Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 5 Democratic primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: February 4, 2026 |
| Primary: May 5, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
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DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Pending Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on May 5, 2026, in Ohio's 7th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Ohio utilizes an open primary system. In an open primary system, a voter does not have to register with a political party beforehand in order to vote in that party's primary. In Ohio, voters select their preferred party primary ballots at their polling places on Election Day.[1][2][3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Ohio's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 5 Republican primary)
- Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7
Michael Eisner and Ed FitzGerald are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 7 on May 5, 2026.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Ohio
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Michael Eisner | Democratic Party | $9,758 | $218 | $9,539 | As of June 30, 2025 |
| Ed FitzGerald | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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District analysis
This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.
Ballot access
This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.
See also
- Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 5 Republican primary)
- Ohio's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
- United States House elections in Ohio, 2026 (May 5 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Ohio, 2026 (May 5 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 25, 2019
- ↑ FairVote, "Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ LAWriter Ohio Laws and Rules, "3501.01 Election procedure - election officials definitions.," accessed October 25, 2019
