| Year !! Democratic !! Republican !! Other |
| 2004 | 'Stephanie Tubbs Jones' | | |
| 2002 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 116,590 | Patrick A. Pappano: 36,146 | |
| 2000 | 'Stephanie Tubbs Jones': 164,134 | James J. Sykora: 21,630 | Joel C. Turner (L): 4,230 Sonja K. Glavina (N): 3,525 |
| 1998 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones: 115,226 | James D. Hereford: 18,592 | Jean Murrell Capers: 9,477 |
| 1996 | 'Louis Stokes': 153,546 | James J. Sykora: 28,821 | Sonja K. Glavina (N): 6,665 |
| 1994 | 'Louis Stokes': 114,220 | James J. Sykora: 33,705 | |
| 1992 | 'Louis Stokes'*: 154,718 | Beryl E. Rothschild: 43,866 | Edward Gudenas: 19,773 Gerald Henley: 5,267 |
| 1990 | 'Dennis E. Eckart': 111,923 | Margaret R. Mueller: 58,372 | |
| 1988 | 'Dennis E. Eckart': 124,600 | Margaret R. Mueller: 78,028 | |
| 1986 | 'Dennis E. Eckart': 104,740 | Margaret R. Mueller: 35,944 | Werner J. Lange: 3,884 |
| 1984 | 'Dennis E. Eckart': 133,096 | Dean Beagle: 66,278 | |
| 1982 | 'Dennis E. Eckart'*: 93,302 | Glen W. Warner: 56,616 | Jim Russell (L): 3,324 |
| 1980 | Patrick James Donlin: 51,224 | 'J. William Stanton': 128,507 | Harold V. Richard Jr.: 5,742 |
| 1978 | Patrick James Donlin: 37,131 | 'J. William Stanton': 89,327 | Robert Dean Penny: 4,723 |
| 1976 | Thomas R. West Jr.: 47,548 | 'J. William Stanton': 120,716 | |
| 1974 | Michael D. Coffey: 52,017 | 'J. William Stanton': 79,756 | |
| 1972 | Dennis M. Callahan: 49,891 | 'J. William Stanton': 106,841 | |
| 1970 | Ralph Rudd: 42,542 | 'J. William Stanton': 91,437 | |
| 1968 | Alan D. Wright: 38,063 | 'J. William Stanton': 116,323 | |
| 1966 | James F. Henderson: 38,206 | 'J. William Stanton': 86,273 | |
| 1964 | C. D. Lambros: 82,728 | 'J. William Stanton': 102,619 | |
| 1962 | Robert E. Cook: 72,936 | Oliver P. Bolton: 74,573 | |
| 1960 | 'Robert E. Cook': 104,183 | David S. Dennison Jr.: 99,991 | |
| 1958 | Robert E. Cook: 79,468 | David S. Dennison Jr.: 78,501 | |
| 1956 | James P. Bennett: 68,831 | David S. Dennison Jr.: 96,707 | |
| 1954 | Edward C. Kaley: 39,404 | 'Oliver P. Bolton': 74,065 | |
| 1952 | Robert J. Kilpatrick: 63,930 | Oliver P. Bolton: 91,204 | |
| 1950 | Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 29,687 | 'Walter E. Brehm': 33,648 | |
| 1948 | Joseph C. Allen: 32,667 | 'Walter E. Brehm': 33,796 | |
| 1946 | Lester S. Reid: 20,543 | 'Walter E. Brehm': 31,576 | |
| 1944 | Mell G. Underwood Jr.: 33,098 | 'Walter E. Brehm': 28,263 | |
| 1942 | Harold K. Claypool: 19,817 | Walter E. Brehm: 31,385 | |
| 1940 | 'Harold K. Claypool': 43,548 | Ray W. Davis: 37,398 | |
| 1938 | 'Harold K. Claypool': 33,764 | Tom P. White: 31,004 | |
| 1936 | 'Harold K. Claypool'*: 41,773 | L. P. Mooney: 33,249 | |
| 1934 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 36,020 | Renick W. Dunlap: 26,723 | |
| 1932 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 44,380 | David J. Lewis: 26,075 | |
| 1930 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 37,887 | Ned Thacher: 21,339 | |
| 1928 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 34,257 | Edwin D. Ricketts: 30,574 | |
| 1926 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 29,950 | Walter S. Barrett: 18,300 | |
| 1924 | 'Mell G. Underwood Sr.': 35,696 | Edwin D. Ricketts: 24,270 | |
| 1922 | Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 29,058 | Edwin D. Ricketts: 27,162 | |
| 1920 | Mell G. Underwood Sr.: 31,359 | 'Edwin D. Ricketts': 33,524 | |