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Elections · U.S. House · Ohio

2026 Ohio House race, District 12

Troy Balderson (Republican) and Jerrad Christian (Democrat) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Ohio District 12.

The November ballot

Balderson
$1.7M
Christian
$84K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Not a prediction.

The seat

Troy Balderson

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2018 · Age 64

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Ohio

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 34,406 votes

  • Jerrad Christian Won: 46.4% 15,961
  • Daniel Crawford: 33.6% 11,546
  • Jason Reynard: 20.1% 6,899

Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Democratic primary results.

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.8M
Outside money
$16K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Balderson$16K
Opposing Balderson-
Supporting Christian-
Opposing Christian-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$17KSmall donors$54K65%
35%$612KLarge donors$28K33%
60%$1MPACs$250<1%
--Party$2K2%
4%$75KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+37 in 2024

  • Troy Balderson Won: 68.5%
  • Jerrad Christian: 31.5%

380,188 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
798K
Median household income
$76K
Unemployment
3.9%
Living below the poverty line
11.6%
Without health insurance
8.6%

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.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between May 22, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.