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On May 16, 2021, RepresentativeSteve Stivers resigned from his seat in theUnited States House of Representatives to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.[2] Following Stivers' official communication of his intent to resign, Ohio GovernorMike 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 thespecial election in Ohio's 11th congressional district.[3][4] In the general election on November 2, Republican nomineeMike Carey defeated Democratic nomineeAllison Russo by 26,913 votes.
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | John Adams | Mike Carey | Eric Clark | Thad Cooperrider | Ruth Edmonds | Ron Hood | Thomas Hwang | Stephanie Kunze | Jeff LaRe | Bob Peterson | Omar Tarazi | Undecided |
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| Fabrizio Lee & Associates (R)[20][A] | June 23–24, 2021 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | <1% | 20% | 0% | 2% | <1% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 1% | 44% |

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mike Carey | 18,805 | 36.3 | |
| Republican | Jeff LaRe | 6,776 | 13.1 | |
| Republican | Ron Hood | 6,676 | 12.9 | |
| Republican | Bob Peterson | 6,407 | 12.4 | |
| Republican | Ruth Edmonds | 5,090 | 9.8 | |
| Republican | Thomas Hwang | 2,499 | 4.8 | |
| Republican | Stephanie Kunze | 2,363 | 4.6 | |
| Republican | Thad Cooperrider | 1,076 | 2.1 | |
| Republican | Omar Tarazi | 907 | 1.7 | |
| Republican | John Adams | 173 | 0.3 | |
| Republican | Eric M. Clark | 83 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 51,855 | 100.0 | ||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Allison Russo | 13,704 | 84.2 | |
| Democratic | Greg Betts | 2,576 | 15.8 | |
| Total votes | 16,280 | 100.0 | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[31] | Likely R | August 4, 2021 |
| Inside Elections[32] | Solid R | October 27, 2021 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] | Likely R | August 4, 2021 |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Mike Carey (R) | Allison Russo (D) | Undecided |
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| Emerson College[40] | October 14–16, 2021 | 445 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 50% | 39% | 11% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Mike Carey | 94,501 | 58.30% | –5.11 | |
| Democratic | Allison Russo | 67,588 | 41.70% | +5.13 | |
| Total votes | 162,089 | 100.0% | |||
| Turnout | [a]165,026 | 32.25% | |||
| Registered electors | 511,773 | ||||
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