On May 16, 2021, Representative

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resigned from his seat in the

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to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Following Stivers' official communication of his intent to resign, Ohio Governor

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announced that the special election to fill the remainder of his term would be held on November 2, 2021, with the primary election held on August 3, concurrent with the special election in Ohio's 11th congressional district. In the general election on November 2, Republican nominee Mike Carey defeated Democratic nominee Allison Russo by 26,913 votes.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Mike Carey, vice president of government affairs at

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Eliminated in primary

*John Adams, owner of Green Valley Chemicals *Eric M. Clark, LPN at

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*Thad Cooperrider, former

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commissioner *Ruth Edmonds, advisory board member at Ohio's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives *

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, former

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*Thomas Hwang, owner of the Virtues Golf Club *

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, state senator * Jeff LaRe, state representative * Bob Peterson, state senator *Omar Tarazi, attorney and Hilliard city councilmember

Withdrawn

* Brian Stewart, state representative

Declined

*Jeff Fix,

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commissioner

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Allison Russo, state representative

Eliminated in primary

*Greg Betts

Declined

* Tina Maharath, state senator * Joel Newby, attorney and nominee for Ohio's 15th congressional district in

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*Steve Patterson, mayor of

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(endorsed Russo) * Michael Stinziano, Franklin County auditor

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic *

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(largest municipality:

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)

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

Mike Carey (R) for CongressAllison Russo (D) for Congress
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