Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Emilia Strong Sykes

Official portrait of Emilia Strong Sykes
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Ohio’s 13th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Akron, OH
Born
1986
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SYKES, EMILIA
Next election
Primary May 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Ohio with the current district highlighted

Ohio, District 13

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Ohio District 13IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2OH13264 · Principal campaign committee: EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Ohio District 13$3,990,518.80General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Ohio District 13$5,332,291.25Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · Ohio District 13$2,542,383.02Won the general election (52.68%)
Total raised$3,990,518.80
Total spent$3,171,439.43
Cash on hand$941,757.91
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $2,505,455.39PACs and other committees: $1,261,004.24Party committees: $7,194.43Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $185,591.73Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $31,273.01
  • Individual contributions$2,505,455.3963%
  • PACs and other committees$1,261,004.2432%
  • Party committees$7,194.430%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$185,591.735%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$31,273.011%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$612,079.4328%
  • Contributions over $200$1,574,232.5572%
  • Itemized from inside Ohio$584,132.5535%
  • Itemized from other states$1,080,715.2165%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $345,631.83 · New York $160,890.01 · Massachusetts $135,721.62 · Illinois $85,382.00 · Maryland $56,043.20. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $271,960.79APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $111,332.79JULY QUARTERLY: raised $523,802.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $187,739.31OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $546,854.23OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $187,027.36YEAR-END: raised $497,390.51YEAR-END: spent $176,999.04APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $667,518.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $356,863.10PRE-PRIMARY: raised $89,130.48PRE-PRIMARY: spent $45,310.27JULY QUARTERLY: raised $540,783.28JULY QUARTERLY: spent $297,384.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $729,217.60OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,524,156.472025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea296
Voted nay358
Voted present2
Did not vote18 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored42
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored310

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10900 To require States and units of local government that receive funds under the Byrne grant program or the COPS grant program to submit a report to the Attorney General related to the use of automated license plate readers by State and local law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.Res. 1638 Honoring and commemorating United Baptist Church's 100 years of historic contributions to the Akron and surrounding communities.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 10638 Skills Against Violence Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.Res. 1540 Commemorating the city of Massillon's 200 years.
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1541 Commemorating the City of North Canton's 120 Years.
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 9004 Truck Stop Safety Act
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8713 RAPID Responders Act of 2026
    Introduced May 7, 2026 · Latest action May 7, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 8639 COOL IT Act
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8530 Quantum for Health Act
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 8393 Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

322 committees reported giving $1,074,276.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Emilia Sykes$333.75
  • Independent expenditures opposing Emilia Sykes$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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.

The race

Ohio U.S. House, District 13, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Emilia Sykes (D)$3,990,518.80$941,757.912026-10-14
Carey Coleman (R)$169,537.46$62,793.162026-10-14
Sandeep S Dixit (I)$81,896.00$7,299.362026-09-30
Siembida Kevin (R)$50,659.31$1,190.792026-09-30
Niranjan Neil Patel (R)$46,485.57$3,700.152026-09-30
Margaret Elizabeth Briem (R)$7,719.67$0.002026-06-16

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DApril 7, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 12, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DMarch 26, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio (retrieved October 22, 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: EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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