U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District
November 2, 2010 · general election · District 18 · 3 candidates with a page
About this district
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Last time, 2008: Zack Space (Democratic) 59.9% · 164,187 votes; Fred Dailey (Republican) 40.1% · 110,031 votes.
That result was under the district's previous boundaries.
Sources: Federal Elections 2008 (Excel edition, sheet '2008 House and Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Elections 2008 · Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008 (Ohio, U.S. Representative)
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Farmer; co-founded Hidden Hollow Farms, Ltd., in Lakeville, Ohio
- President, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
- Associate of Science, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, 1974
5 of 11 sections researched · 28 sources
- Practiced law with his father at Space & Space Company, a consumer-rights firm, for nearly 20 years starting in 1986.
- Worked as a public defender and as special counsel to two Ohio attorneys general.
- B.A. in political science, Kenyon College.
9 of 11 sections researched · 18 sources
4 of 11 sections researched · 3 sources
Bob Gibbs
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Zack Space
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Lindsey Dean Sutton
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The race in pictures
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A note on our coverage
Read before the columns: where one candidate has more entries than another, this says which of the two reasons it is.
Where they stand: Zack Space has 2 entries, Bob Gibbs has 0 entries and Lindsey Dean Sutton has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Bob Gibbs's record in office has 5 entries, Zack Space's has 3 and Lindsey Dean Sutton's has 0. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Sources: Zack Space has 8 entries, Bob Gibbs has 7 entries and Lindsey Dean Sutton has 3 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Jump to a candidate
- Bob Gibbs: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Zack Space: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Lindsey Dean Sutton: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Charter schools
Bob Gibbs
Not yet researched
Zack Space
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed creating a unit inside the Auditor's office to audit the books of every for-profit charter school in Ohio, plus a full look-back at the collapsed ECOT online charter school.
Source: toledoblade.com
Lindsey Dean Sutton
Not yet researched
Government accountability
Bob Gibbs
Not yet researched
Zack Space
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Pledged to use the auditor's office to restore public confidence in Ohio's democratic process and to expose favor-trading arrangements between donors and officeholders and reduce the influence of money in state government.
Source: wosu.org
Lindsey Dean Sutton
Not yet researched
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Bob Gibbs
Not yet researched
Zack Space
Not yet researched
Lindsey Dean Sutton
Not yet researched
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Gibbs (R) | 2003 | office | Member, Ohio House of Representatives, 97th District |
| Gibbs (R) | 2009 | office | Member, Ohio Senate, 22nd District |
| Gibbs (R) | 2011-01-05 | office | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District |
| Gibbs (R) | 2013-01-03 | office | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 7th District |
| Gibbs (R) | 2011-08-01 | vote | 2011-08-01 (vote): Voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011 (S. 365), which passed the House 269 to 161. |
| Gibbs (R) | 2017-12-20 | vote | 2017-12-20 (vote): Voted for the final House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H. R. 1), 224 to 201. |
| Gibbs (R) | 2018-12-12 | bill | 2018-12-12 (bill): Sponsored H.R. 7279, the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, introduced December 12, 2018 and signed into law on January 14, 2019 as Publi |
| Gibbs (R) | 2019-12-18 | vote | 2019-12-18 (vote): Voted against Article I of the resolution impeaching President Donald Trump (H. Res. 755), which passed the House 230 to 197. |
| Gibbs (R) | 2022-04-06 | statement | 2022-04-06 (statement): Announced he would not seek reelection in 2022, citing Ohio's unresolved congressional redistricting. |
| Space (D) | 2000 | office | Dover, Ohio Law Director |
| Space (D) | 2007-01 | office | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District |
| Space (D) | 2009 | vote | 2009 (vote): Voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in 2009, a vote used against him in campaign ads in his coal-region congressional district. |
| Space (D) | 2010-11 | action | 2010-11 (action): Lost re-election to Ohio's 18th Congressional District in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, 53.9% to 40.5%, amid a Republican wave. |
| Space (D) | 2018-10-19 | action | 2018-10-19 (action): During the 2018 campaign, his Ohio law license was administratively suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court after he did not respond to notices |
Bob Gibbs
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April 6, 2022 · statement
Announced he would not seek reelection in 2022, citing Ohio's unresolved congressional redistricting.
Source: Bob Gibbs
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December 18, 2019 · vote
Voted against Article I of the resolution impeaching President Donald Trump (H. Res. 755), which passed the House 230 to 197.
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December 12, 2018 · bill
Sponsored H.R. 7279, the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, introduced December 12, 2018 and signed into law on January 14, 2019 as Public Law 115-436.
Sources: H.R. 7279 (115th Congress), Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, as introduced · Public Law 115-436, Water Infrastructure Improvement Act
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December 20, 2017 · vote
Voted for the final House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H. R. 1), 224 to 201.
Source: Roll call vote: H. R. 1, On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)
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August 1, 2011 · vote
Voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011 (S. 365), which passed the House 269 to 161.
Source: Roll call vote: S. 365, On Passage (Budget Control Act of 2011)
Zack Space
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October 19, 2018 · action
During the 2018 campaign, his Ohio law license was administratively suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court after he did not respond to notices to complete required registration paperwork; he said he had not practiced law in 12 years at that point and the lapse did not involve unauthorized practice.
Source: ideastream.org
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November 2010 · action
Lost re-election to Ohio's 18th Congressional District in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, 53.9% to 40.5%, amid a Republican wave.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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2009 · vote
Voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in 2009, a vote used against him in campaign ads in his coal-region congressional district.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Lindsey Dean Sutton
Not yet researched
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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Bob Gibbs
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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Totals as filed
Not yet researched
Top donors, as filed
Not yet researched
Outside spending
Not yet researched
In-state share
Not yet researched
Zack Space
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
None found in the records checked
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
Lindsey Dean Sutton
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
Not yet researched
Top donors, as filed
Not yet researched
Outside spending
Not yet researched
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
Bob Gibbs · certified 2010-12
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
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| Bob Gibbs | 107,426 | 53.9% |
| Zack Space | 80,756 | 40.5% |
| Lindsey Dean Sutton | 11,246 | 5.6% |
Sources: Federal Elections 2010 (Excel edition, sheet '2010 US House & Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Elections 2010 · Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010 (Ohio, U.S. Representative)
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 18 · Bob Gibbs · 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7 · 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7 · 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7 · 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7 · 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 7 · Zack Space · 2018 Ohio State Auditor election
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- Roll call vote: S. 365, On Passage (Budget Control Act of 2011) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · 2011-08-01 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Roll call vote: H. R. 1, On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · 2017-12-20 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Roll call vote: H. Res. 755, On Agreeing to Article I of the Resolution (Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · 2019-12-18 · accessed 2026-09-24
- H.R. 7279 (115th Congress), Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, as introduced · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · 2018-12-12 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Public Law 115-436, Water Infrastructure Improvement Act · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · 2019-01-14 · accessed 2026-09-24
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Quick answers
When was the 2010 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District election?
The election for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District was held on November 2, 2010.
Who ran for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District in 2010?
On the ballot for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District, in surname order: Bob Gibbs (Republican), Zack Space (Democratic), Lindsey Dean Sutton (Constitution).
Who won the 2010 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District election?
Bob Gibbs won the election for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District. Results as certified: Bob Gibbs 53.9%, Zack Space 40.5%, Lindsey Dean Sutton 5.6%.
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