Municipal elections in Hamilton County, Ohio (2019)

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2019 Hamilton County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: May 6, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: County municipal court judges
Total seats up: 7
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2019

Hamilton County, Ohio, held general elections for county municipal court judges on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was May 6, 2019.[1]

Elections

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Candidates and results

Hamilton County Municipal Court general election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngDwane Mallory (i)
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngTyrone Yates (i)
John Coleman 
District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngTed Berry (i)
District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Berkowitz (i)
John Kennedy 
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Russell (i) Candidate Connection
Kari Bloom 
District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Peck 
Arica Underwood 

Did not make the ballot:
Ed Lanter 

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Bender (i)

Hamilton County Municipal Court special election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Candidates
District 1

Elisa Murphy (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJanaya Trotter Bratton 

Note: The special election was held for the remainder of the unexpired term of former District 1 judge Fanon Rucker ending on January 2, 2024. Elisa Murphy was appointed on September 23, 2019 by Governor Mike DeWine to fill the vacancy but must run in the special election to retain the seat.[2][3][4]

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Past elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Hamilton County, Ohio (2018)

County Offices

General

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Court of Common Pleas General Division

Martin Seat

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic Party Terry Nestor

Republican primary

Republican Party Steven E. Martin (i)

Allen and Ghiz Seats

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic Party Pavan Parikh
Democratic Party Arica Underwood

Republican primary

Republican Party Lisa Allen (i)
Republican Party Leslie Ghiz (i)

Hartman Seat

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic Party Thomas Beridon

Republican primary

Republican Party Curt C. Hartman (i)

Additional elections on the ballot

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Demographics

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Demographic Data for Hamilton County, Ohio
Hamilton County Ohio
Population 802,374 11,536,504
Land area (sq mi) 405 40,858
Race and ethnicity**
White 67.4% 81.3%
Black/African American 25.5% 12.4%
Asian 2.6% 2.2%
Native American 0.1% 0.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0%
Two or more 3.3% 2.9%
Hispanic/Latino 3.3% 3.8%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.4% 90.4%
College graduation rate 37.9% 28.3%
Income
Median household income $57,212 $56,602
Persons below poverty level 15.8% 14%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State profile

See also: Ohio and Ohio elections, 2019
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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

Presidential voting pattern

  • Ohio voted Republican in four out of the six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.

Congressional delegation

State executives

  • A Democrat held one, Republicans held eleven, and an independent held one of Ohio's 37 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
  • Ohio's governor was Republican Mike DeWine.

State legislature

Ohio Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
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Ohio quick stats
  • Became a state in 1803
  • 17th state admitted to the United States
  • Ohio was the first non-colonial free state admitted to the union.
  • Members of the Ohio State Senate: 33
  • Members of the Ohio House of Representatives: 99
  • U.S. senators: 2
  • U.S. representatives: 16

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Demographic data for Ohio
 OhioU.S.
Total population:11,605,090316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):40,8613,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:82.4%73.6%
Black/African American:12.2%12.6%
Asian:1.9%5.1%
Native American:0.2%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:3.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:89.1%86.7%
College graduation rate:26.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$49,429$53,889
Persons below poverty level:19.6%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Ohio.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Nine of 88 Ohio counties—10.2 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Ashtabula County, Ohio 18.80% 12.78% 13.54%
Erie County, Ohio 9.48% 12.29% 13.86%
Montgomery County, Ohio 0.73% 4.62% 6.22%
Ottawa County, Ohio 19.51% 4.30% 6.24%
Portage County, Ohio 9.87% 5.52% 8.99%
Sandusky County, Ohio 22.58% 2.71% 4.64%
Stark County, Ohio 17.17% 0.47% 5.46%
Trumbull County, Ohio 6.22% 23.00% 22.43%
Wood County, Ohio 7.99% 4.84% 7.13%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Ohio with 51.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Ohio cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 93.3 percent of the time (28 out of 30 elections), more than any other state in the country. In that same time frame, Ohio supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 60 to 40 percent. Between 2000 and 2016, Ohio voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Ohio. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 35.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 33 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 34 points. Clinton won seven districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 60 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 17.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 66 out of 99 state House districts in Ohio with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Hamilton County, Ohio Ohio Municipal government Other local coverage
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