Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Troy Balderson

Official portrait of Troy Balderson
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Ohio’s 12th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Zanesville, OH
Born
1962
In Congress
House since 2018 · 8 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY
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 12

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Ohio District 12IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8OH12180 · Principal campaign committee: BALDERSON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Ohio District 12$2,187,393.46General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Ohio District 12$2,127,294.14Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · Ohio District 12$1,919,520.06Won the general election (69.27%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Ohio District 12$2,020,933.71Won the general election (55.2%)
Total raised$2,187,393.46
Total spent$2,130,839.52
Cash on hand$1,062,978.76
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: $841,872.03PACs and other committees: $1,268,775.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $63,221.62Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $13,524.81
  • Individual contributions$841,872.0338%
  • PACs and other committees$1,268,775.0058%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$63,221.623%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$13,524.811%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$24,042.033%
  • Contributions over $200$667,500.0097%
  • Itemized from inside Ohio$482,650.0072%
  • Itemized from other states$186,100.0028%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $48,800.00 · District of Columbia $33,800.00 · Texas $27,500.00 · Maryland $14,250.00. 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

$2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $244,610.60APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $103,437.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $242,620.32JULY QUARTERLY: spent $108,483.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $356,196.77OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $127,656.01YEAR-END: raised $198,229.00YEAR-END: spent $160,836.67APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $315,688.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $146,691.30PRE-PRIMARY: raised $43,001.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $13,892.52JULY QUARTERLY: raised $342,935.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $106,357.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $386,777.43OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,277,601.012025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea520
Voted nay145
Did not vote9 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored25
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored190

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
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
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
PassedYea
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
PassedNay
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
PassedYea
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. 10645 SMART Act
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10615 Medicaid Integrity Improvement Act
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9332 Load Forecasting Enhancement Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • H.Res. 1129 Recognizing and honoring the fallen members of the 121st Air Refueling Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard.
    Introduced Mar 20, 2026 · Latest action Mar 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 7523 Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act
    Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Latest action Feb 12, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 6352 CLEAR Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Latest action Dec 2, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 5839 Supplemental Benefits for Individuals Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Latest action Oct 28, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 5765 Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 17, 2025 · Latest action Oct 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 5170 CABLE Leadership Act
    Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Latest action Sep 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 4629 Protecting American Energy from State Overreach Codification Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Latest action Jul 23, 2025: 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

316 committees reported giving $1,184,376.00 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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The race

Ohio U.S. House, District 12, 2026 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
William Troy Balderson (R)$2,187,393.46$1,062,978.762026-10-14
Jerrad Shane Christian (D)$139,968.16$24,078.872026-10-14
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: BALDERSON 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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