2026 Ohio (OH-01) US House Voters Guide

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Legal. “Overturning Roe v. Wade has had devastating consequences for abortion access, birth control, and reproductive care.” Would codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level. “It’s an issue of…basic fundamental freedom.”

No. “We need to focus on what works. And what works currently is fossil fuels.” Says government should make sure fossil fuels “are cheap and affordable.” Would support wind and solar energy “should those solutions…survive in a free market. …But right now, that’s not the case.”

Yes. Voted to not repeal clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and easing environmental permit processes. On the Cincinnati City Council, supported a city-led solar project. “This climate crisis is one of the biggest threats facing our world.”

Supports “critical funding for law enforcement,” opposes “any measures that would cut funding or weaken police authority.” Supports using National Guard to patrol cities. “When you don’t give law enforcement the resources they need or the training they need, bad things happen.”

Supported federal funding for additional cameras and mental health resources for police. Introduced a bill to increase federal grants to recruit local officers. As a Cincinnati city councilmember, voted to forego cash bail for nonviolent misdemeanor suspects.

Mostly cut. Supports “across the board” spending cuts. Supports “deregulation to encourage growth.” Opposes efforts to “overregulate or ban” decentralized technologies” like cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Wants “federal funding to support projects that improve infrastructure and reduce congestion.”

Mostly increase. Would fund “community development” and “a national infrastructure and housing bank.” Supports “investing in job training and small businesses,” and “child care providers.” Supports investing “to fix our roads, bridges, and waterlines.” Voted to loosen regulation of the crypto industry.

Likely yes. Supports the One Big Beautiful Bill’s “creative [tax] breaks in terms of education policy.” The bill provides tax credits for donations to private school tuition scholarships.

No. Sponsored a resolution stating in part that “public education funding should not be diverted (e.g., through the use of vouchers) to privately run K-12 schools.”

Likely loosen. Opposes regulations and “policies that strangle domestic energy production.” Would remove “red tape that suppresses small business growth.”

Tighten. Voted against removing protections for streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Voted to keep a 20-year protection against mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Introduced a bill to study the environmental impacts of data centers and develop ways to combat those impacts.

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Tighten. Sponsored a ban on semiautomatic weapons. Sponsored a bill requiring safe gun storage around minors. Sponsored a bill requiring background checks for guns sold between private parties. Supports red flag laws.

Likely decrease. Calls the Affordable Care Act “the gateway drug to full government healthcare…. Obamacare does not work.” Would support an effort to “seriously reform” healthcare. Would work to ensure Medicare’s long-term solvency, “including rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the system.”

Increase. Voted to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies. Sponsored a bill to restore funding to Medicaid and ACA tax credits. Introduced a bill to cap insulin costs for young patients. “No one should go broke visiting the doctor, the hospital, or paying for a prescription drug.”

Supports Trump administration immigration policy: “I think the administration is doing fantastic.” Says the two deaths of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis were “unfortunate. … But at the same time, you can’t interfere [with] federal law enforcement operations.” Wants more funding for “border patrol agents, advanced surveillance technology, and completing…the border wall.”

Introduced a resolution calling on Congress to “fully fund border security personnel, immigration judges,…and border technology.” Wants “immigration reform that protects Dreamers and establishes more legal pathways.” Wants “comprehensive reforms” on ICE and DHS. Called Trump’s “immigration crackdown” “chaotic” and “increasingly deadly.”

Yes. Supports the U.S. strikes on Iran, saying the Iranian leadership “finally got what was coming to it.” The war could create “more stable energy trade for the long term.” “I’m really confident that the administration will be able to bring this conflict to a conclusion here in the near term.”

Mixed. In March, voted against requiring Congressional authorization for U.S. military action in Iran. “I support targeted strikes to destroy Iran’s missiles and bombs.” Voted to require such authorization in April, May, June, and July. “It’s time to be done in Iran.”

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Easier. Sponsored a bill to protect employees’ organizing and collective bargaining. Sponsored a bill affirming federal employees’ bargaining rights. Joined a picket line during a UAW strike. “I hope that labor…is something that everybody in elected office understands to be a top priority.”

Limit. Supports a legislative ban on transgender athletes in school sports. Says support for transgender rights is a “fringe social issue.”

Expand. Sponsored the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. “The fight for LGBTQ+ rights is a fight for human rights.” Voted against banning transgender students from school sports.

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Yes. Supports a $30 minimum wage.

Lower. Supports the bill that extended the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which included the largest one-time cut in the corporate tax rate and large tax breaks for the wealthy. Signed a pledge to “oppose any and all tax increases.”

Raise. Voted against making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, calling it “the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history.” Wants a minimum tax rate for the “super wealthy” and a return to pre-2017 corporate rates. “The…tax code should reward hard work, not just wealth.”

Harder. Supports the SAVE Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in a federal election. “We need to get clarity around voter ID and who’s voting.”

Easier. Sponsored a bill to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Twice voted against bills requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. These are “efforts to strip millions of Americans of their right to vote.”