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House · Ohio 9th District

Kaptur vs Merrin

General election · primary May 5 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Marcy Kaptur (D)
Incumbent
Raised $5.58M
VS
Rep Derek Merrin (R)
Challenger
Raised $2.08M

The money

$22.49M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$5.58M
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$4.21M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$9.79M
7 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$12.70M
first arrived Feb 12
Against Democrats
$5.74M
of that total
For Democrats
$1.95M
of that total
On other candidates
$5.01M
for or against

How the district votes

Most recent first
2024 president R+11
2024 resultKaptur vs Merrin D+0.7
2022 resultKaptur vs Majewski D+13
A past result is under the district lines in force that year, which in the states that redrew for this cycle are not these lines.
Held by Marcy Kaptur (D).