Ohio's 2nd congressional district is a district in southern Ohio. It is currently represented by Republican David Taylor.
The district includes all of Adams, Brown, Pike, Clermont, Highland, Clinton, Ross, Pickaway, Hocking, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Meigs, Lawrence, and Scioto counties, as well as parts of Fayette county. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+24, it is the most Republican district in Ohio and the Northern United States overall.
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:
Adams County (21)
Brown County (25)
Clermont County (25)
Clinton County (22)
Fayette County (2)
Gallia County (21)
Highland County (25)
Hocking County (15)
Jackson County (16)
Lawrence County (21)
Meigs County (17)
Pickaway County (25)
Pike County (17)
Ross County (26)
Scioto County (21)
Vinton County (16)
The following chart shows historic election results.
The district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.
On August 2, 2005, elections were held to choose a United States representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative. Republican Jean Schmidt candidate defeated Democrat Paul Hackett in a surprisingly close election.
Schmidt defeated Democrat Victoria Wells Wulsin, a doctor from Indian Hill, in the November general election.