Ohio's 11th congressional district

Ohio's 11th congressional district
Ohio's 11th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Shontel Brown; D–Warrensville Heights
Distribution	100.00% urban; 0.00% rural;
Population (2022)	769,169[1]
Median household; income	$50,228[1]
Ethnicity	53.5% Black; 37.5% White; 3.6% Hispanic; 2.5% Two or more races; 2.4% Asian; 0.4% other;
Cook PVI	D+28[2]

Ohio's 11th congressional district encompasses portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland. It has been represented by Shontel Brown since 2021.

Ohio has had at least 11 congressional districts since the 1820 census. The district's current configuration dates from the 1990 census, when most of the old 21st District was combined with portions of the old 20th District to form the new 11th District. Much of Akron was added to the district when the congressional map was redrawn after the 2010 census, when Ohio lost two seats in the House of Representatives. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28, it is the most Democratic district in Ohio[2] and the most Democratic district in the Midwest outside of Chicago, Illinois.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map due to alleged unconstitutional gerrymandering.[3] The lawsuit describes the 11th as "a detached shoulder blade with a robotic arm" extending from Cleveland to Akron.[4]

Following Marcia L. Fudge's resignation on March 10, 2021, a special election was held, with a primary on August 3 and the general election on November 2, as mandated by Ohio law. Shontel Brown won the election, and was sworn in on November 4.

History

The modern-era 11th district came to be as a result of redistricting following the 1990 census, and taking effect for the 1992 election. From then until 2023, it covered eastern Cleveland, including most of that city's majority-black precincts. From 2013 to 2023, it covered portions of Akron.

Following the retirement of Louis Stokes—who was redistricted from the now defunct 21st district to the redrawn 11th, and served three terms there—Stephanie Tubbs Jones served from 1999 through August 20, 2008, when she died in office. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland ordered a special election on November 18, 2008, to fill the remaining month of Jones's term. In addition, the seat was up for election during the November 4, 2008 general election, with the winner of that election to serve a full term beginning on January 3, 2009. Marcia Fudge—the mayor of Warrensville Heights (a Cleveland suburb)—won both the general and special elections and was sworn in on November 19, 2008.

Fudge served eight terms (the last month of Jones's fifth term, followed by six full terms, then three months of another) when she resigned on March 10, 2021, to join President Joe Biden's cabinet as HUD Secretary. In 2021 a special election was held to fill the vacancy, which Cuyahoga County Council member and Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair Shontel Brown won.

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Al Gore 79% - George W. Bush 18%
2004	President	John Kerry 81% - George W. Bush 18%
2008	President	Barack Obama 82% - John McCain 17.2%
2012	President	Barack Obama 82.7% - Mitt Romney 16.5%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 80.5% - Donald Trump 17.0%
2020	President	Joe Biden 79.8% - Donald Trump 19.2%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
John C. Wright	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1822. Reelected in 1824. Reelected in 1826. Lost reelection.
John C. Wright	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	18th 19th 20th
John M. Goodenow	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – April 9, 1830	21st	Elected in 1828. Resigned to become Judge the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Vacant		April 9, 1830 – December 6, 1830	21st
Humphrey H. Leavitt	Jacksonian	December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected to finish Goodenow's term. Reelected in 1830. Redistricted to the 19th district.
James M. Bell	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. [data missing]
William Kennon Sr.	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. [data missing]
James Alexander Jr.	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
Isaac Parrish	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1838. [data missing]
Benjamin S. Cowen	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data missing]
Jacob Brinkerhoff	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Reelected in 1844. [data missing]
John K. Miller	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Reelected in 1848. [data missing]
George H. Busby	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Thomas Ritchey	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]
Valentine B. Horton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Reelected in 1856. [data missing]
Valentine B. Horton	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1854. Reelected in 1856. [data missing]
Charles D. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. [data missing]
Valentine B. Horton	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Wells A. Hutchins	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [data missing]
Hezekiah S. Bundy	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. [data missing]
John Thomas Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1866. Reelected in 1868. Reelected in 1870. [data missing]
Hezekiah S. Bundy	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
John L. Vance	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data missing]
Henry S. Neal	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Henry L. Dickey	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Redistricted from the 7th district and reelected in 1878. [data missing]
Henry S. Neal	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1880. [data missing]
John W. McCormick	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing]
William W. Ellsberry	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [data missing]
Albert C. Thompson	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Redistricted from the 12th district and reelected in 1886. Reelected in 1888. [data missing]
John M. Pattison	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Lost reelection.
Charles H. Grosvenor	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1892. Reelected in 1894. Reelected in 1896. Reelected in 1898. Reelected in 1900. Reelected in 1902. Reelected in 1904. [data missing]
Albert Douglas	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Reelected in 1908. [data missing]
Horatio C. Claypool	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910 Reelected in 1912. [data missing]
Edwin D. Ricketts	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
Horatio C. Claypool	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. [data missing]
Edwin D. Ricketts	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Reelected in 1920. [data missing]
Mell G. Underwood	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – April 10, 1936	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1922. Reelected in 1924. Reelected in 1926. Reelected in 1928. Reelected in 1930. Reelected in 1932. Reelected in 1934. Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Vacant		April 10, 1936 – November 3, 1936	74th
Peter F. Hammond	Democratic	November 3, 1936 – January 3, 1937	74th	Elected to finish Underwood's term. Retired.
Harold K. Claypool	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1936. Reelected in 1938. Reelected in 1940. Lost reelection.
Walter E. Brehm	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1942. Reelected in 1944. Reelected in 1946. Reelected in 1948. Reelected in 1950. Retired.
Oliver P. Bolton	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	Elected in 1952. Reelected in 1954. Retired.
David S. Dennison	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost reelection.
Robert E. Cook	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Elected in 1958. Reelected in 1960. Lost reelection.
Oliver P. Bolton	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Elected in 1962. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost reelection.
J. William Stanton	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1983	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1964. Reelected in 1966. Reelected in 1968. Reelected in 1970. Reelected in 1972. Reelected in 1974. Reelected in 1976. Reelected in 1978. Reelected in 1980. Retired.
Dennis E. Eckart	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 22nd district and reelected in 1982. Reelected in 1984. Reelected in 1986. Reelected in 1988. Reelected in 1990. Retired.
Louis Stokes	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 21st district and reelected in 1992. Reelected in 1994. Reelected in 1996. Retired.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – August 20, 2008	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1998. Reelected in 2000. Reelected in 2002. Reelected in 2004. Reelected in 2006. Died.
Vacant		August 20, 2008 – November 18, 2008	110th
Marcia Fudge	Democratic	November 18, 2008 – March 10, 2021	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish Jones's term. Elected in 2008. Reelected in 2010. Reelected in 2012. Reelected in 2014. Reelected in 2016. Reelected in 2018. Reelected in 2020. Resigned to become HUD Secretary.
Vacant		March 10, 2021 – November 4, 2021	117th
Shontel Brown	Democratic	November 4, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected to finish Fudge's term. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

This is an incomplete list of historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 31,359	Edwin D. Ricketts: 33,524
1922	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,058	Edwin D. Ricketts: 27,162
1924	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 35,696	Edwin D. Ricketts: 24,270
1926	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,950	Walter S. Barrett: 18,300
1928	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 34,257	Edwin D. Ricketts: 30,574
1930	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 37,887	Ned Thacher: 21,339
1932	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 44,380	David J. Lewis: 26,075
1934	Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 36,020	Renick W. Dunlap: 26,723
1936	Harold K. Claypool: 41,773	L. P. Mooney: 33,249
1938	Harold K. Claypool: 33,764	Tom P. White: 31,004
1940	Harold K. Claypool: 43,548	Ray W. Davis: 37,398
1942	Harold K. Claypool: 19,817	Walter E. Brehm: 31,385
1944	Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 33,098	Walter E. Brehm: 28,263
1946	Lester S. Reid: 20,543	Walter E. Brehm: 31,576
1948	Joseph C. Allen: 32,667	Walter E. Brehm: 33,796
1950	Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 29,687	Walter E. Brehm: 33,648
1952	Robert J. Kilpatrick: 63,930	Oliver P. Bolton: 91,204
1954	Edward C. Kaley: 39,404	Oliver P. Bolton: 74,065
1956	James P. Bennett: 68,831	David S. Dennison Jr.: 96,707
1958	Robert E. Cook: 79,468	David S. Dennison Jr.: 78,501
1960	Robert E. Cook: 104,183	David S. Dennison Jr.: 99,991
1962	Robert E. Cook: 72,936	Oliver P. Bolton: 74,573
1964	C. D. Lambros: 82,728	J. William Stanton: 102,619
1966	James F. Henderson: 38,206	J. William Stanton: 86,273
1968	Alan D. Wright: 38,063	J. William Stanton: 116,323
1970	Ralph Rudd: 42,542	J. William Stanton: 91,437
1972	Dennis M. Callahan: 49,891	J. William Stanton: 106,841
1974	Michael D. Coffey: 52,017	J. William Stanton: 79,756
1976	Thomas R. West Jr.: 47,548	J. William Stanton: 120,716
1978	Patrick James Donlin: 37,131	J. William Stanton: 89,327	Robert Dean Penny: 4,723
1980	Patrick James Donlin: 51,224	J. William Stanton: 128,507	Harold V. Richard Jr.: 5,742
1982	Dennis E. Eckart: 93,302	Glen W. Warner: 56,616	Jim Russell (L): 3,324
1984	Dennis E. Eckart: 133,096	Dean Beagle: 66,278
1986	Dennis E. Eckart: 104,740	Margaret R. Mueller: 35,944	Werner J. Lange: 3,884
1988	Dennis E. Eckart: 124,600	Margaret R. Mueller: 78,028
1990	Dennis E. Eckart: 111,923	Margaret R. Mueller: 58,372
1992	Louis Stokes: 154,718	Beryl E. Rothschild: 43,866	Edward Gudenas: 19,773; Gerald Henley: 5,267
1994	Louis Stokes: 114,220	James J. Sykora: 33,705
1996	Louis Stokes: 153,546	James J. Sykora: 28,821	Sonja K. Glavina (N): 6,665
1998	Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 115,226	James D. Hereford: 18,592	Jean Murrell Capers: 9,477
2000	Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 164,134	James J. Sykora: 21,630	Joel C. Turner (L): 4,230; Sonja K. Glavina (N): 3,525
2002	Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 116,590	Patrick A. Pappano: 36,146
2004	Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 222,371	(unopposed)
2006	Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 146,799	Lindsey N. String: 29,125
2008[5]	Marcia Fudge: 8,597	(unopposed)
2008	Marcia Fudge: 212,485	Thomas Pekarek: 36,705	Eric Johnson: 23; Craig Willis: 144
2010	Marcia Fudge: 130,962	Thomas Pekarek: 27,872
2012	Marcia Fudge : 258,378[6]	(unopposed)
2014	Marcia Fudge: 132,396	Mark Zetzer: 34,769
2016	Marcia Fudge: 242,917	Beverly Goldstein: 59,769
2018	Marcia Fudge: 206,138	Beverly Goldstein: 44,486
2020	Marcia Fudge: 242,098	Laverne Gore: 60,323
2021 (special)	Shontel Brown: 81,636	Laverne Gore: 21,929
2022	Shontel Brown: 167,722	Eric Brewer: 47,988

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

2013–2023

References

"My Congressional District".
"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
Todd Ruger, "Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander", Roll Call, May 23, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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 August 7, 2018.
Special election November 18, 2008 to fill remainder of term through January 3, 2009
"2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[census-1] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-2] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[Ruger2018-3] Todd Ruger, "Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander", Roll Call, May 23, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

[4] 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 August 7, 2018.

[5] Special election November 18, 2008 to fill remainder of term through January 3, 2009

[6] "2012 Election Results". Ohio Secretary of State.