The Romney turnout must have done Schmidt in. Is Wenstrup a conservative?
Having two Representatives from Cincinnati isn’t *that* odd, given how the city was split down the middle so as to elect two Republicans. What’s Miami’s population? I think that from 2002 to 2010 (and maybe still to this day) there were three Representatives (all Cuban-American Republicans) who lived in Miami (until two years ago, Mario Días-Balart represented a district just outside Miami, but he lived in the city).
I looked it up, and the population of Miami (the city itself, not the metro area, thus comparing apples to apples with Cincinnati) was 362,470 in 2000 and 399,457 in 2010. I also confirmed that at all times since the 2002 elections there have been three Cuban-American Republican Congressmen who resided in Miami (Lincoln and Mario Díaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from 2003 to 2011 and Mario Díaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and David Rivera since 2011). And I was surprised to learn that Kendrick Meek is listed as a resident of Miami, and that his successor in Congress, Frederica Wilson, is listed as either a resident of Miami or Miami Gardens depending on where you look. So from 2003-2011 Miami had four congressmen despite having a population of below 400,000!
Well based on his platform Wenstrup looks solid.
I’m pleased, it looks like they replaced a lady on constant upset alert with a guy who might be statewide material.