Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Ohio

Derek Merrin

Republican On the November ballot

On the November ballot

Merrin faces Marcy Kaptur for this seat on November 3, 2026, with Kathy McKinstry certified as write-in candidate.

Derek Merrinthis pageRepublican · $1.5M

The general-election ballot as recorded September 22, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

6%from small donors

Small donors: 6%$89K
Large donors: 24%$363K
PACs: 8%$117K
Party: --
Self-funding: 20%$310K
Other: 42%$630K

Other includes $628K transferred in from committees this candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC.

Separately, $3.2M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Ohio

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 782K
Median household income: $67K
Unemployment: 5.4%
Living below the poverty line: 14.8%
Without health insurance: 5.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$1M

Safety & Affordability PAC$313K
Americans for Prosperity Action$286K
Koch network, free-market conservative
Koch network, free-market conservative
No Going Back PAC$187K
Club for Growth Action$137K
Anti-tax, free-market conservative
Anti-tax, free-market conservative
America PAC$41K

The top 5 committees of the $1M filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$2.2M

HMP$2.1M
American Resolve PAC$60K
Americans United for Values$4.5K

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Merrin does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on derekmerrin.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Derek Merrin: Ohio House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-OH-09/H4OH09169

The citation names the source data used for this record.