The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also certified, by write-in: Kathy McKinstry.
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
Marcy Kaptur
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1983 · Age 80
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 · 45,827 votes
- Marcy Kaptur Won: Unopposed 45,827
Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Democratic primary results.
The primary · 56,921 votes
- Derek Merrin Won: 44.1% 25,092
- Josh Williams: 25.3% 14,419
- Madison Sheahan: 20.2% 11,501
- Alea Nadeem: 5.5% 3,109
- Anthony Campbell: 4.9% 2,800
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
- $7.8M
- Outside money
- $6.2M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $90K of the race's $6.2M was spent on candidates not listed here. 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: Marcy Kaptur $866K, Derek Merrin $628K.
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
7 filed- Anthony CampbellRepublican$34K
- Wayne KinselRepublican$91K
- Alea NadeemRepublican$750K
- Madison SheahanRepublican$272K
- Josh WilliamsRepublican$957K
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
- 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.
How this seat voted last time
D+0.6 in 2024
- Marcy Kaptur Won: 48.3%
- Derek Merrin: 47.6%
375,195 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 4.1%. 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 September 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.