2014 Elections Information Sheet

(as of 2/9/2014)

Senate Seats up for Election – 17 “odd-numbered” Districts.

10 of the seats are held by Republicans and only 1 (District 31) is an “open” seat. Six of the 9 seats will face primary elections. Currently there are 23 seats are held by Republicans, 10 by Democrats.

• 1st Senate District: Sen. Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) versus Milo Schaffner.

• 3rd Senate District: Sen. Kevin Bacon (R-Columbus) versus Kevin Solveson; Democrats Star Johnson versus Marco Miller.

• 5th Senate District: Sen. Bill Beagle (R-Tipp City) versus Julie Busby; on the Democratic side, Dee Gillis faces Tom Matthew and Joe Lacey.

• 7th Senate District: Sen. Shannon Jones (R-Springboro) versus Kelly Kohls, president of the conservative Ohio School Boards Leadership Council.

• 9th Senate District: Rep. Mallory filed for term-limited Sen. Kearney's seat, along with Angela Beamon, Joe Hye, , Paul Sohi, and Cecil Thomas.

• 11th Senate District: Sen. Edna Brown (D-Toledo) is unopposed.

• 13th Senate District: Sen. (R-N. Ridgeville) is unopposed; Democrat Marcus Madison is running against Eric Kaple.

• 15th Senate District: Sen. Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus) is unopposed.

• 17th Senate District: Sen. Bob Peterson (R-Sabina) is unopposed.

• 19th Senate District: Sen. (R-Powell) is unopposed.

• 21st Senate District: Rep. Williams is running against Gerald Henley and Willie Lewis Britt for term-limited Sen. Smith's seat.

• 23rd Senate District: Sen. Michael Skindell (D-Lakewood) is unopposed.

• 25th Senate District: Former Reps. and Ed Jerse are running in a three-way race with Thaddeus Jackson.

• 27th Senate District: Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Copley Twp.) versus Caleb Davenport.

• 29th Senate District: Sen. (R-N. Canton) versus Dennis Harbert.

• 31st Senate District: Rep. Hottinger is unopposed.

• 33rd Senate District: Sen. Schiavoni is unopposed.

House Seats Up for Election.

All 99 House seats are up for election in 2014. More than a quarter of Ohio’s House seats will face primary elections in the spring. Republicans hold 59 seats, Democrats 40 seats.

There are 18 expected Republican primaries and 7 involve incumbents. There are 11 possible Democratic primaries involving 3 incumbents.

Notes and expectations from the Gongwer Statehouse Report on House elections:

Shoe-Ins: Based on reported filings, the election could already be decided for several incumbents who face no opposition in either the primary or general elections.

They include: Rep. Bob Hackett (R-London), Rep. Tony Burkley (R-Paulding), Rep. Robert Sprague (R- Findlay), Rep. Jim Buchy (R-Greenville), Rep. Rex Damschroder (R-Fremont), Rep. (R- Circleville), Rep. Brian Hill (R-Zanesville), Rep. Stephen Slesnick (D-Canton), Rep. (D-Lorain) and Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D-Kent).

Familiar Names: As usual, the candidate filings reveal a number of former members and local government officeholders on the ballot. Some of these include:

• Former Ohio Board of Education President Debbie Cain, a Democrat from Lake Township, will run against Rep. Christina Hagan (R-Uniontown).

• Former Ohio Democratic Party chairman David Leland, who served in the 115th General Assembly, recently announced his plans to make a comeback by campaigning for the seat currently held by state treasurer candidate Rep. John Carney (D-Columbus).

• Former Rep. will challenge Rep. Peter Stautberg (R-) in a second attempt to win back his old House seat.

• Former legislator Robert Cupp, who lost his seat on the Ohio Supreme Court two years ago, filed for Rep. Huffman's seat. He faces Republican Kurt Neeper in the primary.

• Former Republican Rep. Randy Law filed for the open seat left vacant by Rep. Tom Letson (D- Warren).

• Voters in 95th House District will experience d�j� vu on Election Day when Democrat Charlie Daniels takes on incumbent Rep. Andy Thompson (R-Marietta). Both candidates ran for the seat in 2012 when the district was newly formed.

• Likewise, Rep. Mike Dovilla, (R-Berea) will square off once again with Democrat Matt Patten, who served one term in the House, and former House Republican will go against Rep. Nick Barborak (D-Lisbon), who won the 5th district from him in the 2012 election. • Rep. John Patterson (D-Jefferson) will go head to head with Republican Nancy McArthur, vice president of Chardon City Council and vice mayor of the City of Chardon.

• DeVry University Dean Kathy Hoff of Hilliard will run as the democratic counterpart to incumbent Rep. (R-Hilliard).

• Hocking County Prosecutor and Democrat Laina Fetherolf-Rogers of Laurelville will take on the far-right leaning Rep. (R-Ashville).

Ohio Congressional Elections

It appears that there are many candidates interested in Ohio’s 16 Congressional seats, as all but one seat will be facing primary challengers in the spring. A total of 58 candidates have thrown their hats in the ring. Among the most active districts is House Speaker U.S. Rep. John Boehner (R-West Chester) where there are 7 challengers for the 8th District. Contrarily there is no competition in either the primary or general election for U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) in the 4th District.

1st District: Democrats Fred Kundrata and Jim Prues of Cincinnati will face off to see who runs against U.S. Rep. (R-Cincinnati) in the fall.

2nd District: Four Democrats filed to run against U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Cincinnati). They are Ronny Richards of Blue Creek, John Sheil of Cincinnati, William R. Smith of Waverly and Marek Tyszkiewicz of Cincinnati.

3rd District: Incumbent freshman U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Blacklick) faces a primary challenge from Democrat Selina Miller of Columbus. Two Republicans also filed for the new Franklin County district created in the last reapportionment cycle: John Adams of Columbus and Eric Vennon of Blacklick.

6th District: U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Poland) faces no primary in the eastern Ohio district, but two Democrats - former Rep. Jennifer Garrison of Marietta and Gregory Howard of Albany - filed to run, as did Green Party Candidate Dennis Lambert.

9th District: U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) attracted three challengers in the Lake Erie-hugging district that meanders from Toledo to Cleveland. Democrat Cory Hoffman will take a shot at a primary upset, while Republicans Robert Horrocks, Jr. and Richard May will square off in the GOP primary. Socialist Party hopeful Susan Purviance also filed to run in the left-leaning district.

10th District: U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) gets a primary challenge from perennial ballot hopeful John Anderson of Enon. Democrats Bill Conner of Beavercreek and Robert Klepinger of Dayton also filed to run for the southwest Ohio seat, as did Libertarian Candidate David Harlow of Dayton.

13th District: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Niles) is challenged in the Democratic primary by John Luchansky. No Republican filed for the northeast Ohio seat. 14th District: Opting for a congress run in the face of tough competition for his 76th House District seat, Rep. Matt Lynch (R-Bainbridge Twp.) will face U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Russell Twp.) in the northeast Ohio district's GOP primary. Democrat Michael Wager and Libertarian David Macko also filed to run.

15th District: U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Columbus) will have to dispatch fellow Republican Charles Chope of Upper Arlington before facing Democrat Scott Wharton of Amanda in the general election.

16th District: Two Democrats lined up for the chance to run against U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Wadsworth) in November. They are former House and Summit County council member Pete Crossland of Copley and James Donenwirth of Cleveland.

Congressional districts where the fall ballot appears set given the lack of primaries are:

5th District: U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) faces Democrat Robert Fry of West Toledo and Libertarian Eric Eberly of Bowling Green.

7th District: U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Lakeville) is challenged by Democrat Robert Fisher of Canton.

11th District: U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Cleveland) attracted a competitor on Republican Mark Zetzer.

12th District: U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Galena) faces Democrat David Tibbs of Newark and Green candidate Robert Hart of Worthington.