2026 elections · Ohio

Ohio U.S. House, district 7

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Toss-up (Cook: Toss-up; Sabato: Toss-up; Inside Elections: Toss-up; DDHQ: Toss-up). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

Max Miller

Raised
$3,289,528
From individuals
$992,252
From PACs and other committees
$734,498
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$1,000,000
Cash on hand
$122,835
Debts
$1,965,000

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $298,164 to support and $6,794,620 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 19, 2026.

PAC and committee money

228 committees reported giving $727,075 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $7K
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $3K
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $1K
  • Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $1K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Brian K. Poindexter

Raised
$3,072,898
From individuals
$2,703,344
From PACs and other committees
$359,351
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$1,421
Cash on hand
$1,066,833
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,017,437 to support and $757,833 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 19, 2026.

PAC and committee money

48 committees reported giving $200,183 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Money in this race (FEC)
Max MillerRepublican$3,289,528$122,835$298,164$6,794,620
Brian K. PoindexterDemocrat$3,072,898$1,066,833$1,017,437$757,833

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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