
| James M. Bell (Cambridge) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | 23rd | Elected in 1832. [data missing] |
| William Kennon Sr. (St. Clairsville) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | 24th | Elected in 1834. [data missing] |
| James Alexander Jr. (St. Clairsville) | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | Elected in 1836. [data missing] |
| Isaac Parrish (Cambridge) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | 26th | Elected in 1838. [data missing] |
| Benjamin S. Cowen (St. Clairsville) | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1840. [data missing] |
| Jacob Brinkerhoff (Mansfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1843. Reelected in 1844. [data missing] |
| John K. Miller (Mount Vernon) | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | 30th 31st | Elected in 1846. Reelected in 1848. [data missing] |
| George H. Busby (Marion) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | Elected in 1850. [data missing] |
| Thomas Ritchey (Somerset) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Elected in 1852. [data missing] |
| Valentine B. Horton (Pomeroy) | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1854. Reelected in 1856. [data missing] |
| Valentine B. Horton (Pomeroy) | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1854. Reelected in 1856. [data missing] |
| Charles D. Martin (Lancaster) | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1858. [data missing] |
| Valentine B. Horton (Pomeroy) | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1860. [data missing] |
| Wells A. Hutchins (Portsmouth) | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 38th | Elected in 1862. [data missing] |
| Hezekiah S. Bundy (Reeds Mill) | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 39th | Elected in 1864. [data missing] |
| John Thomas Wilson (Tranquility) | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | 40th 41st 42nd | Elected in 1866. Reelected in 1868. Reelected in 1870. [data missing] |
| Hezekiah S. Bundy (Wellston) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. [data missing] |
| John L. Vance (Gallipolis) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Elected in 1874. [data missing] |
| Henry S. Neal (Ironton) | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Henry L. Dickey (Greenfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Redistricted from the 7th district and reelected in 1878. [data missing] |
| Henry S. Neal (Ironton) | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 47th | Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1880. [data missing] |
| John W. McCormick (Gallipolis) | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | Elected in 1882. [data missing] |
| William W. Ellsberry (Georgetown) | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | 49th | Elected in 1884. [data missing] |
| Albert C. Thompson (Portsmouth) | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | 50th 51st | Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1886. Reelected in 1888. [data missing] |
| John M. Pattison (Milford) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Elected in 1890. Lost reelection. |
| Charles H. Grosvenor (Athens) | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907 | 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th | Elected in 1892. Reelected in 1894. Reelected in 1896. Reelected in 1898. Reelected in 1900. Reelected in 1902. Reelected in 1904. [data missing] |
| Albert Douglas (Chillicothe) | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | 60th 61st | Elected in 1906. Reelected in 1908. [data missing] |
| Horatio C. Claypool (Chillicothe) | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | 62nd 63rd | Elected in 1910 Reelected in 1912. [data missing] |
| Edwin D. Ricketts (Logan) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | 64th | Elected in 1914. [data missing] |
| Horatio C. Claypool (Chillicothe) | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | 65th | Elected in 1916. [data missing] |
| Edwin D. Ricketts (Logan) | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | 66th 67th | Elected in 1918. Reelected in 1920. [data missing] |
| Mell G. Underwood (New Lexington) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – April 10, 1936 | 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th | Elected in 1922. Reelected in 1924. Reelected in 1926. Reelected in 1928. Reelected in 1930. Reelected in 1932. Reelected in 1934. Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 10, 1936 – November 3, 1936 | 74th | |
| Peter F. Hammond (Lancaster) | Democratic | November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | 74th | Elected to finish Underwood's term. Retired. |
| Harold K. Claypool (Chillicothe) | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | 75th 76th 77th | Elected in 1936. Reelected in 1938. Reelected in 1940. Lost reelection. |
| Walter E. Brehm (Millersport) | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 | 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd | Elected in 1942. Reelected in 1944. Reelected in 1946. Reelected in 1948. Reelected in 1950. Retired. |
| Oliver P. Bolton (Mentor) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 | 83rd 84th | Elected in 1952. Reelected in 1954. Retired. |
| David S. Dennison (Warren) | Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | 85th | Elected in 1956. Lost reelection. |
| Robert E. Cook (Ravenna) | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | 86th 87th | Elected in 1958. Reelected in 1960. Lost reelection. |
| Oliver P. Bolton (Mentor) | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost reelection. |
| J. William Stanton (Painesville) | Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1983 | 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1964. Reelected in 1966. Reelected in 1968. Reelected in 1970. Reelected in 1972. Reelected in 1974. Reelected in 1976. Reelected in 1978. Reelected in 1980. Retired. |
| Dennis E. Eckart (Mentor) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd | Redistricted from the 22nd district and reelected in 1982. Reelected in 1984. Reelected in 1986. Reelected in 1988. Reelected in 1990. Retired. |
| Louis Stokes (Shaker Heights) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | 103rd 104th 105th | Redistricted from the 21st district and reelected in 1992. Reelected in 1994. Reelected in 1996. Retired. |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Cleveland) | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – August 20, 2008 | 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th | Elected in 1998. Reelected in 2000. Reelected in 2002. Reelected in 2004. Reelected in 2006. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | August 20, 2008 – November 18, 2008 | 110th | |
| Marcia Fudge (Warrensville Heights) | Democratic | November 18, 2008 – March 10, 2021 | 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th | Elected to finish Jones's term. Elected in 2008. Reelected in 2010. Reelected in 2012. Reelected in 2014. Reelected in 2016. Reelected in 2018. Reelected in 2020. Resigned to become HUD Secretary. |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 10, 2021 – November 4, 2021 | 117th | |
| Shontel Brown (Warrensville Heights) | Democratic | November 4, 2021 – present | 117th 118th 119th | Elected to finish Fudge's term. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. |

## Election results

This is an incomplete list of historic election results.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
| 1920 | Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 31,359 | √ Edwin D. Ricketts (incumbent): 33,524 | |
| 1922 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,058 | Edwin D. Ricketts (incumbent): 27,162 | |
| 1924 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 35,696 | Edwin D. Ricketts: 24,270 | |
| 1926 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 29,950 | Walter S. Barrett: 18,300 | |
| 1928 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 34,257 | Edwin D. Ricketts: 30,574 | |
| 1930 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 37,887 | Ned Thacher: 21,339 | |
| 1932 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 44,380 | David J. Lewis: 26,075 | |
| 1934 | √ Mell G. Underwood Sr. (incumbent): 36,020 | Renick W. Dunlap: 26,723 | |
| 1936 | √ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 41,773 | L. P. Mooney: 33,249 | |
| 1938 | √ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 33,764 | Tom P. White: 31,004 | |
| 1940 | √ Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 43,548 | Ray W. Davis: 37,398 | |
| 1942 | Harold K. Claypool (incumbent): 19,817 | √ Walter E. Brehm: 31,385 | |
| 1944 | Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 33,098 | √ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 28,263 | |
| 1946 | Lester S. Reid: 20,543 | √ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 31,576 | |
| 1948 | Joseph C. Allen: 32,667 | √ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 33,796 | |
| 1950 | Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 29,687 | √ Walter E. Brehm (incumbent): 33,648 | |
| 1952 | Robert J. Kilpatrick: 63,930 | √ Oliver P. Bolton: 91,204 | |
| 1954 | Edward C. Kaley: 39,404 | √ Oliver P. Bolton (incumbent): 74,065 | |
| 1956 | James P. Bennett: 68,831 | √ David S. Dennison Jr.: 96,707 | |
| 1958 | √ Robert E. Cook: 79,468 | David S. Dennison Jr. (incumbent): 78,501 | |
| 1960 | √ Robert E. Cook (incumbent): 104,183 | David S. Dennison Jr.: 99,991 | |
| 1962 | Robert E. Cook (incumbent): 72,936 | √ Oliver P. Bolton: 74,573 | |
| 1964 | C. D. Lambros: 82,728 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 102,619 | |
| 1966 | James F. Henderson: 38,206 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 86,273 | |
| 1968 | Alan D. Wright: 38,063 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 116,323 | |
| 1970 | Ralph Rudd: 42,542 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 91,437 | |
| 1972 | Dennis M. Callahan: 49,891 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 106,841 | |
| 1974 | Michael D. Coffey: 52,017 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 79,756 | |
| 1976 | Thomas R. West Jr.: 47,548 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 120,716 | |
| 1978 | Patrick James Donlin: 37,131 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 89,327 | Robert Dean Penny: 4,723 |
| 1980 | Patrick James Donlin: 51,224 | √ J. William Stanton (incumbent): 128,507 | Harold V. Richard Jr.: 5,742 |
| 1982 | √ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 93,302 | Glen W. Warner: 56,616 | Jim Russell (L): 3,324 |
| 1984 | √ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 133,096 | Dean Beagle: 66,278 | |
| 1986 | √ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 104,740 | Margaret R. Mueller: 35,944 | Werner J. Lange: 3,884 |
| 1988 | √ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 124,600 | Margaret R. Mueller: 78,028 | |
| 1990 | √ Dennis E. Eckart (incumbent): 111,923 | Margaret R. Mueller: 58,372 | |
| 1992 | √ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 154,718 | Beryl E. Rothschild: 43,866 | Edward Gudenas: 19,773; Gerald Henley: 5,267 |
| 1994 | √ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 114,220 | James J. Sykora: 33,705 | |
| 1996 | √ Louis Stokes (incumbent): 153,546 | James J. Sykora: 28,821 | Sonja K. Glavina (N): 6,665 |
| 1998 | √ Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 115,226 | James D. Hereford: 18,592 | Jean Murrell Capers: 9,477 |
| 2000 | √ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 164,134 | James J. Sykora: 21,630 | Joel C. Turner (L): 4,230; Sonja K. Glavina (N): 3,525 |
| 2002 | √ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 116,590 | Patrick A. Pappano: 36,146 | |
| 2004 | √ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 222,371 | (Unopposed) | |
| 2006 | √ Stephanie Tubbs Jones (incumbent): 146,799 | Lindsey N. String: 29,125 | |
| 2008 | √ Marcia Fudge: 8,597 | (Unopposed) | |
| 2008 | √ Marcia Fudge: 212,485 | Thomas Pekarek: 36,705 | Eric Johnson: 23; Craig Willis: 144 |
| 2010 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 130,962 | Thomas Pekarek: 27,872 | |
| 2012 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 258,378 | (Unopposed) | |
| 2014 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 132,396 | Mark Zetzer: 34,769 | |
| 2016 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 242,917 | Beverly Goldstein: 59,769 | |
| 2018 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 206,138 | Beverly Goldstein: 44,486 | |
| 2020 | √ Marcia Fudge (incumbent): 242,098 | Laverne Gore: 60,323 | |
| 2021 (special) | √ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 81,636 | Laverne Gore: 21,929 | |
| 2022 | √ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 167,722 | Eric Brewer: 47,988 | |
| 2024 | √ Shontel Brown (incumbent): 236,883 | Eric Brewer: 59,394 |