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Joyce Beatty

Joyce Beatty

Democratic · OH U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

  • background Born March 12, 1950 (née Birdsong)
  • background Previously senior vice president of outreach and engagement at Ohio State University
  • role A Democrat who represented the 27th district in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008, serving for a time as minority leader
  • role U.S. Representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district (based in Columbus) since 2013
  • role Chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House OH-03 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,201,451 raised
  • $1,137,204 spent
  • $2,776,821 cash on hand
$1.20M
$1.20M
$306.10K
Itemized (≥ $200)$280.26K
Unitemized (< $200)$25.84K
Party committees$2.80K
Other committees (PACs)$886.72K
Offsets to expenditures$2.11K
Other receipts$3.72K
$1.14M
Operating expenditures$785.66K
Other disbursements$351.54K
Cash on hand$2.78M
Debts owed by committee$2.50K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Joyce Beatty campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2012$812,093$729,747$82,346
2014$888,412$612,031$358,727
2016$1,184,050$681,184$861,593
2018$1,118,749$794,099$1,269,243
2020$2,238,649$2,551,302$956,590
2022$2,243,896$1,043,002$2,157,484
2024$1,820,580$1,265,490$2,712,574
2026$1,201,451$1,137,204$2,776,821

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $68,300 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES $8,000
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $6,800
  • LIMITED BRANDS $6,600
  • APOLLO GLOBAL $6,600
  • THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY $6,600
  • RADCO $6,600
  • NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL $6,600
  • CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION LLC $6,600
  • CONLON PUBLIC STRATEGIES $6,600
  • ROCKET MORTGAGE $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $1,330 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Beatty, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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