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Troy Balderson

Troy Balderson

Republican · OH U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

9 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2018

  • background Born January 16, 1962; a businessman before entering politics
  • role A member of the Republican Party
  • role Served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011
  • role Ohio state senator for the 20th district from 2011 until his election to Congress
  • role U.S. Representative for Ohio's 12th congressional district since 2018

Issue positions (4)

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-12 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,743,281 raised
  • $767,354 spent
  • $1,982,352 cash on hand
$1.74M
$1.67M
$628.22K
Itemized (≥ $200)$611.50K
Unitemized (< $200)$16.72K
Other committees (PACs)$1.04M
Transfers from other committees$63.22K
Other receipts$11.54K
$767.35K
Operating expenditures$706.15K
Contribution refunds$11.20K
Other disbursements$50.00K
Cash on hand$1.98M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

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.

Troy Balderson campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$2,543,070$2,521,181$21,890
2020$2,020,934$1,999,773$43,050
2022$1,919,520$1,558,779$403,792
2024$2,127,294$1,524,661$1,006,425
2026$1,743,281$767,354$1,982,352

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $108,850 ·

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? →

  • 2024 cycle $3,999 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Balderson, 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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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.