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.]] Elections were held in ''' Ohio's 2nd Congressional District ''' on August 2 , 2005 , to choose a United States Representative to replace Rob Portman , who resigned his seat on April 29 , 2005 , to become United States Trade Representative . Jean Schmidt , the Republican Party candidate, defeated Democrat Paul Hackett , in a surprisingly close election as the district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 Special Election . BACKGROUND ON THE DISTRICT See Also: United States House of Representatives, Ohio District 2 The district is the 57th most Republican congressional district in the nation by the reckoning of the ''Cook Political Report''. It stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County , and includes all of Adams , Brown Pike , and Clermont counties and parts of Hamilton , Scioto and Warren counties. It includes all of the Warren County municipalities of Lebanon , South Lebanon , Loveland , Maineville , Morrow , Butlerville , and Pleasant Plain , and parts of the municipalities of Mason and Blanchester . All of Union , Hamilton , Harlan , Salem , and Washington Townships were in the district, as well as parts of Turtlecreek Township immediately adjacent to the city of Lebanon, and southern Deerfield Township . The Hamilton County municipalities of Sharonville , Blue Ash , Deer Park , Loveland , Madeira , Newtown , Terrace Park , and Indian Hill were in the district, along with eastern parts of Cincinnati . All of Anderson and Symmes Townships and parts of Sycamore Township and the city of Springdale are also in the district. The district (known as the First District before 1982) has been in Republican hands for all but nine years since 1879 . The last Democrat to win a full term in this district was Jack Gilligan in 1964 . No Democrat had held the seat since Thomas A. Luken 's narrow loss to Willis D. Gradison in 1974. Since Luken's defeat, no Democrat had won more than 40% of the vote in the general election. Portman won the seat in a 1993 special election with 77 percent of the vote. In six subsequent campaigns he never received less than 70 percent. TIMELINE speaks at the White House ceremony at which President George W. Bush announced he had nominated him to be the next U.S. Trade Representative on March 17 , 2005 .]]
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY The primary was held on June 14 , 2005 . Eleven candidates qualified for the ballot. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order, followed by their age, hometown, home county, occupation, and prior political experience. One candidate filed but his petitions were rejected by elections officials, August F. Geier of Hamilton County 's Springfield Township . Republican candidates |
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