# Ohio's 9th congressional district

Ohio's 9th congressional district has been represented by Representative Marcy Kaptur (D) since 1983.
This district is located in the northwestern part of the state, bordering Michigan, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes all of Defiance, Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Erie counties, and a portion of northern Wood County.
The previous iteration of the 9th district stretched along Lake Erie from Toledo to Cleveland, and was called "The Snake by the Lake" due to its long and skinny appearance on the map. The two parts of the district were connected only via the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge between Erie and Ottawa counties, as well as Crane Creek State Park. Some Ohio Democrats argued that when the beach floods, the district was not contiguous.
It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as unconstitutional gerrymandering. According to the lawsuit, the 9th "eats its way across the southern border of Lake Erie" while fragmenting Cleveland and Toledo. In 2019, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, meaning that Ohio's congressional districts, including District 9, would not need to be redrawn.
The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.

## Recent election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | Obama 58% - 40% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 59% - 41% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 48% - 47% |
| 2016 | Senate | Portman 54% - 41% |
| 2018 | Senate | Brown 58% - 42% |
| 2018 | Governor | Cordray 50% - 46% |
| 2018 | Attorney General | Dettelbach 52% - 48% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 51% - 48% |
| 2022 | Senate | Ryan 50.2% - 49.8% |
| 2022 | Governor | DeWine 63% - 37% |
| 2022 | Secretary of State | LaRose 57% - 41% |
| 2022 | Treasurer | Sprague 56% - 44% |
| 2022 | Auditor | Faber 57% - 43% |
| 2022 | Attorney General | Yost 58% - 42% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 53% - 46% |
| 2024 | Senate | Brown 48% - 47% |

## 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:
Defiance County (16)
    All 16 townships and municipalities
Erie County (18)
    All 18 townships and municipalities
Fulton County (10)
    All 10 townships and municipalities
Lucas County (22)
    All 22 townships and municipalities
Ottawa County (20)
    All 20 townships and municipalities
Sandusky County (22)
    All 22 townships and municipalities
Williams County (21)
    All 21 townships and municipalities
Wood County (8)
    Lake Township, Middleton Township (part; also 5th), Millbury, Northwood, Perrysburg, Perrysburg Township, Rossford, Walbridge

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1823 |||||
| Philemon Beecher (Lancaster) | Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th 20th | Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election. |
| Philemon Beecher (Lancaster) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | 18th 19th 20th | Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election. |
| William W. Irvin (Lancaster) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | 21st 22nd | Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. [data missing] |
| John Chaney (Courtwright) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th 25th | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. [data missing] |
| John Chaney (Courtwright) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 23rd 24th 25th | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. [data missing] |
| William Medill (Lancaster) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | 26th 27th | Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing] |
| Elias Florence (Circleville) | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | 28th | Elected in 1843. [data missing] |
| Augustus L. Perrill (Lithopolis) | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | 29th | Elected in 1844. [data missing] |
| Thomas O. Edwards (Lancaster) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1846. [data missing] |
| Edson B. Olds (Circleville) | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Frederick W. Green (Tiffin) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1852. [data missing] |
| Cooper K. Watson (Tiffin) | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1854. [data missing] |
| Lawrence W. Hall (Bucyrus) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1856. [data missing] |
| John Carey (Carey) | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1858. [data missing] |
| Warren P. Noble (Tiffin) | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 | 37th 38th | Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. [data missing] |
| Ralph P. Buckland (Fremont) | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | 39th 40th | Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data missing] |
| Edward F. Dickinson (Fremont) | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | 41st | Elected in 1868. [data missing] |
| Charles Foster (Fostoria) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | 42nd | Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
| James W. Robinson (Marysville) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. [data missing] |
| Earley F. Poppleton (Delaware) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Elected in 1874. [data missing] |
| John S. Jones (Delaware) | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Elected in 1876. [data missing] |
| George L. Converse (Columbus) | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| James S. Robinson (Kenton) | Republican | March 4, 1881 – January 12, 1885 | 47th 48th | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Resigned to become Ohio Secretary of State. |
| Vacant | Vacant | January 12, 1885 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | |
| William C. Cooper (Mount Vernon) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 | 49th 50th 51st | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing] |
| Joseph H. Outhwaite (Columbus) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Byron F. Ritchie (Toledo) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Elected in 1892. [data missing] |
| James H. Southard (Toledo) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907 | 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data missing] |
| Isaac R. Sherwood (Toledo) | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921 | 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910 Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election. |
| William W. Chalmers (Toledo) | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | 67th | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. |
| Isaac R. Sherwood (Toledo) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 68th | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election. |
| William W. Chalmers (Toledo) | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | 69th 70th 71st | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost renomination. |
| Wilbur M. White (Toledo) | Republican | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | 72nd | Elected in 1930. Lost re-election. |
| Warren J. Duffey (Toledo) | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – July 7, 1936 | 73rd 74th | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | July 7, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | 74th | |
| John F. Hunter (Toledo) | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | 75th 76th 77th | Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election. |
| Homer A. Ramey (Toledo) | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | 78th 79th 80th | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election. |
| Thomas Henry Burke (Toledo) | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | 81st | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election. |
| Frazier Reams (Toledo) | Independent | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 | 82nd 83rd | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
| Thomas L. Ashley (Maumee) | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1981 | 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election. |
| Ed Weber (Toledo) | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | 97th | Elected in 1980. Lost re-election. |
| Marcy Kaptur (Toledo) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – present | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. |

## Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
| 1920 | Isaac R. Sherwood: 38,292 | Y William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 49,732 | Karl E. Pauli: 47 |
| 1922 | Y Isaac R. Sherwood: 45,059 | William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 42,712 | (none) |
| 1924 | Isaac R. Sherwood (Incumbent): 48,482 | Y William W. Chalmers: 54,792 | Millard Price (Prohibition): 2,159 John Kocinski: 747 |
| 1926 | C. W. Davis: 23,947 | Y William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 47,331 | George F. Parrish (TRI): 1,110 Millard Price (Socialist): 1,018 |
| 1928 | William P. Clarke: 50,601 | Y William W. Chalmers (Incumbent): 82,560 | Charles V. Stephenson (Workers): 190 |
| 1930 | Scott Stahl: 36,375 | Y Wilbur M. White: 49,498 | (none) |
| 1932 | Y Warren J. Duffey: 56,755 | Wilbur M. White (Incumbent): 54,078 | Silas E. Hurin: 4,200 Clyde E. Kiker: 2,135 Karl Pauli (Socialist): 1,314 Eugene Stoll (Communist): 620 |
| 1934 | Y Warren J. Duffey (Incumbent): 61,037 | Frank L. Mulholland: 35,732 | Kenneth Eggert (Communist): 684 Karl Pauli (Socialist): 510 |
| 1936 | Y John F. Hunter: 75,737 | Raymond E. Hildebrand: 55,043 | Earl O. Lehman: 3,739 |
| 1938 | Y John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 56,306 | Homer A. Ramey: 55,441 | (none) |
| 1940 | Y John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 86,956 | Wilbur M. White: 71,927 | (none) |
| 1942 | John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027 | Y Homer A. Ramey: 47,377 | (none) |
| 1944 | John F. Hunter: 77,693 | Y Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 82,735 | (none) |
| 1946 | Michael DiSalle: 59,057 | Y Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 59,394 | (none) |
| 1948 | Y Thomas H. Burke: 85,409 | Homer A. Ramey (Incumbent): 73,394 | (none) |
| 1950 | Thomas H. Burke (Incumbent): 45,268 | Homer A. Ramey: 43,301 | Y Frazier Reams (Independent): 51,024 |
| 1952 | Thomas H. Burke: 61,047 | Gilmore Flues: 46,989 | Y Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 74,821 |
| 1954 | Y Thomas L. Ashley: 48,471 | Irving C. Reynolds: 39,933 | Frazier Reams (Independent, Incumbent): 44,656 |
| 1956 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): | Harvey G. Straub: 81,562 | (none) |
| 1958 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 102,115 | William K. Gernheuser: 63,660 | (none) |
| 1960 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 108,688 | Howard C. Cook: 82,433 | (none) |
| 1962 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 86,443 | Martin A. Janis: 64,279 | (none) |
| 1964 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 109,167 | John O. Celusta: 64,401 | (none) |
| 1966 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 83,261 | Jane M. Kuebbeler: 53,777 | (none) |
| 1968 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 85,280 | Ben Marsh: 63,290 | (none) |
| 1970 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 82,777 | Allen H. Shapiro: 33,947 | (none) |
| 1972 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 110,450 | Joseph C. Richards: 49,388 | (none) |
| 1974 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 64,831 | Carty Finkbeiner: 57,892 | (none) |
| 1976 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 91,040 | Carty Finkbeiner: 73,919 | Edward S. Emery: 1,533 Lynn Galonsky: 1,477 |
| 1978 | Y Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 71,709 | John C. Hoyt: 34,326 | Edward S. Emery: 2,563 Michael James Lewinski: 4,530 |
| 1980 | Thomas L. Ashley (Incumbent): 68,728 | Y Ed Weber: 96,927 | Edward S. Emery: 4,357 Toby Elizabeth Emmerich: 2,411 |
| 1982 | Y Marcy Kaptur: 95,162 | Ed Weber (Incumbent): 64,459 | David Muir (Libertarian): 1,217 Susan A. Skinner: 1,785 James J. Somers: 1,594 |
| 1984 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,985 | Frank Venner: 93,210 | Other: 3,714 |
| 1986 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 105,646 | Mike Shufeldt: 30,643 | (none) |
| 1988 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,557 | Al Hawkins: 36,183 | (none) |
| 1990 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 117,681 | Jerry D. Lammers: 33,791 | (none) |
| 1992 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 178,879 | Ken D. Brown: 53,011 | Edward Howard: 11,162 |
| 1994 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 118,120 | R. Randy Whitman: 38,665 | (none) |
| 1996 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 170,617 | R. Randy Whitman: 46,040 | Elizabeth A. Slotnick (Natural Law): 4,677 |
| 1998 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 130,793 | Edward S. Emery: 30,312 | (none) |
| 2000 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 168,547 | Dwight E. Bryan: 49,446 | Galen Fries (Libertarian): 4,239 Dennis Slotnick (Natural Law): 3,096 |
| 2002 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 132,236 | Edward S. Emery: 46,481 | (none) |
| 2004 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 199,528 | Larry A. Kaczala: 93,930 | (none) |
| 2006 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 153,880 | Brad Leavitt: 55,119 | (none) |
| 2008 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 210,822 | Brad Leavitt: 73,610 | (none) |
| 2010 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 121,819 | Rich Iott: 83,423 | (none) |
| 2012 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 217,775 | Joe Wurzelbacher: 68,666 | Sean Stipe (Libertarian): 11,725 |
| 2014 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 106,338 | Richard May: 50,792 | Cory Hoffman (Write-in): 112 George A. Skalsky (Write-in): 29 |
| 2016 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 193,966 | Donald P. Larson: 88,427 | George A. Skalsky (Write-in): 5 |
| 2018 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 157,219 | Steve Kraus: 74,670 | McKenzie Levindofske (Write-in): 48 |
| 2020 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 190,328 | Rob Weber: 111,385 | McKenzie Levindofske (Write-in): 39 |
| 2022 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 150,655 | J.R. Majewski: 115,362 | (none) |
| 2024 | Y Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent): 181,098 | Derek Merrin: 178,716 | Tom Pruss (Libertarian): 15,381 |