2016 Cuyahoga County Council election

2016 Cuyahoga County Council election
November 8, 2016
5 of the 11 seats on the Cuyahoga County Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.2%[1] 29.6 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 8 3
Seats won 8 3
Seat change
Popular vote 123,734 54,672
Percentage 69.4% 30.6%
Swing 4.3% 4.3%
Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
     No election
President before election

Dan Brady
Democratic

Elected President

Dan Brady
Democratic

The 2016 Cuyahoga County Council election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect members of the County Council of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Even-numbered districts were up for election to four-year terms.

The Republicans defended their single seat up for election, while the Democrats defended all 4 of theirs, maintaining the partisan balance in the chamber. The only contested district was District 2, which was won by incumbent Democratic council member Dale Miller.[2]

District 2

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dale Miller (incumbent) 10,925 100.00%
Total votes 10,925 100.00

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Corrigan 6,115 100.00%
Total votes 6,115 100.00

General election

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dale Miller (incumbent) 28,448 62.61% −10.29%
Republican Tim Corrigan 17,010 37.39% +10.29%
Total votes 45,458 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Scott M. Tuma 7,972 100.00%
Total votes 7,972 100.00

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 955 100.00
Total votes 955 100.00

General election

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Scott M. Tuma 26,836 100.00% +0.00%
Total votes 26,836 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 6

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Schron (incumbent) 12,311 100.00%
Total votes 12,311 100.00

General election

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Schron (incumbent) 37,662 100.00% +0.00%
Total votes 37,662 100.00 N/A
Republican hold

District 8

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pernel Jones Jr. (incumbent) 11,164 100.00%
Total votes 11,164 100.00

General election

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Pernel Jones Jr. (incumbent) 31,150 100.00% +0.00%
Total votes 31,150 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 10

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony T. Hairston (incumbent) 13,373 100.00%
Total votes 13,373 100.00

General election

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony T. Hairston (incumbent) 37,300 100.00% +0.00%
Total votes 37,300 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Official Canvass Certification Data". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 23, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Dorn, Sara (November 9, 2016). "Cuyahoga County Councilman Dale Miller wins re-election". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "March 15, 2016 Primary Election Cuyahoga County Statistics". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. April 3, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "November 8, 2016 General Election Cuyahoga County". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. December 14, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.