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2026 Ohio House race, District 8

Warren Davidson (Republican) and Vanessa Enoch (Democrat) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Ohio District 8.

The November ballot

Davidson
$661K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Vanessa Enoch (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

Warren Davidson

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2016 · Age 56

8
Trades disclosed
$254K
Estimated volume
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 

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How they won the primary

The primary · 43,427 votes

  • Vanessa Enoch Won: 74.5% 32,336
  • Madaris Grant: 25.5% 11,091

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
$693K
Outside money
$8.7K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Davidson$8.7K
Opposing Davidson-

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

<1%from small donors
Small donors
<1%$6.6K
Large donors
24%$160K
PACs
42%$274K
Other
33%$221K

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: Warren Davidson $205K.

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

2 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+26 in 2024

  • Warren Davidson Won: 62.8%
  • Vanessa Enoch: 37.2%

378,128 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
789K
Median household income
$78K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
11.0%
Without health insurance
5.7%

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 June 30, 2026 and August 3, 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.