Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Daniel Jay O'Connor Jr.

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Ohio District 12
Filing address
Columbus, OH (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
O'CONNOR, DANIEL JAY JR.
Next election
Primary May 3, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Ohio with the 2022 district highlighted

Ohio, District 12

DemocraticU.S. House · Ohio District 12ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2OH12118 · Principal campaign committee: O'CONNOR FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · Ohio District 15$11,746.54Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000
2021–2022U.S. House · Ohio District 12$612,991.54Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$612,991.54
Total spent$328,447.11
Cash on hand$284,524.43
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $594,070.27PACs and other committees: $18,900.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $21.27
  • Individual contributions$594,070.2797%
  • PACs and other committees$18,900.003%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$21.270%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $2,500.00 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.

The race

Ohio U.S. House, District 12, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Daniel Jay O'Connor Jr. (D)$612,991.54$284,524.432022-12-31
William Troy Balderson (R)$1,919,520.06$403,791.742022-12-31
Alaina Shearer (D)$25,026.83$0.002022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RMarch 31, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RApril 22, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 6, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid RJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: O'CONNOR FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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