Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past 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 3, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 12IncumbentWon the general election (69.27%)

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$1,919,520.06
Total spent$1,558,778.66
Cash on hand$403,791.74
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: $726,567.26PACs and other committees: $1,019,202.46Party committees: $25,808.31Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $146,449.14Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,492.89
  • Individual contributions$726,567.2638%
  • PACs and other committees$1,019,202.4653%
  • Party committees$25,808.311%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$146,449.148%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,492.890%

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

300 committees reported giving $1,021,344.00 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 William Troy Balderson$1,506.33
  • Independent expenditures opposing William Troy Balderson$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about William Troy Balderson$1,520.93

FEC totals for the 2022 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 12, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

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