 In 2012, Otto secured his fifth term in the House without general election opposition.In the primary election on May 29, 2012, he won 9,485 (67 percent) to 4,677 (33 percent) for his fellow Republican Dwayne Stovall, a businessman from Cleveland.On March 4, 2014, Stovall was a third-place primary candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat held by John Cornyn.