In Ohio, the filing deadline for federal office passed on February 19.

According to GreenPapers.com, no Democrat filed against half of the Republicans currently representing Ohio in the House: Mike Turner in the Third District, Jim Jordan in the Fourth District, Bob Latta in the Fifth District, and Steve Austria in the Seventh District.

Nine of the ten House Democrats from Ohio will face a Republican opponent, except for Marcia Fudge in the Eleventh District.

UPDATE: In 2008, Obama carried Fudge’s district with 85 percent of the vote; it’s rated an astounding D+32 in the Cook Partisan Voting Index.

By contrast, the four uncontested GOP-held districts are ones where the incumbent will have an advantage, but not an overwhelming one: McCain carried Turner’s district with only 52 percent of the vote and it’s rated only R+5 in the Cook Partisan Voting Index. McCain’s vote in the other three: 60 percent in Jordan’s, 53 percent in Latta’s, 54 percent in Austria’s. They’re rated R+15, R+9, and R+7, respectively.

ANOTHER UPDATE: This article mentions Dr. Mark MacNealy of Vandalia as a Democrat running against Turner. He’s not listed on the Ohio Secretary of State’s site yet, but perhaps they haven’t updated…