Ohio's 11th Congressional District

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

Ohio has had at least 11 congressional districts since the 1820 census. The district's current general location 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 centered around Cleveland. Parts of Akron were added to the district when the congressional map was redrawn after the 2010 census, when Ohio lost two seats in the House of Representatives. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+28; it is the most Democratic district in Ohio.

It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map on the basis of unconstitutional gerrymandering.Todd Ruger,
Voters Challenge Ohio Congressional Map as Partisan Gerrymander"
''Roll Call'', May 23, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018. The lawsuit described the 11th District at the time as "a detached shoulder blade with a robotic arm" extending southward from Cleveland to grab its share of Akron. The current district, redistricted again following the 2020 Census and a variety of related constitutional and legislative initiatives and proposals, is a more compact district entirely in Cuyahoga County, including all of Cleveland. Any portion of the county that is not in the 11th is in the .

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.

Composition

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:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST39/CD118_OH11.pdf
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Cuyahoga County (32)

: Beachwood, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Bratenahl, Chagrin Falls (part; also 7th), Chagrin Falls Township, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hunting Valley, Lakewood, Lyndhurst, Maple Heights, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Orange, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, Warrensville Heights, Woodmere

Recent election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Election results

This is an incomplete list of historic election results.

Historical district boundaries

See also

* Ohio's congressional districts
* List of United States congressional districts

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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