The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Brennan Barrington (Libertarian), Gary Josephson (write-in) and Samuel Ronan (write-in).
Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Mike Carey
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 55
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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How they won the primary
The primary · 44,977 votes
- Don Leonard Won: 52.9% 23,798
- Adam Miller: 47.1% 21,179
Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Democratic primary results.
The primary · 39,446 votes
- Mike Carey Won: Unopposed 39,446
Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Republican 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
- $4.8M
- Outside money
- $2.4M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 3 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Mike Carey $655K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups 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 filedPrimary 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+13 in 2024
- Mike Carey Won: 56.5%
- Adam Miller: 43.5%
347,749 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
- 795K
- Median household income
- $78K
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.2%
- Without health insurance
- 8.0%
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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through 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.