CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Steven C. LaTourette (R) | 206,639 | 65% |
| Dale Virgil Blanchard (D) | 101,842 | 32% |
| Sid Stone (LIBERT) | 10,367 | 3% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 7, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Dale Virgil Blanchard | 38,741 | 100% |
| | Libertarian |
| Sid Stone | 79 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| Steven C. LaTourette | 61,133 | 100% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
OHIO 19
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Cleveland suburbs - Ashtabula and Lake counties
The 19th reaches into a group of Cleveland suburbs in Cuyahoga County
and snakes up along the Lake Erie shoreline to include all of Lake and
Ashtabula counties in Ohio's far northeastern corner. Republicans,
Democrats, autoworkers, farmers and suburbanites are all included in this
diverse district.
The 19th's economy is a mixed bag. Brook Park, the district's
westernmost city, is a usually Democratic, blue-collar autoworkers'
community, sensitive to the ups and downs of the car-making industry. To the
east are the wealthy Republican suburbs of eastern Cleveland, which are
relatively better off than their western suburban counterparts. The
depressed far northeastern communities remain reliant on the ailing steel,
chemical and automobile manufacturing industries but have seen some new life
from migrants from Cleveland. Plants along Lake Erie have been particularly
hurt by increased foreign competition in steel and chemicals. Finally, about
17 percent of the district's votes are cast in agricultural Ashtabula
County, which borders Pennsylvania.
The district leaned Democratic both locally and nationally for much of
the past half-century but since the late 1980s has elected an increasing
number of Republicans and become intensely competitive. Mentor, the
district's largest city and a traditionally industrial, Democratic area, has
seen an influx of Republicans with its recent growth. In 1996, more than
half the district's voters were registered independents.
Major Industry
Auto manufacturing, chemicals, health care
Population
570,834 (1990)
Cities
Mentor, 50,251; Brook Park, 22,646 (1996); Garfield Heights (pt.), 26,798
(1990)
People
77% urban; 15% age 65+ (ranks second of 19 in state; top third nationally);
62% married couples, 26% married couples with children; 19% college educated
(ranks sixth of 19 in state; middle third nationally); 61% white collar
(ranks sixth of 19 in state; middle third nationally), 27% blue collar
(ranks 11 of 19 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Race
97% white, 2% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$34,385 (ranks third of 19 in state, top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Holden Arboretum, largest in the United States; President James A. Garfield
Historic Site.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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