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U.S. House

Ohio
District 7

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Ohio's District 7.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 4, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 4, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Brian Poindexter

Democratic

One stated goal An economy that works for the people who power it, where working families are not paying more while corporations post record profits.

One checked action Moved that no work could begin on a proposed Circle K gas station at 20850 Sheldon Road until the Route 237 safety recommendations were completed at Circle K's expense, as a condition of its permit. The council adopted the condition 4 to 3.

Campaign cash $312,290 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Labor Organization PACs: $91,933; Leadership PACs: $21,500.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 162,073.00 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Max Miller

Republican

One stated goal Lower taxation for working families in the district, having voted for the 2025 reconciliation act.

One checked action Voted Yea on passage of H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025, and Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3, its final House vote. The reconciliation act became Public Law 119-21.

Campaign cash $1,379,132 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $564,413; Corporation PACs: $238,500.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 1,216,253.40 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Brian PoindexterDemocratic
  • Max MillerRepublican

Valid write-ins are listed separately by the election authority.

Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections candidate list

Checked September 2, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Brian Poindexter

Background

  • A Brook Park city councilman, elected at large; the city's own council page lists him among its seven members.
  • His campaign describes him as a union ironworker and a father, and says he has worked many of the blue-collar jobs in the district.

What they say they want to do

  • An economy that works for the people who power it, where working families are not paying more while corporations post record profits.
  • The freedom for every worker to organise without intimidation, which his campaign ties to safer workplaces and fair pay.
  • Health care that does not disappear when a job does.
  • An end to rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas, with corporations investing in American workers and communities instead.

What the official record shows

  • Moved that no work could begin on a proposed Circle K gas station at 20850 Sheldon Road until the Route 237 safety recommendations were completed at Circle K's expense, as a condition of its permit. The council adopted the condition 4 to 3.
  • Moved to limit the same station's hours to 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., which the council adopted 4 to 3. A further condition he moved, a new traffic study with passing grades before any work began, failed 2 to 5.
  • Voted against removing the station's hours limit, and against a motion to widen the road during demolition and construction. Both carried 4 to 3.
  • Voted against Resolution 16-2024, which granted Circle K the conditional use permit for the station. It passed 4 to 3 on third reading.
  • Moved adoption of a fire department clothing allowance and seconded adoption of fire longevity pay. He voted Aye on both ordinances, which the council adopted unanimously.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Labor Organization PACs 14 committees$91,933
Leadership PACs 7 committees$21,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 20 committees$13,090
PAC - Qualified 3 committees$8,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 2 committees$5,000
Communication Cost 1 committee$5,000
Independent expenditure filer (not a committee) 1 committee$5,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 1 committee$5,000
Membership Organization PACs 1 committee$2,550
Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 1 committee$2,500
House 1 committee$2,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 162,073.00 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Max Miller

Background

  • The sitting member for Ohio's seventh district, in his second term; Congress.gov records two terms for him, the first beginning in 2023.
  • His campaign says he served four years in the White House as Director of Presidential Advance and as a senior adviser to President Trump, and six years in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
  • Congress.gov records forty-six sponsored items for him across the two Congresses he has served, none of which has become law.

What they say they want to do

  • Lower taxation for working families in the district, having voted for the 2025 reconciliation act.
  • Expanded workforce development and career and technical education, on the view that the American dream does not require a four-year degree.
  • Increased funding and support for law enforcement.
  • A secure southern border, which his campaign ties to illicit drugs and human trafficking.
  • American energy independence and lower gas and electricity costs.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Yea on passage of H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025, and Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3, its final House vote. The reconciliation act became Public Law 119-21.
  • Voted Yea on passage of the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act on February 13, 2025, and the Subterranean Border Defense Act and Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act on March 10. All three passed the House and went to the Senate.
  • Voted Yea on passage of the GRID Power Act, which passed the House and went to the Senate.
  • Voted Yea on House passage of H.R. 5371, the continuing appropriations bill. It passed the House 217 to 212 on Roll Call 281.
  • Sponsored H.R. 6985, the FULL HOUSE Act, to restore the deduction of wagering losses up to wagering gains. It was introduced and referred to Ways and Means; the October 4 check found no later action or enactment.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 3 committees$564,413
Corporation PACs 86 committees$238,500
Trade Association PACs 59 committees$170,684
Leadership PACs 16 committees$77,000
PAC - Qualified 16 committees$46,150
Membership Organization PACs 13 committees$44,007
Labor Organization PACs 9 committees$43,000
House 6 committees$13,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 1 committee$6,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 2 committees$6,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 1 committee$2,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee$2,500
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,000
Super PAC (Independent Expenditure-Only) 1 committee$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 1,216,253.40 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

  • Signal Cleveland identified Max Miller and Brian Poindexter as the major-party opponents in the November contest.

    As of Sep 3, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Correction

Ohio's 7th District coverage note corrected

We removed the statement that Brian Poindexter makes no claims about his own record. The desk now describes the checks completed so far without treating its existing cards as a complete inventory of either candidate's campaign statements. Additional claims require their own source checks.

Named in this record: Brian Poindexter

Official action

Miller's wagering-loss bill added to his record

Max Miller sponsored H.R. 6985, the FULL HOUSE Act, to restore the deduction of wagering losses up to wagering gains. An October 4 check found it referred to Ways and Means, with no later action or enactment.

Named in this record: Max Miller

Official action

Poindexter's firefighter allowance votes added to his record

Brook Park's May 20, 2025 minutes show Brian Poindexter moved to adopt a fire clothing allowance and seconded adopting fire longevity pay. He voted Aye on both ordinances, which council adopted unanimously.

Named in this record: Brian Poindexter

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic

Brian Poindexter

Brook Park city councilman, elected at large.

FEC candidate
H6OH07168
Principal committee
C00933366

Public profiles

  • X @bpforcongressPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Instagram @PoindexterForCongressPublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.

Republican

Max Miller

Current U.S. representative for Ohio's 7th Congressional District, in his second term.

FEC candidate
H2OH16051
Principal committee
C00770818

Public profiles

  • X @MaxMillerOHPublic profile linked by the campaign site. His congressional office keeps a separate account, @repmaxmiller, which is not this one.
  • Instagram @MaxMillerOhioPublic profile linked by the campaign site. Post availability and account metadata can change.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Costs and the economy

Brian Poindexter's campaign says working families pay more as corporations post record profits, and that tax cuts go to the wealthy. Max Miller's campaign says too much tax burdens working families and cites his votes for permanent tax cuts and relief on tips and overtime. On the record, Miller voted for the 2025 tax law. It made the 2017 rates permanent and gave tips and overtime capped deductions that end after 2028, not full exemptions.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

His campaign says working families are paying more while corporations post record profits, that tax cuts flow to the wealthy and subsidies to big corporations, and that an economy should work for the people who power it.

Max Miller

His campaign says excess taxation burdens working families in the district, names his votes for making tax cuts permanent and for tax relief on tips and overtime, and says government should get out of the way of job creators.

Jobs, workers and unions

Brian Poindexter's campaign says workers should be free to organize without intimidation and that unions mean safer workplaces and fair pay. Max Miller's campaign says the American dream does not need a four-year degree, backs workforce and career education, and states no position on union organizing. On the record, Miller sponsored workforce and career education bills in both terms, including the American Workforce Act twice, and none became law.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

His campaign says every worker deserves the freedom to organise without intimidation and that strong unions mean safer workplaces, fair pay and stronger communities. He describes himself as a card-carrying union member and an ironworker.

Max Miller

His campaign says the American dream does not require a four-year degree, and that he has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education. It states no position on union organising.

Trade and American manufacturing

Brian Poindexter's campaign says companies should not be rewarded for shipping jobs overseas and should invest in American workers. Max Miller's campaign says investing in infrastructure strengthens supply chains and cuts reliance on foreign competitors. On the record, Miller's two bills to deny a manufacturing tax credit for parts from a foreign entity of concern stalled in committee. A similar rule, worded differently, became law inside the 2025 tax law he voted for.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

His campaign says companies should not be rewarded for shipping jobs overseas, and that corporations wanting the benefits of this country should invest in American workers and communities.

Max Miller

His campaign says investing in infrastructure strengthens supply chains and reduces dependence on foreign competitors, and his biography says he saw Ohio's middle class damaged by corporations that chose cheap foreign labour.

Health care

Brian Poindexter's campaign says health care should not disappear when a job does and that the system is confusing by design. Max Miller's campaign lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. On the record, Miller introduced two coverage bills and voted to extend premium tax credits; none of these is law. He also voted for the 2025 law that added Medicaid work rules.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

His campaign says health care should not disappear because a job does, and that the system is confusing by design while working families pay the price.

Max Miller

No health-care position was found on the campaign priorities page reviewed for this comparison, which sets out seven subjects and does not include health care among them.

The border and public safety

Brian Poindexter's campaign lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. Max Miller's campaign says lawlessness at the southern border brought drugs and human trafficking, and backs a secure border and more funding and support for police. On the record, Miller voted for four border bills and four police safety and support bills in 2025. All passed the House and none is law; none of the police bills was a funding bill.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

No position on the southern border or on law enforcement was found on the campaign site reviewed for this comparison, which sets out four subjects: the economy and cost of living, workers' rights and unions, health care, and American manufacturing.

Max Miller

His campaign says lawlessness at the southern border has brought illicit drugs and human trafficking, that he will continue to fight to maintain a secure border, and that he will fight for increased funding and support for law enforcement.

Energy

Brian Poindexter's campaign lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. Max Miller's campaign says the previous administration raised energy costs by cutting American production, and backs energy independence and lower gas and electricity costs. On the record, Miller voted for three energy bills in 2025, including the Protecting American Energy Production Act and an energy and water spending bill. None has become law.

What each campaign says

Brian Poindexter

No energy position was found on the campaign site reviewed for this comparison, which sets out four subjects and does not include energy among them.

Max Miller

His campaign says the previous administration raised energy costs with policies that cut American production, and that he will keep supporting policies for American energy independence and lower gas and electricity costs.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says lawlessness at the southern border has brought illicit drugs and human trafficking, and that he will continue to fight to maintain a secure border.

What the record shows ·

He voted for all four border bills that got a recorded passage vote in 2025, and all passed the House but none has become law.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says lawlessness at the southern border has brought illicit drugs and human trafficking, and that he will continue to fight to maintain a secure border.

“Max will continue to fight to maintain the secure border.”

What the record shows ·

Four border measures reached a recorded vote on passage in the 119th Congress and he voted Yea on all four: the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act on January 16, 2025 (Roll Call 17), the Subterranean Border Defense Act and the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act on March 10 (Roll Calls 63 and 65), and the Special Interest Alien Reporting Act on June 26 (Roll Call 184). All four passed the House and were referred to committee in the Senate. None has become law.

Limit: Four recorded votes in one Congress, all in the direction the claim states. None of the four became law, so nothing here shows the border changing; and a vote on a named bill is not a score of his whole record on the subject. On the first of them he also voted Nay on a motion to recommit, which is a vote for the bill rather than against it.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he will fight for increased funding and support for law enforcement.

What the record shows ·

He voted for four police safety and support bills in 2025 that passed the House, but none was a funding bill and none has become law.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he will fight for increased funding and support for law enforcement.

“Max will fight for increased funding and support for law enforcement.”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea on passage of four law-enforcement measures in the 119th Congress: the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act on February 13, 2025 (Roll Call 42), the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act and the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act on May 15 (Roll Calls 130 and 131), and the Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act on November 19 (Roll Call 299). All four passed the House and went to the Senate; none has become law.

Limit: The claim has two halves and these votes answer one of them. They go to officer safety, wellness data, and the purchase of a service weapon, which is support; none of the four is an appropriation, so the funding half is not settled by them. None became law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he will keep supporting policies for American energy independence and for reducing the cost of gas and electricity.

What the record shows ·

He voted for three energy bills in 2025, including the Protecting American Energy Production Act and the energy and water spending bill, and none has become law.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he will keep supporting policies for American energy independence and for reducing the cost of gas and electricity.

“Max will continue to support the policies of the Trump administration to develop American energy independence and reduce the costs of gas and electricity.”

What the record shows ·

He voted Yea on passage of the Protecting American Energy Production Act on February 7, 2025 (Roll Call 35), the GRID Power Act on September 18 (Roll Call 279), and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on September 4 (Roll Call 239). The first two passed the House and were referred in the Senate; the appropriations bill was read a second time and placed on the Senate calendar. On the first and third he also voted Nay on motions to recommit, which are votes for those bills rather than against them.

Limit: Three recorded votes in the direction the claim states. What a bill would do to the price of gas or electricity is not something a roll call shows, and none of these has become law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he has voted to support making tax cuts permanent, no tax on tips, and no tax on overtime.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2025 tax law, which made the 2017 tax rates permanent and gave tips and overtime capped deductions that end after 2028, not a full exemption.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he has voted to support making tax cuts permanent, no tax on tips, and no tax on overtime.

“That’s why he has voted to support making tax cuts permanent, no tax on tips, and no tax on overtime.”

What the record shows ·

He cast those votes. The House Clerk records him voting Yea on passage of H.R. 1 of the 119th Congress on May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190); it became Public Law 119-21 the next day. What the law does differs by part. It makes permanent the individual tax rates of 10, 12, 22, 24, 32, 35 and 37 per cent and other provisions first enacted in 2017. For tips and overtime it creates deductions rather than exemptions: the overtime deduction is capped at 12,500 dollars, 25,000 for joint filers, runs only through 2028, and phases out above 150,000 dollars of modified adjusted gross income.

Limit: He voted as he says on the bill he means, and the permanence half of the claim is exact. "No tax on" is the campaign's shorthand for capped deductions that expire in 2028, which is not the same as removing the tax. On the same day as the passage vote he voted Nay on Roll Call 144, a motion to recommit; that is a procedural vote against sending the bill back, not a vote against the bill.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored workforce and career education bills in both of his terms, including the American Workforce Act twice, and none became law.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities.

“Max has made it his mission to expand workforce development and career and technical education opportunities that create prosperity for individuals & build a stronger future for America.”

What the record shows ·

He has sponsored on the subject in both Congresses he has served: the American Workforce Act in the 118th and again in the 119th, the Career and Technical Education Advocacy Grant Program Act in the 118th, and the Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act in the 119th, which reached the Union Calendar. None became law. Congress.gov records forty-six sponsored items for him across the two Congresses and none of them has become law.

Limit: Repeated sponsorship across two Congresses is evidence of the mission the claim describes. Sponsoring is not enacting, and none of these bills became law; a member's influence on a subject can also run through committee work and amendments, which a sponsorship record does not show.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In an op-ed his House office quoted in April 2025, he wrote that the tax code should support American manufacturing and workers, not companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

What the record shows ·

His two bills to deny a manufacturing credit for parts from a foreign entity of concern stalled in committee, but a similar rule became law in the 2025 tax law he voted for.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In an op-ed his House office quoted in April 2025, he wrote that the tax code should support American manufacturing and workers, not companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

“our tax code should support American manufacturing and American workers – not enrich companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored a bill in August 2024 (H.R. 9338), and again in April 2025 as the Safeguarding U.S. Supply Chains Act (H.R. 2871), to deny the advanced manufacturing production credit for parts made by a foreign entity of concern. Both stopped at referral to the Ways and Means Committee. A restriction of the same kind became law in the 2025 reconciliation act, which he voted for (Roll Calls 145 and 190): its section 70514 denies that credit to specified foreign entities and to parts with material assistance from a prohibited foreign entity. The same section ends the credit for wind components made and sold after 2027.

Limit: His own bills never moved. The restriction that became law is worded differently and sits inside a much larger act, so his vote was on the whole act, not this section alone.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In a December 2025 release from his House office, he said premiums are skyrocketing and affordable coverage is out of reach, and announced two bills he introduced to widen coverage options.

What the record shows ·

He introduced two coverage bills and voted to extend premium tax credits, none of which is law, and voted for the 2025 law that added Medicaid work rules.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In a December 2025 release from his House office, he said premiums are skyrocketing and affordable coverage is out of reach, and announced two bills he introduced to widen coverage options.

“Too many Americans are stuck in a broken system where premiums are skyrocketing and affordable coverage is out of reach”

What the record shows ·

Congress lists him as sponsor of both, introduced December 4, 2025: the ACCESS Act (H.R. 6420), which would let short-term plans run up to three years with renewals, and the IMPACT Act (H.R. 6421), which would open catastrophic plans to people whose income makes them ineligible for premium tax credits or reduced cost-sharing. Both sit in the Energy and Commerce Committee. He voted Yea on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act on December 17, 2025 (Roll Call 349, passed 216 to 211), and Yea on extending the enhanced premium tax credits through 2028 on January 8, 2026 (Roll Call 11, passed 230 to 196). Both went to the Senate; neither has become law. He also voted for the 2025 reconciliation act (Roll Calls 145 and 190), which is law. Its health sections require some adults on Medicaid to show work or other community engagement to stay eligible, limit premium tax credits for some lawfully present immigrants, and let bronze and catastrophic marketplace plans count for health savings accounts.

Limit: His campaign's priorities page does not list health care; this is from his House office. Bills and votes show which way he moved, not what they would do to premiums or coverage. His own bills and the two premium bills have not become law; the reconciliation act has.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

CandidateCycle receiptsCycle disbursementsCash on handDebt owed
Brian PoindexterC00933366$386,231$164,928$312,290$0
Max MillerC00770818$414,976$212,055$1,379,132$970,000
Read the filing details

Brian Poindexter: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 16, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Sep 11, 2026, file 2011544, image 202609119904193678.

Max Miller: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 16, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996081, image 202607159875781285.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Sep 21, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. The reconciliation act becomes law

    H.R. 1 of the 119th Congress became Public Law 119-21. Miller voted for it twice: Yea on House passage and Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment.

  2. Official candidate filings reviewed

    The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections candidate list for the November 3 general election showed both printed candidates when The Stated Record checked it on September 2, 2026. Valid write-ins are listed separately by the election authority.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
County list metadata dated August 31, 2026; reviewed September 2, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Nov 11, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    2 printed candidates, checked September 2, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Nov 11, 2026.

  • Reported contextIncluded

    1 dated development with original reporting attached.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    7 statement-to-action comparisons across 2 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeIncluded

    FEC filing snapshots for 2 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.

  • PollingNot yet

    No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

1 correction recorded for this race; each is dated in the corrections log. Report an error.

Sources49 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 11, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/ohio-us-house-07-2026

How we use sources

  1. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections candidate list (document)
    Candidate list

    Cuyahoga County Board of Elections · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Official printed-candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election; county metadata dated August 31, 2026 and reviewed September 2, 2026. Ohio's Secretary of State site refuses automated readers, so a county board's list is used for the field.

    official election record

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  2. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. Signal Clevelandhttps://signalcleveland.org/why-democrats-think-they-can-compete-in-this-sleeper-ohio-congressional-race-max-miller-brian-poindexter-november-election-2026/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  5. City Councilhttps://www.cityofbrookpark.com/city-council/

    City of Brook Park, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    The city's own council page, which lists "Brian K. Poindexter, Council at Large". Used for his current office and the fact that the seat is at large rather than a ward.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money

  6. Campaign home page, including On the Issueshttps://www.poindexterforcongress.com/

    Poindexter for Congress · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the whole of its issue material: four sections on one page, with no separate issues page. It also links six public profiles: X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Bluesky. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Jobs, workers and unions; Trade and American manufacturing; Health care; The border and public safety; Energy

  7. Max Miller, member recordhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/M001222

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Used for his office, district, party and the two terms recorded, the first beginning in 2023, which is what makes the campaign's "second term" checkable.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Max Miller: background, goals, record and money

  8. Prioritieshttps://votemaxmiller.com/priorities

    Max Miller for Congress · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts. Three other domains carrying his name are not the campaign: maxmillerforcongress.com has no DNS record, maxmillerforohio.com is a registrar parking page, and millerforohio.com is an unconfigured site template.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Jobs, workers and unions; Trade and American manufacturing; Health care; The border and public safety; Energy; Max Miller: The border: what he has voted for; Max Miller: Law enforcement: funding and support; Max Miller: Energy: production and costs; Max Miller: Taxes: the votes he names; Max Miller: Jobs: workforce development and career and technical education

  9. Regular council meeting minutes, March 18, 2025 (document)

    City of Brook Park, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Approved minutes, a scanned document with no text layer. Transcribed, and every vote cited from it was read against the page image (printed pages 14 to 16). The city notes its minutes are a synopsis rather than a verbatim record, so only motions and roll calls are cited, never quoted remarks.

    official legislative record

    For: Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money

  10. Regular council meeting minutes, April 1, 2025 (document)

    City of Brook Park, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Approved minutes, a scanned document with no text layer. Transcribed, and every vote cited from it was read against the page image (printed page 9). The city notes its minutes are a synopsis rather than a verbatim record, so only motions and roll calls are cited, never quoted remarks.

    official legislative record

    For: Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money

  11. Regular council meeting minutes, April 15, 2025 (document)

    City of Brook Park, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Approved minutes, a scanned document with no text layer. Transcribed, and every vote cited from it was read against the page image (printed page 9). The city notes its minutes are a synopsis rather than a verbatim record, so only motions and roll calls are cited, never quoted remarks.

    official legislative record

    For: Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money

  12. Regular council meeting minutes, May 20, 2025 (document)

    City of Brook Park, Ohio · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    The page images were checked for Ordinance 11465-2025 (fire longevity pay, printed page 12) and Ordinance 11469-2025 (fire clothing allowance, printed page 7). Minutes are a synopsis, so only motions and recorded votes are cited.

    official legislative record

    Brook Park council minutes, May 20, 2025

    For: Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money; Poindexter's firefighter allowance votes added to his record

  13. POINDEXTER FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00933366&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-21: all 378 itemized non-individual rows the FEC reports for the cycle, of which 335 carry a contributing-committee identifier and are grouped in the table. No individual contributor row was read.

    fec filing

    For: Brian Poindexter: background, goals, record and money

  14. Meet Maxhttps://votemaxmiller.com/about

    Max Miller for Congress · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for biography and for the manufacturing passage. The site's news section still carries placeholder article slugs, which is template residue and not treated as campaign content.

    candidate statement

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Trade and American manufacturing

  15. H.R. 5779, American Workforce Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5779

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Sponsorship and the referral that ended it.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Jobs: workforce development and career and technical education

  16. H.R. 7343, Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7343

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Sponsorship, and the furthest any of these reached: placed on the Union Calendar.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Jobs: workforce development and career and technical education

  17. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list. The question was on passage.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Taxes: the votes he names; Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms; Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  18. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list. The question was on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Taxes: the votes he names; Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms; Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  19. Roll Call 42, H.R. 35, Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202542

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 13, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Law enforcement: funding and support

  20. Roll Call 63, H.R. 495, Subterranean Border Defense Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202563

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 10, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: The border: what he has voted for

  21. Roll Call 65, H.R. 993, Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202565

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 10, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: The border: what he has voted for

  22. Roll Call 279, H.R. 1047, GRID Power Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025279

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of September 18, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Max Miller: Energy: production and costs

  23. Roll Call 281, H.R. 5371, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025281

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    September 19, 2025 vote, 217 Yeas to 212 Nays. The Clerk's XML identifies Miller (OH) as Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money

  24. H.R. 6985, FULL HOUSE Act, introduced text and actionshttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6985ih/html/BILLS-119hr6985ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office and Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    The introduced text names Miller as sponsor on January 8, 2026. Congress.gov's bill and action records checked October 4 list introduction and referral to Ways and Means only. Sponsorship is not enactment.

    official legislative record

    H.R. 6985 introduced text

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money; Miller's wagering-loss bill added to his record

  25. MAX MILLER FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00770818&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-21: all 571 itemized non-individual rows the FEC reports for the cycle, of which 542 carry a contributing-committee identifier and are grouped in the table. No individual contributor row was read.

    fec filing

    For: Max Miller: background, goals, record and money

  26. Roll Call 17, H.R. 30, Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202517

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of January 16, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: The border: what he has voted for

  27. Roll Call 184, H.R. 275, Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2025https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025184

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 26, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: The border: what he has voted for

  28. Roll Call 130, H.R. 2255, Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025130

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 15, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Law enforcement: funding and support

  29. Roll Call 131, H.R. 2240, Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025131

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 15, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Law enforcement: funding and support

  30. Roll Call 299, H.R. 5107, Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025299

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 19, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Law enforcement: funding and support

  31. Roll Call 35, H.R. 26, Protecting American Energy Production Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202535

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 7, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Energy: production and costs

  32. Roll Call 239, H.R. 4553, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025239

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Recorded vote of September 4, 2025 on passage, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Energy: production and costs

  33. H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    The act and its published summary, used for what the law does: the permanent individual rates, and the capped deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime that run through 2028.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Taxes: the votes he names; Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms; Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  34. H.R. 8316, American Workforce Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8316

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    The earlier version of the same bill, referred to subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Jobs: workforce development and career and technical education

  35. H.R. 7386, Career and Technical Education Advocacy Grant Program Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7386

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Sponsorship and the referral that ended it.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Jobs: workforce development and career and technical education

  36. Congressman Max Miller Reintroduces Legislation to Prevent American Taxpayer-Funded Subsidies for Chinese Companieshttps://maxmiller.house.gov/posts/congressman-max-miller-reintroduces-legislation-to-prevent-american-taxpayer-funded-subsidies-for-chinese-companies

    Office of Congressman Max Miller · Published Apr 11, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    His House office's release on H.R. 2871. It quotes an op-ed he wrote for Crain's Cleveland Business the year before.

    candidate statement

    For: Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms

  37. H.R. 9338, 118th Congress, advanced manufacturing production credit and foreign entities of concernhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9338

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsorship, text and the referral that ended it. The bill has no short title.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms

  38. H.R. 2871, Safeguarding U.S. Supply Chains Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2871

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsorship, text and the referral that ended it.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Manufacturing: a tax credit and Chinese-controlled firms

  39. Congressman Max Miller Introduces Two Bills to Expand Affordable Health Care Options for Individuals and Small Businesseshttps://maxmiller.house.gov/posts/congressman-max-miller-introduces-two-bills-to-expand-affordable-health-care-options-for-individuals-and-small-businesses

    Office of Congressman Max Miller · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    His House office's release on H.R. 6420 and H.R. 6421, in his own words.

    candidate statement

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  40. H.R. 6420, ACCESS Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6420

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsorship, text and committee referral.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  41. H.R. 6421, IMPACT Act of 2025, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6421

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsorship, text and committee referral.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  42. Roll Call 349, H.R. 6703, Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025349

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 17, 2025 on passage, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  43. H.R. 6703, Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6703

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Used for the House tally and its receipt in the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  44. Roll Call 11, H.R. 1834, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of January 8, 2026 on passage, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  45. H.R. 1834, 119th Congress, as passed by the Househttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1834

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The House-passed text extends the enhanced premium tax credits through 2028. Placed on the Senate calendar on February 10, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Max Miller: Health care: premiums and coverage options

  46. POINDEXTER FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering the same April 16 to June 30, 2026 period as his opponent's. It was received on September 11, 2026, nearly two months after his opponent's report for that period, which is what the filing shows and is not evaluated here. Committee C00933366; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-16 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-09-11; file 2011544; image 202609119904193678.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance

  47. MAX MILLER FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 21, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering April 16 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026 and read from OpenFEC on September 21, 2026 as the most recent report not superseded by an amendment. Committee C00770818; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-16 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996081; image 202607159875781285.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance

  48. Ohio's 7th District, corrected coverage notehttps://statedrecord.com/races/ohio-us-house-07-2026

    For: Ohio's 7th District coverage note corrected

  49. H.R. 6985 actionshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6985/all-actions

    For: Miller's wagering-loss bill added to his record