The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Elizabeth Kirtley (Democrat).
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. Not a prediction.
The seat
Michael Rulli
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2024 · Age 57
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Ohio
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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How they won the primary
The primary · 39,067 votes
- Elizabeth Kirtley Won: 31.5% 12,318
- Adrian Vitus: 22.0% 8,602
- Sean Connolly: 20.6% 8,053
- Brent Hanni: 9.6% 3,765
- Malcolm Ritchie: 9.0% 3,520
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Democratic primary results.
The primary · 62,813 votes
- Michael Rulli Won: 76.2% 47,868
- Jullie Kelley: 23.8% 14,945
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
- $1.2M
- Outside money
- $15K
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 name 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: Michael Rulli $136K.
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
8 filed- Adrian VitusDemocrat$32K
- Sam BarrickDemocrat-
- Sean ConnollyDemocrat$4.5K
- Brent HanniDemocrat$9.4K
- Jullie KelleyRepublican-
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.
The district
Census context- People
- 779K
- Median household income
- $60K
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 15.5%
- Without health insurance
- 6.1%
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.
How this seat voted last time
R+33 in 2024
- Michael Rulli Won: 66.7%
- Michael Kripchak: 33.3%
368,375 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between March 31, 2026 and July 14, 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.