Certified returns for every federal race in Ohio in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 18 of 18 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
2,940,044
51.5%
Republican
2,677,820
46.9%
Independent
46,242
0.8%
Libertarian
19,917
0.3%
Constitution
12,565
0.2%
Green
8,518
0.1%
Socialist
2,735
0.0%
Write-in (Independent)
509
0.0%
Total
5,708,350
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steve Driehaus
Democrat
155,455
52.5%
Steve Chabot
Republican
140,683
47.5%
Eric Wilson
Write-in (Independent)
85
0.0%
Rich Stevenson
Write-in (Independent)
67
0.0%
Total
296,290
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jean Schmidt
Republican
148,671
44.8%
Victoria Wulsin
Democrat
124,213
37.5%
David H. Krikorian
Independent
58,710
17.7%
James Condit, Jr.
Write-in (Independent)
30
0.0%
Total
331,624
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael R. Turner
Republican
200,204
63.3%
Jane Mitakides
Democrat
115,976
36.7%
Total
316,180
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Jordan
Republican
186,154
65.2%
Mike Carroll
Democrat
99,499
34.8%
Total
285,653
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert E. Latta
Republican
188,905
64.1%
George F. Mays
Democrat
105,840
35.9%
Total
294,745
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles A. Wilson
Democrat
176,330
62.3%
Richard D. Stobbs
Republican
92,968
32.8%
Dennis Spisak
Green
13,812
4.9%
Total
283,110
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steve Austria
Republican
174,915
58.2%
Sharen Swartz Neuhardt
Democrat
125,547
41.8%
Total
300,462
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John A. Boehner
Republican
202,063
67.9%
Nicholas A. Von Stein
Democrat
95,510
32.1%
Total
297,573
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marcy Kaptur
Democrat
222,054
74.4%
Bradley S. Leavitt
Republican
76,512
25.6%
Total
298,566
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dennis J. Kucinich
Democrat
157,268
57.0%
Jim Trakas
Republican
107,918
39.1%
Paul Conroy
Libertarian
10,623
3.9%
Total
275,809
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marcia L. Fudge
Democrat
212,667
85.2%
Thomas Pekarek
Republican
36,708
14.7%
Craig E. Willis
Write-in (Independent)
144
0.1%
Eric Johnson
Write-in (Independent)
23
0.0%
Total
249,542
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Patrick J. Tiberi
Republican
197,447
54.8%
David Robinson
Democrat
152,234
42.2%
Steven R. Linnabary
Libertarian
10,707
3.0%
Total
360,388
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty Sutton
Democrat
192,593
64.7%
David S. Potter
Republican
105,050
35.3%
Robert Crow
Write-in (Independent)
37
0.0%
Total
297,680
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steven C. LaTourette
Republican
188,488
58.3%
Bill O’Neill
Democrat
125,214
38.7%
David Macko
Libertarian
9,511
2.9%
Total
323,213
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mary Jo Kilroy
Democrat
139,584
45.9%
Steve Stivers
Republican
137,272
45.2%
Mark Michael Noble
Libertarian
14,061
4.6%
Don Elijah Eckhart
Independent
12,915
4.3%
Travis Casper
Write-in (Independent)
6
0.0%
Total
303,838
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John A. Boccieri
Democrat
169,044
55.4%
Kirk Schuring
Republican
136,293
44.6%
Total
305,337
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Ryan
Democrat
218,896
78.1%
Duane V. Grassell
Republican
61,216
21.9%
Total
280,112
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Zachary T. Space
Democrat
164,187
59.9%
Fred Dailey
Republican
110,031
40.1%
Total
274,218
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.