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Candidates › OH-12 race › 2025–2026
Troy Balderson
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, OH-12
Representative since 2018
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- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Ohio US House 12
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- Securing Our Border
- Restoring Energy Dominance
- Unleashing American Energy
- Rebuilding after Biden’s Economic Disaster
- Standing Up To China
- In Congress
- Representative since 2018 · votes with their party 98% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-5355
- Money
- $2.2M raised, $2.1M spent, $1.1M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 2.8% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 70% from Ohio · largest committee giver BALDERSON VICTORY FUND, $44.7K
- Outside groups
- $15.5K supporting Balderson
- Sponsored most in
- Health, Energy, Transportation and Public Works
9 priorities from baldersonforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
America is the most welcoming country in the world. But when we welcome people to our home, we ask that they meet us at the front door instead of climbing through the window.
- Close the open borders.
- Go after the cartels profiting from the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs.
- Invest in better technology to detect illegal crossings.
- Hire more border patrol officers and fewer IRS agents.
- Put an end to sanctuary cities, driver’s licenses, and discounted tuition.
- Stop welfare payments to illegal immigrants.
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Never again can we weaken America by making our country dependent on China and other bad actors for our energy needs.
- Unravel the Biden Administration policies that are putting Americans at risk of power outages.
- Unleash the abundant resources available just beneath our feet.
- Streamline permits.
- Repeal the radical green agenda, which is distorting facts and forcing pain on consumers.
- Build pipelines and safeguard America’s energy infrastructure.
- Allow consumers to choose the vehicle that is best for their own needs.
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Never again can we weaken America by making our country dependent on China, Russia, and other bad actors for our energy needs.
- Follow the science. Acknowledge natural gas for its leading role in reducing emissions.
- Unleash the abundant resources available just beneath our feet.
- Lift the Biden LNG export ban to expand energy markets and support our European allies.
- Streamline permits.
- Stop the radical green agenda, which is distorting facts and forcing pain on consumers.
- Build pipelines and safeguard America’s energy infrastructure to safely speed up transportation.
- Allow consumers to choose the vehicle that is best for their own needs.
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As your Congressman, I am working to lower inflation, reduce taxes, and put money back in your wallet. For years, we were punished with higher prices and the cost to just get by was skyrocketing. Now, with a Republican Majority, common sense is back in the driver’s seat.Stop spending what we don’t have and borrowing what we can’t pay back.
- Produce energy in America.
- Build products in America.
- Cut taxes for Americans.
- Fix the supply chain by reducing our dependence on China and other bad actors.
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Troy Balderson caught China red-handed, attempting to undermine the American Steel industry. Now, more than ever, the enemies of freedom are testing America’s resolve.
- Take away China’s biggest propaganda tool in America by forcing the sale of TikTok to an American company.
- End our reliance on China for critical goods by bringing manufacturing back to the United States.
- Forcing Americans to buy electric vehicles is a massive windfall for the CCP. We must reverse the Biden EV mandate, which relies on the world’s top producer and processor of rare earth elements needed to make electric vehicles.
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- Putting the real needs of veterans over the interests of career bureaucrats.
- Modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Allow veterans to choose the doctor the doctor they want, in the community where they live.
- Protect our veterans’ Second Amendment Rights.
- Eliminating the woke agenda at the DOD and VA.
- Streamline the bureaucracy, making it easier for veterans to receive the benefits they have earned.
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We can do better. More government control is never the answer. Taking away options is not the answer to lower health care costs. Government bureaucrats do not belong in the doctor-patient relationship.
- Bolstering American Innovation and lowering the cost of healthcare.
- Embrace innovation in digital health and technology to better connect patients and providers.
- Protect our seniors and those with pre-existing conditions.
- Give patients choice and flexibility to make healthcare more affordable.
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America was built on Conservative principles. Through tax and regulatory reform, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world, and alongside President Trump, we are doing it again.
- Restore Trump’s middle-class tax cuts before they expire.
- Level the playing field so American businesses can compete and win against China.
- End the stigma that you need a college degree to get ahead in America.
- Cut the job-killing regulations.
- Ensure our rural communities have access to the high-speed internet necessary to do business in a world economy.
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The men and women in blue are the line between order and chaos. They put their lives on the line every time they don the uniform . Troy knows that law enforcement deserves all the help it can get.
- Hold rogue prosecutors and judges accountable.
- Secure our border to stop the flow of drugs and criminals into our country and local communities.
- Hire more police, not fewer.
- Fund police departments and give them the resources they need.
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