The campaign of U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland) pointed to national Democratic victories as evidence that Schmidt's re-election shows the Congresswoman is really begining to take hold in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District.

The Ohio Secretary of State shows Schmidt was re-elected with 44.96 percent of the vote as of this report,  to 37.27 percent for Dr. Victoria Wulsin (D-Indian Hill) and 17.77 percent for businessman David Krikorian (I-Madeira).

Schmidt has received a total of 143,287 votes, compared to 118,770 for Wulsin and 56,633 for Krikorian.

Schmidt spokesperson Bruce Pfaff said that the campaign always felt they had a significant vote advantage over Wulsin and that Krikorian wasn't going to be too much of a factor.

"You look at what happened nationwide, the fact that the Congresswoman won significantly shows that she is really starting to take hold in this district, and that people are really starting to aprreciate her strengths, the job she does and how hard she works," Pfaff said.

Pfaff said Schmidt will continue to work on the issues that she had been in Congress, as well as taking a look at how she can be effective with the Democratic majority in the House and Senate.

"She's been a very successful legislator because she's been willing to work across the aisle," Pfaff said.

Pfaff pointed to Schmidt passing what he called three major peices of legislation as a part of the minority.

"You don't do that unless you're willing to work across the aisle," Pfaff said.  "She's proven that she's a conservative but she's willing to work with anybody of any party to do what's right for the people of southwest Ohio and the United States."