Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Craig Riedel
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Ohio District 9
- Filing address
- Defiance, OH (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- RIEDEL, CRAIG
- Next election
- Primary March 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Ohio, District 9
FEC candidate ID H2OH09189 · Principal campaign committee: CRAIG RIEDEL FOR OHIO
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Ohio District 9 | $1,298,354.66 | Lost primary |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Ohio District 9 | $617,690.52 | Lost primary |
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$937,806.0172%
- PACs and other committees$104,825.008%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$255,000.0020%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$723.650%
Self-funding: $255,000.00 (20% of money raised): $0.00 given and $255,000.00 lent by the candidate. $63,200.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
32 committees reported giving $77,425.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PATRIOTS IN ACTIONLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- DEFIANCE BUCKEYE FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,125.00
- DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- DEPENDABLE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP PACPAC$2,500.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUDDY CARTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS TO ELECT DR. GREG MURPHY TO CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAKE ELLZEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,500.00
Show all 32 committees
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PACPAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- OHIO GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SSF)Connected PAC$500.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Craig Riedel$229,601.05
- Independent expenditures opposing Craig Riedel$0.00
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$227,600.00
- NORTHWEST OHIO FREEDOM FUND PACSupporting$2,000.00
The race
Ohio U.S. House, District 9, 2024 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Riedel (R) | $1,298,354.66 | $1,284.38 | 2024-12-31 |
| Marcy M.c. Kaptur (D) | $5,063,732.53 | $448,926.49 | 2024-12-31 |
| Derek Merrin (R) | $1,722,804.22 | $76,651.15 | 2024-12-31 |
| Majewski Jr. (R) | $289,421.72 | $0.00 | 2024-10-15 |
| Daniel Vincent Wilczynski (R) | $263,803.07 | $20,062.95 | 2023-09-30 |
| Steve Lankenau (R) | $135,832.87 | $0.00 | 2024-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Predictive Insights | July 22–24, 2024 | 435 (LV) | ± 4.7% | Marcy Kaptur 47% · Derek Merrin 37% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CRAIG RIEDEL FOR OHIO.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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