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."Kill the Snake by the Lake", Toledo Blade, Jan. 16, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018. 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 flooded, 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.Todd Ruger, "Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander" , Roll Call, May 23, 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018. According to the lawsuit, the 9th "eats its way across the southern border of Lake Erie" while fragmenting Cleveland and Toledo.Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute et al., v. John Kasich, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, filed 05/23/2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018. 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 2023-2027 boundaries Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 58% - 40%2012 PresidentObama 59% - 41%2016 PresidentTrump 48% - 47% SenatePortman 54% - 41%2018 SenateBrown 58% - 42% GovernorCordray 50% - 46% Attorney GeneralDettelbach 52% - 48%2020 PresidentTrump 51% - 48%2022 SenateRyan 50.2% - 49.8% GovernorDeWine 63% - 37% Secretary of StateLaRose 57% - 41% TreasurerSprague 56% - 44% AuditorFaber 57% - 43% Attorney GeneralYost 58% - 42%2024 PresidentTrump 53% - 46% SenateBrown 48% - 47%
2027–2033 boundaries Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 56% - 42%2012 PresidentObama 56% - 44%2016 PresidentTrump 50% - 45% SenatePortman 56% - 39%2018 SenateBrown 57% - 43% GovernorDeWine 48.4% - 48.1% Attorney GeneralYost 50.3% - 49.7%2020 PresidentTrump 52% - 46%2022 SenateVance 52% - 48% GovernorDeWine 65% - 35% Secretary of StateLaRose 58% - 40% TreasurerSprague 58% - 42% AuditorFaber 59% - 41% Attorney GeneralYost 60% - 40%2024 PresidentTrump 55% - 44% SenateMoreno 50% - 46%
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:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST39/CD118_OH09.pdf
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 Congress Electoral history Counties represented District established March 4, 1823 Philemon Beecher Adams-ClayDemocratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822.Re-elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1826.Lost re-election. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1829 William W. Irvin Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1828.Re-elected in 1830. John Chaney Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1832.Re-elected in 1834.Re-elected in 1836. Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 William Medill Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840. Elias Florence Whig March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1843. Augustus L. Perrill Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1844. Thomas O. Edwards Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1846. Edson B. Olds Democratic March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1848.Re-elected in 1850.Redistricted to the . Frederick W. Green Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852. Cooper K. Watson Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854. Lawrence W. Hall Democratic March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1856. John Carey Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1858. Warren P. Noble Democratic March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1865 Elected in 1860.Re-elected in 1862. Ralph P. Buckland Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866. Edward F. Dickinson Democratic March 4, 1869 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1868. Charles Foster Republican March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . James W. Robinson Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1872. Earley F. Poppleton Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874. John S. Jones Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1876. George L. Converse Democratic March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1878.Redistricted to the . James S. Robinson Republican March 4, 1881 –January 12, 1885 Elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Resigned to become Ohio Secretary of State. Vacant January 12, 1885 –March 3, 1885 William C. Cooper Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888. Joseph H. Outhwaite Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . Byron F. Ritchie Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892. James H. Southard Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1907 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904. Isaac R. Sherwood Democratic March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Lost re-election. William W. Chalmers Republican March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1920.Lost re-election. Isaac R. Sherwood Democratic March 4, 1923 –March 3, 1925 Elected in 1922.Lost re-election. William W. Chalmers Republican March 4, 1925 –March 3, 1931 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Lost renomination. Wilbur M. White Republican March 4, 1931 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1930.Lost re-election. Warren J. Duffey Democratic March 4, 1933 –July 7, 1936 Elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Died. Vacant July 7, 1936 –January 3, 1937 John F. Hunter Democratic January 3, 1937 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Lost re-election. Homer A. Ramey Republican January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1949 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Lost re-election. Thomas Henry Burke Democratic January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1951 Elected in 1948.Lost re-election. Frazier Reams Independent January 3, 1951 –January 3, 1955 Elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Lost re-election. Thomas L. Ashley Democratic January 3, 1955 –January 3, 1981 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 Republican January 3, 1981 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. Marcy Kaptur Democratic January 3, 1983 –presentElected 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. 2003–20132013–2023 2023–2027
Election results The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.