The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jon Husted
Republican · Holds the seat now
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, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
The primary · 796,511 votes
- Sherrod BrownWon89.4%712,106
- Ron Kincaid10.6%84,405
The primary · 736,413 votes
- Jon HustedWon100%736,413
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $58M
- Outside money
- $146M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; 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 16 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. The groups named here account for $133M of the $146M total; the rest is smaller filers.
Not on the November ballot
14 filed- Ronald Kincaid Jr.Democrat$47K
- Gregory LevyIndependent$80K
- Frederick OdeDemocrat$5M
- Brian BiblerRepublican-
- Susanna BrewerRepublican-
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+6 in 2022
- JD VanceWon53%
- Tim Ryan46.9%
4,133,342 votes for candidates. The 2026 race is a special election; this is the seat's last regular contest. 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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.