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Candidates › OH-09 race › 2025–2026
RepublicanU.S. House, OH-09Ohio
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FEC filings, Apr 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00903310
$1.00 has been spent for every dollar raised across 7 reports ($749.8K of $749.8K). Cash on hand went from $85.6K on Jun 30, 2025 to $0 on Sep 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $133,351 | $47,772 | $85,579 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $189,144 | $164,298 | $110,425 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $176,096 | $161,271 | $125,249 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $158,090 | $161,941 | $121,399 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Apr 15, 2026 | $33,368 | $45,805 | $108,961 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $59,769 | $155,749 | $12,981 |
| TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $0 | $12,981 | $0 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,307 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $286.4K.
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 2 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $32K.
The 11 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 11 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $34K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $749,818
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
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27% of the money placed by state came from inside Ohio: $77K of $286.4K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
The campaign also refunded $21,200 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 23 payments · 42% of all spending | $315,543 |
| 12 payments · 16% of all spending | $116,595 |
| 7 payments · 5.9% of all spending | $44,578 |
| 6 payments · 3.8% of all spending | $28,634 |
| 9 payments · 3.4% of all spending | $25,615 |
| 3 payments · 3.4% of all spending | $25,510 |
| 3 payments · 1.7% of all spending | $12,778 |
| 21 payments · 1.7% of all spending | $12,774 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
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Lost · 3,101 votes (5.5%) · 4 of 5 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Primary May 5, 2026 · 1 poll
Derek Merrin won. The race has been called, but the count we have stopped at 82% reporting, so the polls are not measured against the margin.
| Poll | Derek Merrin | Josh Williams | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.L. Partnersended Apr 16 | 33% | 14% | Derek Merrin +19 |
| Median of the final polls | Derek Merrin +19 | ||
| Result, 82% reporting | 44.1% | 25.3% | — |
May 5, 2026 · Result · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for; a margin is compared once 95% is reported
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026 · 2 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
No campaign pages quoted
| 240 contributions · 27% |
| $76,975 |
| 134 contributions · 9.8% | $27,926 |
| 107 contributions · 8.3% | $23,664 |
| 118 contributions · 6.8% | $19,592 |
| 21 contributions · 6.2% | $17,734 |
| 34 contributions · 4.2% | $12,104 |
| 47 contributions · 3.9% | $11,106 |
| 56 contributions · 3.5% | $10,094 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 51 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2 contributions · 11% of ranked | $10,000 |
| 2 contributions · 7.4% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 7.4% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 11 contributions · 7.4% of ranked | $7,000 |
| Written instead of an employer · 42 contributions · 7% of ranked | $6,581 |
| 2 contributions · 3.9% of ranked | $3,648 |
| 1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked | $3,500 |
| 1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked | $3,500 |
A further $192,221 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($418,222) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 938 contributions · 57% of ranked | $122,803 |
| 2 contributions · 4.6% of ranked | $10,000 |
| 10 contributions · 4.4% of ranked | $9,500 |
| 3 contributions · 3.5% of ranked | $7,500 |
| 11 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 10 contributions · 1.9% of ranked | $4,132 |
| 2 contributions · 1.7% of ranked | $3,648 |
A further $69,318 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($418,222) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total itemized disbursements $722,698
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 474 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
1 payment was reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $1,818 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.