Candidate Comparison
Ohio General Election Day: November 3, 2026
Governor
Amy Acton
Acton knows what it’s like to struggle. She grew up in Youngstown and experienced poverty and homelessness before becoming a doctor, a public health leader, and the Director of the Ohio Department of Health. She went to medical school right here in Northeast Ohio at NEOMED. Amy has lived through some of the same challenges that Ohio families face, so she understands what it’s like to watch grocery and gas prices go up while you’re trying to make rent or pay the mortgage.
Vivek Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy grew up in Cincinnati as the son of a middle-class family. He attended a private high school and then went to Harvard and Yale. He spent much of his career outside Ohio—working at a hedge fund in New York City and starting Roivant Sciences there before moving its headquarters to Switzerland. He returned to Ohio in 2021 and co-founded Strive Asset Management here, but that company later moved its headquarters to Dallas. Now Vivek wants to be Ohio’s next governor. But after spending so much of his career somewhere else—and moving his companies out of state—it’s fair to ask: Does he really understand what everyday Ohioans need to get ahead?
U.S. Senate
Sherrod Brown
Brown represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate and has been a champion for working-class families. He stands up to greedy corporations and wealthy interests. He is a long-time defender of affordable healthcare and has led efforts to make housing, healthcare, and education more affordable. His work in the Senate has prioritized protecting everyday Ohioans.
Jon Husted
Husted has served as Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor and Senator, playing a major role in bringing data center projects to Ohio and supporting tax incentives for the tech industry. He has supported legislation that slashes Medicaid coverage, SNAP funding, and tax credits for working families in Ohio, at the state and federal levels, doubling down on his commitment to wealthy interests rather than Ohioans.
Congressional District 07
Brian Poindexter
Poindexter is a union Ironworker, an apprenticeship instructor, and a former union organizer who knows the struggles Ohio families face to make ends meet. Coming from a 3rd-generation union family, Brian knows how to stand up to corporate special interests. He worked his way through night school while building a career in the trades. In Congress, he will fight for policies that put working families first. Brian knows the economy depends on working people to run it and is committed to policies that level the playing field for hardworking Ohioans.
Max Miller
Miller grew up in a wealthy and influential Cleveland family and holds millions of dollars in assets through his family’s trust. He later worked in the Trump White House before being elected to Congress in 2022. Miller has been accused of serious domestic abuse by his ex-wife—the daughter of a prominent Ohio Republican official—and a former girlfriend. The allegations have led to ongoing legal proceedings and raised serious questions about his conduct.
Congressional District 10
Kristina Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker is an oncology nurse practitioner who grew up outside of Dayton and volunteered at local food pantries. She draws on her medical experience and personal healthcare struggles and is running on a platform centered on affordability, protecting Medicaid and SNAP, and lowering prescription drug prices for Ohio families.
Mike Turner
Turner has spent the majority of his time in office building a record around supporting President Trump’s agenda on healthcare, federal spending, and tariffs at the expense of working Ohio families, including supporting the big, ugly bill that slashed ACA tax credits, Medicaid, and SNAP.
Congressional District 15
Don Leonard
Leonard knows what it's like to struggle. Raised by a single mother, he experienced poverty and homelessness growing up. Those experiences shaped his commitment to ensuring every Ohio family has the opportunity to succeed. As a teacher, he has empowered his students and fought against efforts to attack free speech.
Mike Carey
Carey spent more than two decades advancing the interests of the coal industry, including serving as a lobbyist for Murray Energy—a company linked to the largest public corruption scandal in Ohio history, and legislation that continues to increase Ohioans’ electric bills. Carey was once described as a “one-man wrecking ball” for his efforts to defeat legislation that would have placed environmental guardrails on the industry.