Ohio Secretary of State

2007 Ohio Special Congressional Primary Races  Filing Deadline: 9/28/07, Special Election Primary: 11/6/07, Special Election: 12/11/07 Last Updated: November 7, 2007
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
5th Congressional District, 56.9% in '06, 10th term, Paul E. Gillmor (R) died 9/5/07, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican,
'04 & '06 nominee / ex-think tank official Robin Weirauch (D) 72.1%, charity worker George F. Mays (D) 27.9%,	St. Rep. Bob Latta (R) 43.7%, St. Sen. Steve Buehrer (R) 40.1%, teacher Mark Hollenbaugh (R) 6.7%, electrical lineman Fred Pieper (R) 5.8%, Libertarian business consultant Michael R. Smitley (R) 3.7%, retiree Michael L. Reynolds (R),

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, Roll Call Analysis, National Journal's Chuck Todd, Rothenberg Political Report,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.

= Democrat retain control,	= Democrats take over control,
= Republican retain control,	= Republicans take over control,
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control,	= Independent / 3rd Party take over control
Bold indicates incumbent.	Yellow district indicates open races.
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control.	Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control.	Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Ohio Political Parties:

(D) = Democratic Party (I) = independent candidates

(R) = Republican Party (WI) = Write-in candidates