Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Ohio
Kathy McKinstry
Certified write-in
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Certified write-in
McKinstry is a certified write-in candidate for this seat on November 3, 2026: the votes count, and the name is not printed on the ballot. Marcy Kaptur and Derek Merrin are printed.
Certification is a filed fact recorded by the state, not a prediction and not a judgement about the campaign. A write-in has to be written in, so the exact form a state accepts is worth checking with the election office before voting.
How to vote in Ohio
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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.
Campaign money
McKinstry has filed with the FEC and reports raising no money.
Filings are reported through March 31, 2026. Committees report quarterly; an empty filing is not a statement about the candidate.
Record in office
McKinstry 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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