Ohio 7th District
Where this race stands
| Rater | Rating | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report | Toss-Up | |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Tossup | |
| Split Ticket | Tossup | |
| FiftyPlusOne | Lean D |
Our model's lean sits inside the range of the raters covering this race.
Model output from our win-odds simulation, under calibration review. Methodology
See the full forecast →Roster: Ohio Secretary of State · state candidate list · as of June 3, 2026
No verified public poll. How we source polling data.
Ohio's 7th congressional district carries a partisan baseline of R+9.41 into a cycle where both major raters have placed it in their most competitive tier. Cook Political Report rates the race "Toss-Up" as of August 25, 2026, and the district was redrawn for the 2026 cycle, meaning the underlying geography no longer maps cleanly onto historical results. When a district with that kind of partisan baseline draws a Toss-Up classification, the gap between the structural lean and the competitive rating is the story: something beyond ordinary partisan gravity is pulling the race toward parity.
Campaign finance · FEC
- Raised
- $998.3K
- Cash on hand
- $236K
Campaign finance · FEC
- Raised
- $2.2M
- Cash on hand
- $1.4M
Federal Election Commission filings, as of Jun 30, 2026.
Election information
- Voter registration deadline
- October 4, 2026, per the federal form; this date falls on a Sunday and your state may move it, so confirm with your state (U.S. Election Assistance Commission, National Mail Voter Registration Form, as of October 10, 2026)
- Early voting
- Not shown. The state's election website does not allow automated access to its election pages, so no state-published date is shown.
What is not on this page
- Candidate issue positions are not shown. We list a position only when it is tied to a named, dated source.
- No individual poll results are compiled for this race.
- District demographics are not shown: the Census figures we hold describe the 2024 district lines, which changed for 2026.
- The previous result for this seat is not shown: we hold no certified results record for it yet.