2021 Ohio's 15th congressional district special election

On May 16, 2021, Representative Steve Stivers resigned from his seat in the United States House of Representatives to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Following Stivers' official communication of his intent to resign, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine 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 roughly 17 percentage points.

Nominee

 * Mike Carey, vice president of government affairs at American Consolidated Natural Resources

Eliminated in primary

 * John Adams, owner of Green Valley Chemicals
 * Eric M. Clark, LPN at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
 * Thad Cooperrider, former Perry County commissioner
 * Ruth Edmonds, advisory board member at Ohio's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
 * Ron Hood, former state representative
 * Thomas Hwang, owner of The Virtues Golf Club
 * Stephanie Kunze, 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Withdrawn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, Fairfield County commissioner

Results
[[File:2021 United States House of Representatives Republican special election primary in Ohio's 15th congressional district by county.svg|200px|thumb|Results by county {{legend|#E27F7F|Carey}}

{{legend|#FFC8CD|30–40%}}

{{legend|#FFB2B2|40–50%}}

{{legend|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend|#F1C92A|Peterson}}

{{legend|#F1C92A|50–60%}} ]]

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 2020
 * Steve Patterson, mayor of Athens (endorsed Russo)
 * Michael Stinziano, Franklin County auditor

Results
[[File:2021 United States House of Representatives Democratic_special election primary in Ohio's 15th congressional district by county.svg|200px|thumb|Results by county Russo

{{legend|#584CDE|Russo—70–80%}}

{{legend|#3933E5|Russo—80–90%}} ]]

Polling

 * Notes

Results

 * Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
 * Franklin (largest municipality: Columbus)