Ohio's 12th Congressional District

Ohio's 12th Congressional District

Incumbent

Troy Balderson

Assumed office: September 5, 2018

Ohio's 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Troy Balderson (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Ohio representatives represented an average of 787,257 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,031 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson and Jerrad Christian are running in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Troy Balderson (R)
		Jerrad Christian (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Jerrad Christian advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerrad Christian	100.0	22,809

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,809
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	100.0	81,263

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,263
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2022

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Amy Rippel-Elton in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson (R)	69.3	191,344
		Amy Rippel-Elton (D)	30.7	84,893

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Amy Rippel-Elton defeated Michael Fletcher in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Rippel-Elton	56.7	12,712
		Michael Fletcher	43.3	9,717

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,429
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alaina Shearer (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Brandon Lape in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	82.3	66,181
		Brandon Lape	17.7	14,196

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,377
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2020

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Alaina Shearer and John Stewart in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson (R)	55.2	241,790
		Alaina Shearer (D)	41.8	182,847
		John Stewart (L)	3.0	13,035

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 437,672
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Alaina Shearer defeated Jennifer Bell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alaina Shearer	58.4	34,103
		Jennifer Bell	41.6	24,263

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,366
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Benjamin Weislogel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Tim Day in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	83.9	51,412
		Tim Day	16.1	9,877

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,289
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Samuel Mierzejewski (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

John Stewart advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Stewart (Write-in)	100.0	59

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2018

Regular

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Incumbent Troy Balderson defeated Danny O'Connor and Joe Manchik in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson (R)	51.4	175,677
		Danny O'Connor (D)	47.2	161,251
		Joe Manchik (G)	1.4	4,718
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 341,647 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Veley (Independent)
• Matthew Brendan O'Connor (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny O'Connor	40.5	18,211
		John Russell	16.3	7,310
		Zach Scott	16.1	7,236
		Jackie Patton	14.0	6,299
		Ed Albertson	7.9	3,531
		Doug Wilson	3.7	1,683
		John Peters	1.5	670

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 44,940
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Crystal Lett (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	28.7	19,552
		Melanie Leneghan	27.6	18,777
		Tim Kane	16.9	11,491
		Kevin Bacon	14.3	9,711
		Carol O'Brien	6.5	4,415
		Jon Halverstadt	1.7	1,130
		Mick Shoemaker Jr.	1.2	802
		Lawrence Cohen	1.2	798
		Pat Manley	1.1	741
		John Adams	0.9	618

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 68,035
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brandon Grisez (R)
• Gary Chiero (R)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Joe Manchik advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Manchik	100.0	181

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Special

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District special election, 2018

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Troy Balderson defeated Danny O'Connor and Joe Manchik in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson (R)	50.1	104,328
		Danny O'Connor (D)	49.3	102,648
		Joe Manchik (G)	0.6	1,165

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 208,141
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Veley (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny O'Connor	40.9	18,422
		Zach Scott	16.8	7,544
		John Russell	16.7	7,515
		Jackie Patton	13.6	6,111
		Ed Albertson	8.1	3,638
		Doug Wilson	3.9	1,771

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 45,001
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Crystal Lett (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Balderson	29.2	20,101
		Melanie Leneghan	28.3	19,437
		Tim Kane	17.1	11,743
		Kevin Bacon	14.3	9,819
		Carol O'Brien	6.4	4,406
		Jon Halverstadt	1.5	998
		Lawrence Cohen	1.2	807
		Mick Shoemaker Jr.	1.1	750
		Pat Manley	1.1	729

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 68,790
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Chiero (R)
• Brandon Grisez (R)

Green primary election

Special Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12

Joe Manchik advanced from the special Green primary for U.S. House Ohio District 12 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Manchik	100.0	197

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2016

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Patrick Tiberi (R) defeated Ed Albertson (D) and Joe Manchik (Green) in the general election. All three candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi Incumbent	66.6%	251,266
	Democratic	Ed Albertson	29.8%	112,638
	Green	Joe Manchik	3.6%	13,474
	N/A	Write-in	0%	156
Total Votes				377,534
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2014

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 12th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Patrick Tiberi (R) defeated David Tibbs (D) and Bob Hart (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi Incumbent	68.1%	150,573
	Democratic	David Tibbs	27.8%	61,360
	Green	Bob Hart	4.1%	9,148
Total Votes				221,081
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2012

See also: Ohio's 12th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 12th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Patrick J. Tiberi won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	James Reese	36.5%	134,605
	Republican	Patrick J. Tiberi Incumbent	63.5%	233,869
Total Votes				368,474
Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Patrick Tiberi won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paula Brooks (D) and Travis Irvine (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick J. Tiberi incumbent	55.8%	150,163
	Democratic	Paula Brooks	41%	110,307
	Libertarian	Travis M. Irvine	3.2%	8,710
Total Votes				269,180

2008
On November 4, 2008, Patrick Tiberi won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Robinson (D) and Steven Linnaberry (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi	54.8%	197,447
	Democratic	David Robinson	42.2%	152,234
	Libertarian	Steven Linnaberry	3%	10,707
Total Votes				360,388

2006
On November 7, 2006, Patrick Tiberi won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Shamansky (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi	57.3%	145,943
	Democratic	Bob Shamansky	42.7%	108,746
Total Votes				254,689

2004
On November 2, 2004, Patrick Tiberi won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Edward Brown (D) and Chuck Spingola (nonpartisan) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi	62%	198,912
	Democratic	Edward Brown	38%	122,109
	Nonpartisan	Chuck Spingola	0%	25
Total Votes				321,046

2002
On November 5, 2002, Patrick Tiberi won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Edward Brown (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi	64.4%	116,982
	Democratic	Edward Brown	35.6%	64,707
Total Votes				181,689

2000
On November 7, 2000, Patrick Tiberi won election to the United States House. He defeated Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D), Nick Hogan (L), Gregory Richey (Natural Law) and Charles Jordan (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 12 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Patrick Tiberi	52.9%	139,242
	Democratic	Maryellen O'Shaughnessy	43.8%	115,432
	Libertarian	Nick Hogan	1.7%	4,546
	Natural Law	Gregory Richey	1%	2,600
	Independent	Charles Jordan	0.6%	1,566
Total Votes				263,386

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021. The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16. The Ohio House of Representatives voted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18.

On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's enacted congressional map and ordered the Ohio State Legislature to redraw it. On February 9, 2022, legislative leaders said they would not draw a new map, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission assumed responsibility for drawing the map.

On September 7, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional district boundaries after the petitioners who filed the original lawsuit requested that the court dismiss the case and leave the boundaries in place for the 2024 election.The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries Since the congressional district boundaries that the state's redistricting commission adopted in March 2022 and which were used in the 2022 elections did not have support from members of the minority party, they will be in effect for only two U.S. House elections with the commission required to enact a new map after the 2024 elections.

On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map in a 5-2 vote along party lines, meaning the map lasted for four years. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map before the state's primary elections as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map. This map took effect for Ohio's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Ohio work?

Congressional redistricting procedures in Ohio

On May 8, 2018, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment establishing new procedures for congressional redistricting. Beginning with the 2020 redistricting cycle, the following provisions were set to take effect:

• Following completion of the United States Census, state legislators can adopt a new congressional district map if three-fifths of the legislature's total membership vote to approve, including one-half of the minority party members. This map would apply for 10 years.
• If the legislature proves unable to adopt a new map, a commission will be formed to adopt a map. That commission will include the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, and four legislators, two of whom must come from the legislature's minority party. A majority of the commission's members, including two members belonging to the minority party, must agree on a map. The map would apply for 10 years.
• If the commission proves unable to adopt a map, state legislators will be given a second chance to adopt a map. The map would have to be approved by three-fifths of the legislature's total membership, including one-third of the minority party's members. The map would apply for 10 years.
• If the legislature fails a second time, the majority party of the legislature, without support from the minority party, can adopt a map that would apply for four years.

Maps drawn by the legislature can be vetoed by the governor or a veto referendum campaign. The amendment stipulates that 65 of Ohio's counties cannot be split during redistricting (18 can be split once, and the state's five most populous counties can be split twice).

State legislative redistricting procedures in Ohio

On November 3, 2015, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment to create a bipartisan state legislative redistricting commission. The commission comprises seven members: the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, one person appointed by the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, one person appointed by the House leader of the largest political party of which the speaker is not a member, one person appointed by the President of the Ohio State Senate, and one person appointed by the Senate leader of the largest political party of which the president is not a member.

Maps drawn by the commission are valid for 10 years if at least two commissioners from each major political party vote for them. Should the maps be passed along strictly partisan lines, the maps are valid for four years.

A six-member advisory commission is also involved in the congressional and state legislative redistricting processes. The majority leaders of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio State Senate each appoint three members, "at least one of whom must be from a different party, and at least one of whom must not be a legislator."

All legislative districts are required to be compact and made of "contiguous territory." Also, the "boundary of each district [must] be a single nonintersecting continuous line." The amendment forbids district plans from favoring or disfavoring either political party.

Ohio District 12
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Ohio District 12
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2010-2011

This is the 12th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2010 census

The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 12th the 61st most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 64.7%-33.8%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 12th the 61st most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 33.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 64.7%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 12th Congressional District the 171st most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.97. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.97 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Ohio
• Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2024
• Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2022
• Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2020
• Ohio's 12th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 12

Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Sherrod Brown (D)

J.D. Vance (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

Brad Wenstrup (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (11)

Democratic Party (6)