United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2026
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November 3, 2026 |
2026 U.S. House Elections |
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Ohio are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 15 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 15 U.S. House districts. The primary is May 5, 2026. The filing deadline was February 4, 2026.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 15 | 17 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
- Greg Landsman (Incumbent)
- Damon Lynch
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Republican primary candidates
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
- John Hancock
- Jason Stoops (Write-in)
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District 2
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- David Taylor (Incumbent)
- Bob Carr
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District 3
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
- Joyce Beatty (Incumbent)
- Joe Gerard
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District 4
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Jim Jordan (Incumbent)
District 5
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dalton Franklin (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
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- Bob Latta (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
- Michael Veloff (Write-in)
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District 6
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
- Sean Connolly
- Charles DiPalma
- Brent Hanni
- Elizabeth Kirtley
- Malcolm Ritchie
- Adrian Vitus
- Christopher Lafont (Write-in)
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- Michael Rulli (Incumbent)
- Jullie Kelley
District 7
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Andrey Martinichin (Independent) (Write-in)
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- John Butchko
- Ann Marie Donegan
- Michael Eisner
- Ed FitzGerald
- Keith Mundy
- Brian Poindexter
- Laura Rodriguez-Carbone
- Scott Schulz
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- Max Miller (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
- Brian Duvall-Gambino (Write-in)
District 8
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Warren Davidson (Incumbent)
District 9
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
- Marcy Kaptur (Incumbent)
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
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District 10
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Michael Turner (Incumbent)
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
District 11
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Cortney Peterson (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- Shontel Brown (Incumbent)
- Sean Freeman
- Ardelia Holmes
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District 12
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Troy Balderson (Incumbent)
District 13
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Sandeep Dixit (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- Emilia Sykes (Incumbent)
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 14
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- David Joyce (Incumbent)
- Nicole Frenchko
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District 15
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- Mike Carey (Incumbent)
- Samuel Ronan
Did not make the ballot:
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Ohio
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Ohio's 1st Congressional District
- Ohio's 2nd Congressional District
- Ohio's 3rd Congressional District
- Ohio's 4th Congressional District
- Ohio's 5th Congressional District
- Ohio's 6th Congressional District
- Ohio's 7th Congressional District
- Ohio's 8th Congressional District
- Ohio's 9th Congressional District
- Ohio's 10th Congressional District
- Ohio's 11th Congressional District
- Ohio's 12th Congressional District
- Ohio's 13th Congressional District
- Ohio's 14th Congressional District
- Ohio's 15th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Ohio in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Ohio, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Ohio | U.S. House | Major party | 50 | $85 | 2/4/2026 | Source |
| Ohio | U.S. House | Minor party | 25 | $85 | 2/4/2026 | Source |
| Ohio | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1% of the vote cast for governor in the district in the last election | $85 | 5/4/2026 | Source |
Political context
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Ohio.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Ohio in 2026. Information below was calculated on Feb. 4, 2026, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Seventy-eight candidates — 46 Democrats and 32 Republicans — ran for Ohio’s 15 U.S. House districts. That’s 5.2 candidates per district. There were 4.1 candidates per district in 2024, 4.5 in 2022, 4.2 in 2020, 5.1 in 2018, 3.7 in 2016, and 2.9 in 2014.
These were the first elections to take place since the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted unanimously to approve a new congressional map for 2026. The state was required to redraw its congressional district boundaries ahead of the 2026 elections due to a constitutional amendment that gave shorter expiration dates to maps passed without bipartisan support.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents — five Democrats and 10 Republicans — ran for re-election. There were two open districts in 2024, one in 2022, two in 2018, one in 2016, and none in 2014.
Twenty primaries — 12 Democratic and eight Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there were 12 contested primaries in 2024, 10 in 2022, 23 in 2020, 22 in 2018, 18 in 2016, and 14 in 2014.
Rep. Max Miller (R-7th) and eight Democrats ran for the 7th district, the most candidates that ran for a district in 2026.
Seven incumbents — three Democrats and four Republicans — faced primary challengers in 2026. There were four incumbents in a contested primary in 2024, six in 2022, 10 in 2020, eight in 2018, four in 2016, and five in 2014.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 15 districts, meaning no districts were guaranteed to either party.| District | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio's 1st | Greg Landsman | D+3 |
| Ohio's 2nd | David Taylor | R+24 |
| Ohio's 3rd | Joyce Beatty | D+21 |
| Ohio's 4th | Jim Jordan | R+18 |
| Ohio's 5th | Bob Latta | R+14 |
| Ohio's 6th | Michael Rulli | R+16 |
| Ohio's 7th | Max Miller | R+5 |
| Ohio's 8th | Warren Davidson | R+12 |
| Ohio's 9th | Marcy Kaptur | R+3 |
| Ohio's 10th | Mike Turner | R+3 |
| Ohio's 11th | Shontel Brown | D+28 |
| Ohio's 12th | Troy Balderson | R+16 |
| Ohio's 13th | Emilia Sykes | EVEN |
| Ohio's 14th | David Joyce | R+9 |
| Ohio's 15th | Mike Carey | R+4 |
| District | Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio's 1st | 47.5% | 51.6% |
| Ohio's 2nd | 29.5% | 69.8% |
| Ohio's 3rd | 69.1% | 30.2% |
| Ohio's 4th | 28.3% | 71.1% |
| Ohio's 5th | 37.9% | 61.3% |
| Ohio's 6th | 33.3% | 66.1% |
| Ohio's 7th | 43.9% | 55.3% |
| Ohio's 8th | 40.5% | 58.6% |
| Ohio's 9th | 44.0% | 54.5% |
| Ohio's 10th | 44.7% | 54.5% |
| Ohio's 11th | 76.8% | 22.7% |
| Ohio's 12th | 34.2% | 65.1% |
| Ohio's 13th | 51.1% | 48.2% |
| Ohio's 14th | 39.6% | 59.6% |
| Ohio's 15th | 44.4% | 54.7% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
Ohio presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 12 Democratic wins
- 19 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Ohio's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Ohio | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 15 | 17 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Ohio's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Richard Michael DeWine |
| Lieutenant Governor | Jim Tressel |
| Secretary of State | Frank LaRose |
| Attorney General | Dave Yost |
State legislature
Ohio State Senate
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 9 | |
| Republican Party | 24 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | |
Ohio House of Representatives
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 34 | |
| Republican Party | 65 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 99 | |
Trifecta control
Ohio Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-seven years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
