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2026 midterms · State

Ohio

Primary May 5, 2026 · general election Nov 3, 2026

races
18
candidates listed
29
statements classified
123,137
Toss-up

Ohio 1st District

The closest rating in Ohio: held by Democrats (Landsman). Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab. Four other races are rated toss-up or lean.

Statewide races

A Senate race and a governor’s race are on the 2026 ballot. Once a primary is called, only the candidates recorded as advancing are listed; before that, everyone running.

Each race links to its own page: the candidates, what they say and the money they report. Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab (last updated by the lab on Jun 24, 2026); a forecaster’s judgement about the general election, not the lab’s.

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House races

16 House races, 15 with a recorded primary result. Districts are in order, 5 at a time; choose any district to go straight to it.

House districts follow the candidates’ FEC filings. Where a state redrew its map for 2026, a few candidates may still appear under their old district number.

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What the candidates say

25 of Ohio’s 29 candidates have 10 or more classified statements. 25 have 50 or more and are ranked against candidates nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a candidate’s rate is the share of their statements with that label. Incumbent members of Congress are measured on everything they publish in office, everyone else on posts on X. A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.

How do Ohio’s candidates compare?

Share of each candidate’s statements with each label; sort by any column

Candidates in Ohio: rates of each kind of statement
Sherrod BrownDSenateChallenger8958.7%23%52%0.4%4.4%
Jon HustedRSenateIncumbent2,4230.3%11%75%7.7%29%
Amy ActonDGovernorChallenger1,0514.8%16%47%4.5%11%
Vivek RamaswamyRGovernorChallenger2,3242.2%11%40%3.7%10%
Greg LandsmanD1st DistrictIncumbent6,2631.8%19%61%13%22%
Notes
Only candidates with 10 or more classified statements are in the table. Each candidate’s page compares them with similar candidates nationwide.

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