Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Derek Merrin
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Ohio District 9
- Filing address
- Monclova, OH (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MERRIN, DEREK
- 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 H4OH09169 · Principal campaign committee: MERRIN FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Ohio District 9 | $2,083,930.76 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Ohio District 9 | $1,722,804.22 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$1,722,804.22
Total spent$1,646,153.07
Cash on hand$76,651.15
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$30,000.00
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$666,547.8639%
- PACs and other committees$465,884.7927%
- Party committees$11,000.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$30,000.002%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$540,887.2231%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$8,484.350%
Self-funding: $30,000.00 (2% of money raised): $0.00 given and $30,000.00 lent by the candidate. $30,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
150 committees reported giving $449,797.00 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.
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACConnected PAC$15,367.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$15,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$8,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CENTRAL & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEParty committee$5,000.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEFEND FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 150 committees
- FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA RELOADEDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOWLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- STOP COLLECTIVISM OR TOTALITARIANISM TRIUMPHS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSASCandidate committee$4,000.00
- MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- AUGUST PFLUGER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$3,480.00
- VITORIA PACPAC$3,300.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- TKJ PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- FARMER PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- CALL TO SERVICE PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- GSL PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- B BRIGADE MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- ALWAYS OUT FRONT PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- PIT CREW PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$3,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$3,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- A NEW NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AKA BREAD FINANCIAL PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- REJOICE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN GRIT PACPAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS VALUES PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- INDIANAENGRPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ROBERT ADERHOLT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR TURNERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WALBERG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- BILIRAKIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LATTA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- STIVERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FUNDING DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP PACPAC$2,000.00
- WELLS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- IMPACT COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COOL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VALOR PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAPTAIN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCOTT FRANKLIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROVEN CONSERVATIVES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- 31 DAYS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN KILEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OLD BREED PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF TIM MOORECandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRANDON GILL FOR TEXASCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MESSMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FEDORCHAK FOR NDCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ONDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- BURGESS 4 UTAHCandidate committee$1,400.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AKA CENTER PACPAC$1,000.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WEBER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COLLINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- STAND PACPAC$1,000.00
- COMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW ENERGY IN WASHINGTON HOUSE PAC (N.E.W. HOUSE PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DAKOTA LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- YOUR OHIO REPUBLICAN TEAMLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY EASTLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GEM STATE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DELIVERS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT MIKE EZELLCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- 1890 PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- OVERHAUL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FIRST IN TEXAS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JOSH BRECHEEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MISSOURI TRUTH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE RIDGE VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- OVER THE TARGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL RULLI FOR OHIO STATE SENATEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$750.00
- BAKEPAC - THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INDEPENDENT BAKERS ASSOCIATIONPAC$500.00
- SPEAK UP AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$500.00
- ROETZEL & ANDRESS CO, LPA FSL PACConnected PAC$150.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Derek Merrin$2,349,135.69
- Independent expenditures opposing Derek Merrin$7,587,423.21
- Company and union communications to members about Derek Merrin$2,385.17
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.
- DCCCOpposing$3,187,364.00
- HMPOpposing$2,719,353.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$1,166,985.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDOpposing$826,427.00
- AMERICA PACSupporting$642,170.00
- PRO-CHOICE WOMENOpposing$590,701.00
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$414,197.00
- AFSCME WORKING FAMILIES FUNDOpposing$200,670.00
- PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$35,000.00
- NORTHWEST OHIO FREEDOM FUND PACOpposing$34,754.00
- OHIOANS UNITED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONOpposing$27,749.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACSupporting$15,942.00
The race
Ohio U.S. House, District 9, 2024 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Merrin (R) | $1,722,804.22 | $76,651.15 | 2024-12-31 |
| Marcy M.c. Kaptur (D) | $5,063,732.53 | $448,926.49 | 2024-12-31 |
| Craig Riedel (R) | $1,298,354.66 | $1,284.38 | 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: MERRIN FOR CONGRESS.
- 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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