The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: William B. Redpath (Libertarian), Stephen Faris (Independent, write-in), Anthony Holliman (Independent, write-in) and Timothy Telymonde (write-in).
Certified list: Licking County Board of Elections; Ohio Secretary of State, Directive 2026-45 official sample ballot (dated 8/20/2026): the same four U.S. Senate candidates in ballot order; Erie County Board of Elections, candidate filings for the November 3, 2026 general election: the same seven U.S. Senate names. 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
Jon Husted
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 59
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 · 796,511 votes
- Sherrod Brown Won: 89.4% 712,106
- Ron Kincaid: 10.6% 84,405
Primary source: Ohio Secretary of State certified Democratic primary results.
The primary · 736,413 votes
- Jon Husted Won: Unopposed 736,413
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
- $53M
- Outside money
- $225M
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 4 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: Sherrod Brown $6.3M, Jon Husted $5.7M.
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
9 filed- Ron KincaidDemocrat$47K
- Frederick OdeDemocrat$5M
- Brian BiblerRepublican-
- Susanna BrewerRepublican-
- William FarmsDemocrat-
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 Vance Won: 53.0%
- Tim Ryan: 46.9%
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. 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 each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.