The winner of the June special election ran for reelection in November 2016 but served the remainder of Boehner's 13th two-year term, which ended in early January 2017.

After Boehner's retirement, over twenty Republicans pulled a petition with the Board of Elections to run for the vacant seat.

Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds was considered the front-runner for the nomination but unexpectedly suspended his campaign for the seat in December 2015.

At age 25, he is currently the youngest candidate in America to win the nomination of a major U.S. political party for United States Congress.

Due to his controversial remarks on Jewish Americans belief that the September 11 attacks were an 9/inside job, his candidacy was disavowed by the Green Party of Ohio.