Democratic primary · May 5, 2026
Ohio house Democratic primary
Don Leonard, Greg Landsman, Jen Mazzuckelli, Joyce Beatty, Joshua Kolasinski, Brian Shaver, Elizabeth Kirtley, Brian Poindexter, Vanessa Enoch, Marcy Kaptur, Kristina Knickerbocker, Shontel Brown, Jerrad Christian, Emilia Sykes and Maria Jukic won the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 22d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
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All polls · 0 results
Democratic primary pollsNo polls have been published for this primary yet. When pollsters start covering the race, individual polls will be listed here with sample size, lean, and trust signals.
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 2 total
Source · Wikipedia · 14 candidates with no endorsements yetDon Leonard · 2
DDon Leonard2 endorsers
Most notable · CAIR Action
Organizations2
Organizations · 2
- CAIR Action
- End Citizens United
DGreg Landsman0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DJen Mazzuckelli0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DJoyce Beatty0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DJoshua Kolasinski0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
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DBrian Shaver0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DElizabeth Kirtley0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DBrian Poindexter0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DVanessa Enoch0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DMarcy Kaptur0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DKristina Knickerbocker0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DShontel Brown0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DJerrad Christian0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DEmilia Sykes0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DMaria Jukic0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-06-15Don Leonard
Raised
$287K
Cash on hand
$76K
Top industries
No industry data.
In the news
17 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
17 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles17
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.41
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift +0.04 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.41
Week-over-weekshift +0.04 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 47%
Neutral 47%
R 6%
53% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets47%
Neutral47%
R-leaning outlets6%
53% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-06-15
Endorsements7 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage17 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks