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U.S. House of Representatives · District 4

Ohio. Election Day was Nov. 3, 2026.

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Past results

Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Percent of all votes counted in each regular general election. A gap means the party had no candidate or no count was published.
  • Democratic candidate
  • Republican candidate
Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 1920 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%19502000Democratic candidate, 2024: 31.54%Republican candidate, 2024: 68.46%31.5%68.5%Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Line chart with 2 series from 1920 to 2024. The same figures are in the data table below. A gap in a line means no figure.0%25%50%75%100%192019401960198020002020Democratic candidate, 2024: 31.54%Republican candidate, 2024: 68.46%Democratic candidate 31.5%Republican candidate 68.5%

District lines are redrawn after each census and sometimes in between, so the same district number did not always cover the same ground. A break in a line means no figure was published or held for that year. It does not mean zero.

Data table: Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024
Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024
YearDemocratic candidateRepublican candidate
192047.35%52.65%
192245.37%54.63%
192449.23%50.77%
192649.26%50.74%
192842.54%57.46%
193046.64%53.36%
193254.58%45.42%
193453.94%46.06%
193653.72%46.28%
193835.3%59.81%
194042.16%57.84%
194236.49%63.51%
194438.79%61.21%
194640.77%59.23%
194844.27%55.73%
195033.24%66.76%
195231.73%68.27%
195432.4%67.6%
195631.18%68.82%
195838.99%61.01%
196034.63%65.37%
196229.7%70.3%
196444.33%55.67%
196636.4%63.6%
1968No figure99.93%
197035.6%64.4%
197237.3%62.7%
197438.47%61.53%
197629.94%70.06%
197831.5%68.5%
198027.66%72.34%
198235.39%64.61%
198422.47%77.53%
198617.08%75.13%
1988No figure99.67%
199038.29%61.71%
199238.52%61.28%
1994No figure100%
199630.34%64.81%
199836.19%63.81%
200029.01%67.43%
200232.48%67.52%
200441.4%58.6%
200640.01%59.99%
200834.83%65.17%
201024.74%71.49%
201236.49%58.35%
201432.33%67.67%
201632.01%67.99%
201834.74%65.26%
202029.31%67.85%
202230.81%69.19%
202431.54%68.46%

Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House). As of Nov 5, 2026.

Winners and margins, 1920 to 2024
Winners and margins
YearMost votesMargin over the runner-up
2024Jim Jordan (Republican)147,392 votes (36.9 points)
2022Jim Jordan (Republican)111,390 votes (38.4 points)
2020Jim Jordan (Republican)133,978 votes (38.5 points)
2018Jim Jordan (Republican)78,581 votes (30.5 points)
2016Jim Jordan (Republican)111,246 votes (36.0 points)
2014Jim Jordan (Republican)65,742 votes (35.3 points)
2012Jim Jordan (Republican)68,429 votes (21.9 points)
2010Jim Jordan (Republican)95,496 votes (46.7 points)
2008James D. Jordan (Republican)86,655 votes (30.3 points)
2006Jim Jordan (Republican)43,280 votes (20.0 points)
2004Michael G. Oxley (Republican)49,269 votes (17.2 points)
2002Michael Oxley (Republican)62,275 votes (35.0 points)
2000Michael G. Oxley (Republican)89,180 votes (38.4 points)
1998Michael G. Oxley (Republican)48,482 votes (27.6 points)
1996Michael G. Oxley (Republican)78,512 votes (34.5 points)
1994Michael G Oxley (Republican)Unopposed
1992Michael G Oxley (Republican)54,738 votes (22.8 points)
1990Michael G Oxley (Republican)39,430 votes (23.4 points)
1988Michael G Oxley (Republican)Unopposed
1986Michael G Oxley (Republican)89,431 votes (58.0 points)
1984Michael G Oxley (Republican)115,181 votes (55.1 points)
1982Michael G Oxley (Republican)47,523 votes (29.2 points)
1980Tennyson Guyer (Republican)82,645 votes (44.7 points)
1978Tennyson Guyer (Republican)46,215 votes (37.0 points)
1976Tennyson Guyer (Republican)69,389 votes (40.1 points)
1974Tennyson Guyer (Republican)30,609 votes (23.1 points)
1972Tennyson Guyer (Republican)44,396 votes (25.4 points)
1970William M. McCulloch (Republican)36,902 votes (28.8 points)
1968William M. McCulloch (Republican)Unopposed
1966William M. McCulloch (Republican)28,287 votes (27.2 points)
1964William M. McCulloch (Republican)16,537 votes (11.3 points)
1962William M. McCulloch (Republican)44,924 votes (40.6 points)
1960William M. McCulloch (Republican)46,886 votes (30.7 points)
1958William M. McCulloch (Republican)26,515 votes (22.0 points)
1956William M. McCulloch (Republican)51,191 votes (37.6 points)
1954William M. McCulloch (Republican)35,288 votes (35.2 points)
1952William M. McCulloch (Republican)50,016 votes (36.5 points)
1950William M. McCulloch (Republican)32,954 votes (33.5 points)
1948William M. McCulloch (Republican)11,787 votes (11.5 points)
1946Robert F. Jones (Republican)14,558 votes (18.5 points)
1944Robert F. Jones (Republican)24,846 votes (22.4 points)
1942Robert F. Jones (Republican)16,708 votes (27.0 points)
1940Robert F. Jones (Republican)17,769 votes (15.7 points)
1938Robert F. Jones (Republican)23,115 votes (24.5 points)
1936Frank L. Kloeb (Democratic)8,575 votes (7.4 points)
1934Frank L. Kloeb (Democratic)7,109 votes (7.9 points)
1932Frank L. Kloeb (Democratic)9,903 votes (9.2 points)
1930John L. Cable (Republican)5,431 votes (6.7 points)
1928John L. Cable (Republican)14,614 votes (14.9 points)
1926W. T. Fitzgerald (Republican)943 votes (1.5 points)
1924W. T. Fitzgerald (Republican)1,332 votes (1.5 points)
1922John L. Cable (Republican)7,335 votes (9.3 points)
1920John S. Cable (Republican)5,087 votes (5.3 points)

See every result for this district

Map

Ohio's U.S. House districts, with District 4 outlined
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  • Another district
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Ohio's U.S. House districts, with District 4 outlinedMap of the Ohio congressional districts of the 119th Congress, coloured by group with a group list in the table. The same information is in the data table below.OH-1: Another districtOH-2: Another districtOH-3: Another districtOH-5: Another districtOH-6: Another districtOH-7: Another districtOH-8: Another districtOH-9: Another districtOH-10: Another districtOH-11: Another districtOH-12: Another districtOH-13: Another districtOH-14: Another districtOH-15: Another districtOH-4: This race

Outlines are the Census Bureau's simplified cartographic boundaries, drawn for display, not for legal boundaries. Group names are in the table and in each district's tooltip, not only shown by colour.

Data table: Ohio's U.S. House districts, with District 4 outlined
Ohio's U.S. House districts, with District 4 outlined
DistrictContest
OH-1Another district
OH-2Another district
OH-3Another district
OH-4This race
OH-5Another district
OH-6Another district
OH-7Another district
OH-8Another district
OH-9Another district
OH-10Another district
OH-11Another district
OH-12Another district
OH-13Another district
OH-14Another district
OH-15Another district

Source: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file for the 119th Congress. As of the 119th Congress (2025 to 2027) boundary file.

The outlined district is the one in force for the 119th Congress. A state that redrew its map for 2026 may vote on different lines; the official list above names the contest.

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