Ohio's 14th Congressional District

Ohio's 14th Congressional District

Incumbent

David Joyce

Assumed office: January 3, 2013

Ohio's 14th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by David Joyce (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Ohio representatives represented an average of 787,257 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,031 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Brian Kenderes in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce (R)	63.4	243,427
		Brian Kenderes (D)	36.6	140,431

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 383,858
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Maria Jukic (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Brian Kenderes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Kenderes	100.0	33,769

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,769
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Elayne Cross and Kenneth Polke in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce	76.7	61,785
		Elayne Cross	13.1	10,562
		Kenneth Polke	10.2	8,257

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,604
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Zetzer (R)

2022

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Matt Kilboy in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce (R)	61.7	183,389
		Matt Kilboy (D)	38.3	113,639

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 297,028
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Matt Kilboy advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Kilboy	100.0	34,499

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,499
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brenden Kelley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Patrick Awtrey and Bevin Cormack in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce	75.7	58,042
		Patrick Awtrey	16.0	12,296
		Bevin Cormack	8.3	6,364

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,702
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jill Eaton Simms (R)

2020

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Hillary O'Connor Mueri in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce (R)	60.1	238,864
		Hillary O'Connor Mueri (D)	39.9	158,586

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,450
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Hillary O'Connor Mueri advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hillary O'Connor Mueri	100.0	48,107

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,107
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Mark Pitrone in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce	83.1	43,970
		Mark Pitrone	16.9	8,932

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,902
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2018

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce defeated Betsy Rader in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce (R)	55.2	169,809
		Betsy Rader (D)	44.8	137,549

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 307,358 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Macko (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Betsy Rader advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Betsy Rader	100.0	36,077

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 36,077
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14

Incumbent David Joyce advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Joyce	100.0	50,317

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Lynch (R)
• Evan Carp (R)

Green primary election

No Green candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Adam Hickey (G)

2016

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent David Joyce (R) defeated Michael Wager (D) in the general election. Joyce defeated Matt Lynch in the Republican primary and Wager defeated Alfred Mackey in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Joyce Incumbent	62.6%	219,191
	Democratic	Michael Wager	37.4%	130,907
	N/A	Write-in	0%	171
Total Votes				350,269
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Joyce Incumbent	64.5%	79,919
Matt Lynch	35.5%	44,004
Total Votes		123,923
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Wager	66.6%	36,796
Alfred Mackey	33.4%	18,442
Total Votes		55,238
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2014

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 14th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent David Joyce (R) defeated Michael Wager (D) and David Macko (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Joyce Incumbent	63.3%	135,736
	Democratic	Michael Wager	33%	70,856
	Libertarian	David Macko	3.7%	7,988
Total Votes				214,580
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

2012

See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 14th Congressional District of Ohio held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Republican David Joyce won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dale Virgil Blanchard	38.7%	131,637
	Republican	David Joyce	54%	183,657
	Libertarian	David Macko	3.4%	11,536
	Green	Elaine R. Mastromatteo	3.8%	13,038
Total Votes				339,868
Source: Ohio Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Steven C. LaTourette won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill O’Neill (D) and John M. Jelenic (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. LaTourette incumbent	64.9%	149,878
	Democratic	Bill O’Neill	31.4%	72,604
	Libertarian	John M. Jelenic	3.6%	8,383
Total Votes				230,865

2008
On November 4, 2008, Steven C. LaTourette won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill O’Neill (D) and David Macko (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. LaTourette incumbent	58.3%	188,488
	Democratic	Bill O’Neill	38.7%	125,214
	Libertarian	David Macko	2.9%	9,511
Total Votes				323,213

2006
On November 7, 2006, Steven C. LaTourette won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lewis R. Katz (D) and Werner J. Lange (nonpartisan) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. LaTourette incumbent	57.6%	144,069
	Democratic	Lewis R. Katz	39.1%	97,753
	Nonpartisan	Werner J. Lange	3.4%	8,500
Total Votes				250,322

2004
On November 2, 2004, Steven C. LaTourette won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Capri S. Cafaro (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. LaTourette incumbent	62.7%	201,652
	Democratic	Capri S. Cafaro	37.3%	119,714
Total Votes				321,366

2002
On November 5, 2002, Steven C. LaTourette won election to the United States House. He defeated Dale Blanchard (D) and Sid Stone (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. LaTourette	72.1%	134,413
	Democratic	Dale Blanchard	27.8%	51,846
	Independent	Sid Stone	0.1%	113
Total Votes				186,372

2000
On November 7, 2000, Tom Sawyer won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rick Wood (R), William C. McDaniel, Jr. (L) and Walter P. Keith (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Ohio District 14 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Sawyer incumbent	64.8%	149,184
	Republican	Rick Wood	31%	71,432
	Libertarian	William C. McDaniel	2.4%	5,603
	Natural Law	Walter P. Keither	1.7%	3,869
Total Votes				230,088

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2020 census

Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021. The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16. The Ohio House of Representatives voted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18.

On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's enacted congressional map and ordered the Ohio State Legislature to redraw it. On February 9, 2022, legislative leaders said they would not draw a new map, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission assumed responsibility for drawing the map.

On September 7, 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional district boundaries after the petitioners who filed the original lawsuit requested that the court dismiss the case and leave the boundaries in place for the 2024 election.The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated a 2022 state supreme court decision that had overturned the state's 2022 congressional district boundaries Since the congressional district boundaries that the state's redistricting commission adopted in March 2022 and which were used in the 2022 elections did not have support from members of the minority party, they were in effect for only two U.S. House elections with the commission required to enact a new map after the 2024 elections.

On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map in a 5-2 vote along party lines, meaning the map lasted for four years. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map before the state's primary elections as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map. This map took effect for Ohio's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Ohio work?

Congressional redistricting procedures in Ohio

On May 8, 2018, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment establishing new procedures for congressional redistricting. Beginning with the 2020 redistricting cycle, the following provisions were set to take effect:

• Following completion of the United States Census, state legislators can adopt a new congressional district map if three-fifths of the legislature's total membership vote to approve, including one-half of the minority party members. This map would apply for 10 years.
• If the legislature proves unable to adopt a new map, a commission will be formed to adopt a map. That commission will include the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, and four legislators, two of whom must come from the legislature's minority party. A majority of the commission's members, including two members belonging to the minority party, must agree on a map. The map would apply for 10 years.
• If the commission proves unable to adopt a map, state legislators will be given a second chance to adopt a map. The map would have to be approved by three-fifths of the legislature's total membership, including one-third of the minority party's members. The map would apply for 10 years.
• If the legislature fails a second time, the majority party of the legislature, without support from the minority party, can adopt a map that would apply for four years.

Maps drawn by the legislature can be vetoed by the governor or a veto referendum campaign. The amendment stipulates that 65 of Ohio's counties cannot be split during redistricting (18 can be split once, and the state's five most populous counties can be split twice).

State legislative redistricting procedures in Ohio

On November 3, 2015, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment to create a bipartisan state legislative redistricting commission. The commission comprises seven members: the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, one person appointed by the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, one person appointed by the House leader of the largest political party of which the speaker is not a member, one person appointed by the President of the Ohio State Senate, and one person appointed by the Senate leader of the largest political party of which the president is not a member.

Maps drawn by the commission are valid for 10 years if at least two commissioners from each major political party vote for them. Should the maps be passed along strictly partisan lines, the maps are valid for four years.

A six-member advisory commission is also involved in the congressional and state legislative redistricting processes. The majority leaders of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio State Senate each appoint three members, "at least one of whom must be from a different party, and at least one of whom must not be a legislator."

All legislative districts are required to be compact and made of "contiguous territory." Also, the "boundary of each district [must] be a single nonintersecting continuous line." The amendment forbids district plans from favoring or disfavoring either political party.

Ohio District 14
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Ohio District 14
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2010-2011

This is the 14th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Ohio after the 2010 census

The Ohio State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 14th the 150th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 56.8%-41.9%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 14th the 148th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 41.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 56.8%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Ohio's 14th Congressional District the 188th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.93. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.93 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Ohio
• Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024
• Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
• Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2020
• Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 14

Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Sherrod Brown (D)

J.D. Vance (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

Brad Wenstrup (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (11)

Democratic Party (6)