Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jerrad Shane Christian

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Ohio District 12
Filing address
Galena, OH (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CHRISTIAN, JERRAD SHANE
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 2026 district highlighted

Ohio, District 12

DemocraticU.S. House · Ohio District 12ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4OH12080 · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR J CHRISTIAN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Ohio District 12$139,968.16General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Ohio District 12$341,998.25General-election nominee
Total raised$139,968.16
Total spent$119,646.97
Cash on hand$24,078.87
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: $134,221.89PACs and other committees: $250.00Party committees: $5,496.00
  • Individual contributions$134,221.8996%
  • PACs and other committees$250.000%
  • Party committees$5,496.004%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$87,138.0482%
  • Contributions over $200$18,550.0018%
  • Itemized from inside Ohio$24,063.0087%
  • Itemized from other states$3,695.0013%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $1,530.00 · Massachusetts $465.00 · New York $300.00. 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

$46K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,220.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,771.70JULY QUARTERLY: raised $725.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,369.32OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $963.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,038.36YEAR-END: raised $12,450.38YEAR-END: spent $1,221.82APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $29,958.97APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $29,192.29PRE-PRIMARY: raised $9,510.50PRE-PRIMARY: spent $4,725.87JULY QUARTERLY: raised $29,548.65JULY QUARTERLY: spent $27,890.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $46,406.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $41,575.132025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $250.00 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, 2026 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jerrad Shane Christian (D)$139,968.16$24,078.872026-10-14
William Troy Balderson (R)$2,187,393.46$1,062,978.762026-10-14
Daniel H Crawford (D)$178.69$12.432026-05-22

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 2, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid ROctober 31, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025

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: CITIZENS FOR J CHRISTIAN.
  • 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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