As of Wednesday morning, all Ohio House incumbents were headed for re-election, with no seats changing hands, according to Associated Press projections based on Tuesday’s unofficial results. The results will remain unofficial until certified by county boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State.
The AP has yet to call two races: Ohio’s 9th U.S. Congressional District, where longtime incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur leads by less than 1,200 votes and the gap between her and state Republican challenger Derek Merrin is 0.32%. Hood currently has 176,228 votes compared to 175,035 for Merrin.
In Ohio’s 13th U.S. Congressional District, the AP has not called the race, but Democratic U.S. incumbent Emilia Sykes has a nearly 8,000-vote lead over Republican challenger Kevin Coughlin, earning 51.05% of the vote compared to Coughlin’s 48.95, or 193 575 votes to 185,622.
Provisional ballots still need to be counted.
The expansive majority of U.S. Congressional races in Ohio were not considered competitive, with only three qualifying for nonpartisan races List of competitive races at the Cook Political Report: OH-1 as “probably Democrat” and OH-9 and OH-13 as “lean Democrat”.
In Ohio’s 1st U.S. Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Greg Landsman faced a challenge from Hamilton County Deputy Attorney Orlando Sonza of the Republican Party and won Wednesday morning, according to current results, by a margin of 54.4% to 45.6%.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Reps. Joyce Beatty and Shontel Brown are also projected to easily win re-election, as are all of Ohio’s incumbent Republican congressmen, including U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan, Bob Latta, Michael Rulli and Max Miller , also won re-election. , Warren Davidson, Michael Turner, Troy Balderson, Dave Joyce and Mike Carey.
Republican David Taylor is projected to win Ohio’s only open seat, the 2nd U.S. Congressional District, replacing outgoing Republican U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup.
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