2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election Ohio Presidential no 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 5 2006 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 5 2008 150x150px File:Bob Latta 111th Congress 2009.jpg Bob Latta Republican Party (United States) 56,114 56.96% 3x4.svg Robin Weirauch Democratic Party (United States) 42,229 42.87% U.S. Representative Paul Gillmor Republican Party (United States) Bob Latta Republican Party (United States) 2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election results by county.svg 300px County resultsLatta: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% thumb|100px|right|Paul Gillmor, whose death triggered a special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district The 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007.https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,,-6922934,00.html Elections set to fill seat of Ohio rep. Guardian Unlimited Associated Press September 15, 2007 October 5, 2007 London https://web.archive.org/web/20071127120503/http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6922934,00.html November 27, 2007 Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch.Former Ohio congressman's son elected to fill dad's old seat https://web.archive.org/web/20071213225456/http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=74963 2007-12-13 WNWO NBC 24 December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007 Democratic primary Candidates Robin Weirauch, public administrator, 2004 and 2006 Democratic nominee George Mays, businessman Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106demFifthCong.aspx Democratic Fifth Congressional District: November 6, 2007 2011-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110627172542/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106demFifthCong.aspx 2011-06-27 dead Robin Weirauch Democratic Party (United States) 32,124 72.13 George Mays Democratic Party (United States) 12,412 27.87 44,536 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Bob Latta, State Senator Steve Buehrer, State Senator Mark Hollenbaugh, high school teacher Fred Pieper Michael Smitley, business consultant Polling Source Date Buehrer (R) Hollenbaugh (R) Latta (R) Pieper (R) Smitley (R)Basswood ResearchBasswood ResearchOct 27–28, 2007 28% N/A 25% N/A N/APublic Opinion StrategiesPublic Opinion StrategiesOct 16–17, 2007 21% 1% 40% 4% 0%Basswood ResearchBasswood ResearchOctober 15, 2007 25% N/A 28% N/A N/ABasswood ResearchBasswood ResearchSeptember 19, 2007 14% N/A 27% N/A N/A Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106repFifthCong.aspx Republican Fifth Congressional District: November 6, 2007 2011-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110627172543/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1106repFifthCong.aspx 2011-06-27 dead Bob Latta Republican Party (United States) 32,392 43.66 Steve Buehrer Republican Party (United States) 29,850 40.23 Mark Hollenbaugh Republican Party (United States) 4,955 6.68 Fred Pieper Republican Party (United States) 4,252 5.73 Michael Smitley Republican Party (United States) 2,742 3.70 74,191 100.00 General election Polling Source Date Latta (R) Weirauch (D)Public Opinion StrategiesPublic Opinion Strategies Nov 11–12, 2007 50% 36% Results Ohio's 5th congressional district special election, 2007http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1211fifthCongressional.aspx Fifth Congressional District: December 11, 2007 2011-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110627172538/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2007ElectionsResults/07-1211fifthCongressional.aspx 2011-06-27 dead Republican Party (United States) Bob Latta 56,114 56.96 Democratic Party (United States) Robin Weirauch 42,229 42.87 Write-ins 167 0.17 98,510 100.00 Republican Party (United States) See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References 30em Vardon Joe Campbell drops out of race in 5th District The Blade http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS09/71006004 October 6, 2007 October 6, 2007 External links Candidate Web Sites Republican Steve Buehrer for Congress web site Mark Hollenbaugh for Congress web site Bob Latta for Congress web site Fred Pieper for Congress web site Michael Smitley for Congress web site Democratic George Mays for Congress web site https://web.archive.org/web/20071010004238/http://www.georgemays.com/ October 10, 2007 Robin Weirauch for Congress web site 2007 05 Ohio 05 Ohio 2007 05 Category:2007 Ohio elections United States House of Representatives 2007 05 Ohio 05