Ohio's 8th congressional district

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Ohio's 8th congressional district
Population (2000)	630,730
Median income	$43,753
Ethnic composition	92.4% White, 4.4% Black, 1.2% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+12

The 8th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative John Boehner, the House Minority Leader. This district sits on the west side of Ohio, bordering Indiana. The cities of Middletown, Piqua, Troy, Hamilton, Huber Heights and parts of Dayton, Riverside, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base are part of Boehner's district.

[edit] List of Representatives

Congress(es)/Year(s)	Representative	Party
18th (1823–1825)	William Wilson	Crawford Republican
19th–20th (1825 – 1827-06-06)		Adams
20th–21st (1827-10-09 – 1831)	William Stanbery	Jacksonian
22nd (1831–1833)		National Republican
23rd–24th (1833–1837)	Jeremiah McLene	Democratic
25th–27th (1837–1843)	Joseph Ridgway	Whig
28th (1843–1845)	John I. Vanmeter
29th (1845–1847)	Allen G. Thurman	Democratic
30th–32nd (1847–1853)	John L. Taylor	Whig
33rd (1853–1855)	Moses Bledso Corwin
34th (1855–1857)	Benjamin Stanton	Opposition
35th–36th (1857–1861)		Republican
37th (1861–1863)	Samuel Shellabarger
38th (1863–1865)	William Johnston	Democratic
39th (1865–1867)	James Randolph Hubbell	Republican
40th (1867-03-04 – 1867-12-22)	Cornelius S. Hamilton
40th–42nd (1868-02-05 – 1873)	John Beatty
43rd–44th (1873–1877)	William Lawrence
45th (1877–1879)	J. Warren Keifer
46th (1879–1881)	Ebenezer B. Finley	Democratic
47th–48th (1881–1885)	J. Warren Keifer	Republican
49th (1885–1887)	John Little
50th–51st (1887–1891)	Robert P. Kennedy
52nd (1891–1893)	Darius D. Hare	Democratic
53rd–54th (1893–1897)	Luther M. Strong	Republican
55th–56th (1897–1901)	Archibald Lybrand
57th–58th (1901–1905)	William R. Warnock
59th–61st (1905–1911)	Ralph D. Cole
62nd–63rd (1911 – 1915-01-09)	Frank B. Willis
64th–65th (1915–1919)	John A. Key	Democratic
66th–68th (1919–1925)	R. Clint Cole	Republican
69th–70th (1925–1929)	Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic
71st–72nd (1929–1933)	Grant E. Mouser, Jr.	Republican
73rd–75th (1933–1939)	Thomas B. Fletcher	Democratic
76th–81st (1939–1951)	Frederick Cleveland Smith	Republican
82nd–92nd (1951–1973)	Jackson Edward Betts
93rd (1973–1975)	Walter E. Powell
94th–99th (1975–1987)	Tom Kindness
100th–101st (1987 – 1990-10-24)	Buz Lukens
102nd–present (1991–present)	John Boehner

[edit] Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2006	Mort Meier: 74,641	John A. Boehner: 132,743
2004	Jeff Hardenbrook: 87,769	John A. Boehner: 195,923
2002	Jeff Hardenbrook: 49,444	John A. Boehner: 119,947
2000	John G. Parks: 66,293	John A. Boehner: 179,756	David R. Shock (L): 3,802
1998	John W. Griffin: 52,912	John A. Boehner: 127,979
1996	Jeffrey D. Kitchen: 61,515	John A. Boehner: 165,815	William Baker (N): 8,613
1994		John A. Boehner: 148,338
1992	Fred Sennet: 62,033	John A. Boehner: 176,362
1990	Gregory V. Jolivette: 63,584	John A. Boehner*: 99,955
1988	John W. Griffin: 49,084	Donald E. "Buz" Lukens: 154,164
1986	John W. Griffin: 46,195	Donald E. "Buz" Lukens: 98,475
1984	John T. Francis: 46,673	Thomas N. Kindness: 155,200
1982	John W. Griffin: 49,877	Thomas N. Kindness: 98,527
1980	John W. Griffin: 44,162	Thomas N. Kindness: 139,590
1978	Luella R. Schroeder: 32,493	Thomas N. Kindness: 81,156	George Hahn: 3
1976	John W. Griffin: 46,424	Thomas N. Kindness: 110,775	Joseph F. Payton: 4,158
1974	T. Edward Strinko: 45,701	Thomas N. Kindness: 51,097	Don Gingerich: 23,616
1972	James D. Ruppert: 73,344	Walter E. Powell*: 80,050
1970		Jackson E. Betts: 90,916
1968	Marie Baker: 40,898	Jackson E. Betts: 101,974
1966	Frank B. Bennett: 38,787	Jackson E. Betts: 78,933
1964	Frank B. Bennett: 45,445	Jackson E. Betts: 73,395
1962	Morris Laderman: 28,400	Jackson E. Betts: 66,458
1960	Virgil M. Gase: 38,871	Jackson E. Betts: 81,373
1958	Virgil M. Gase: 39,343	Jackson E. Betts: 62,232
1956	Robert M. Corry: 40,716	Jackson E. Betts: 70,690
1954	Thomas M. Dowd: 30,592	Jackson E. Betts: 52,196
1952	Henry P. Drake: 34,474	Jackson E. Betts: 75,768
1950	W. Dexter Hazen: 28,379	Jackson E. Betts: 47,761
1948	Andrew T. Durbin: 36,685	Frederick C. Smith: 43,929
1946	John T. Siemon: 22,945	Frederick C. Smith: 40,755
1944	Roy Warren Roof: 34,494	Frederick C. Smith: 51,253
1942	T. Brooks Fletcher: 22,753	Frederick C. Smith: 33,797
1940	Kenneth M. Petri: 44,605	Frederick C. Smith: 49,218
1938	T. Brooks Fletcher: 33,972	Frederick C. Smith: 40,772
1936	T. Brooks Fletcher: 49,668	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,565
1934	T. Brooks Fletcher: 39,466	Gertrude Jones: 36,112
1932	T. Brooks Fletcher: 45,930	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 41,234
1930	Carl W. Smith: 33,906	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 35,663
1928	T. Brooks Fletcher: 38,651	Grant E. Mouser Jr.: 42,199
1926	T. Brooks Fletcher: 30,167	James R. Hopley: 23,247
1924	T. Brooks Fletcher: 38,439	R. Clinton Cole: 33,258	Charles E. Lukens: 555
1922	H. H. Hartmann: 34,105	R. Clinton Cole: 37,065
1920	Fred H. Guthery: 36,665	R. Clinton Cole: 43,473

• Boehner defeated Republican incumbent Buz Lukens in the 1990 Republican primary after Lukens was entangled in a sex scandal.

• Redistricting following the 1970 census moved Powell from the 24th district to the eighth district.

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