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U.S. House

Ohio
District 9

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Ohio's District 9.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated September 20, 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 Sep 20, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Marcy Kaptur

Democratic

One stated goal Bring jobs home and end tax breaks for companies that move them overseas, with tariffs protecting Ohio-based factories.

One checked action Introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act as H.R. 816 of the 117th Congress; it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and went no further.

Campaign cash $3,491,668 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $870,878; Corporation PACs: $233,500.

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 1,992,602.80 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Derek Merrin

Republican

One stated goal Lower taxes, a simpler tax code and greater transparency in taxation.

One checked action H.B. 118, barring dismissal of a property tax complaint that fails to identify the owner, signed into law.

Campaign cash $511,443 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $392,082; Leadership PACs: $70,000.

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 508,831.85 dollars. His own summary reports $150 more on line 11C than the rows show. Counts only his 2026 committee; his earlier one closed in July 2025. 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

  • Marcy KapturDemocratic
  • Derek MerrinRepublican

A write-in candidate is listed separately by the election authority.

Source: Erie County Board of Elections candidate filings

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.

Marcy Kaptur

Background

  • The sitting member for Ohio's ninth district; Congress.gov records twenty-two terms for her, the first beginning in 1983.
  • Her congressional office says she serves as the first woman to be Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

What they say they want to do

  • Bring jobs home and end tax breaks for companies that move them overseas, with tariffs protecting Ohio-based factories.
  • Secure borders and legal immigration, which her campaign ties to votes for border security and to the 2024 Senate immigration plan.
  • An all-of-the-above energy policy, weatherization that lowers home energy costs, and more affordable housing.
  • No national abortion ban, and none without exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother.
  • Support for small farmers and for policies that create economic opportunity in farming communities.

What the official record shows

  • Introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act as H.R. 816 of the 117th Congress; it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and went no further.
  • Introduced the same Act again as H.R. 837 of the 118th Congress, with the same outcome.
  • Voted Yea on passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act as H.R. 27.
  • Voted Yea on passage of the Subterranean Border Defense Act and the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act.
  • Voted Yea on passage of the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 6 committees$870,878
Corporation PACs 66 committees$233,500
Leadership PACs 64 committees$228,500
Labor Organization PACs 35 committees$219,000
Trade Association PACs 29 committees$103,500
PAC - Qualified 33 committees$99,000
House 32 committees$62,500
Membership Organization PACs 16 committees$57,750
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 10 committees$42,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 15 committees$22,300
Cooperative PACs 5 committees$14,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 3 committees$13,000
PAC - Nonqualified 3 committees$9,000
Party - Qualified 1 committee$8,175
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 3 committees$6,500
Senate 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 1,992,602.80 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here, except as passed through joint fundraising committees.

Derek Merrin

Background

  • A former Ohio state representative for the 42nd House district, who served eight years across four General Assemblies and holds no current public office.
  • The Ohio General Assembly records forty House Bills with him as sponsor across those four assemblies, of which nine became law.
  • His campaign says he chaired the House Ways and Means Committee in the 134th General Assembly and the House Health Committee before it, and that he was elected leader of the Ohio House Republican Caucus.

What they say they want to do

  • Lower taxes, a simpler tax code and greater transparency in taxation.
  • Fiscal responsibility in Washington and a stronger Northwest Ohio economy.
  • Support for what his campaign calls the America First Agenda, and for constitutional rights.

What the official record shows

  • H.B. 118, barring dismissal of a property tax complaint that fails to identify the owner, signed into law.
  • H.B. 214, which the General Assembly titles "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome" and his campaign calls the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act, signed into law.
  • H.B. 66, the Theft Victims' Restitution Act, signed into law and effective the same day.
  • H.B. 126, revising how local governments contest property values, signed into law after he had carried the subject twice before.
  • H.B. 140, the Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act, signed into law.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 8 committees$392,082
Leadership PACs 21 committees$70,000
PAC - Qualified 7 committees$21,500
House 7 committees$14,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 1 committee$5,000
Corporation PACs 1 committee$5,000
Membership Organization PACs 1 committee$1,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$250

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 508,831.85 dollars. His own summary reports $150 more on line 11C than the rows show. Counts only his 2026 committee; his earlier one closed in July 2025. 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

The registered rematch report's intended-interface access and reuse status remain unresolved, so it does not support a public context sentence yet.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

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

Democratic

Marcy Kaptur

Current U.S. representative for Ohio's 9th Congressional District.

FEC candidate
H2OH09031
Principal committee
C00154625

Public profiles

  • X @Marcy_Kaptur
  • Instagram: not foundThe campaign site links X and Facebook and no Instagram account.

Republican

Derek Merrin

Former Ohio state representative for the 42nd House district; holds no current public office.

FEC candidate
H4OH09169
Principal committee
C00909630

Public profiles

  • X @DerekMerrin
  • Instagram: not foundThe campaign site links X and Facebook and no Instagram account.

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

Kaptur's campaign says she is working to bring jobs home, end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas and use tariffs to protect Ohio factories. Merrin's campaign calls for fiscal responsibility and says he led efforts to cut Ohio's state income tax.

What each campaign says

Marcy Kaptur

Her campaign says unfair trade agreements and tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas have hurt Northwest Ohio, and that she is working to bring jobs home, end those tax breaks, and use tariffs to protect Ohio-based factories.

Derek Merrin

His campaign says he would demand fiscal responsibility and bolster Northwest Ohio's economy, and describes him as having led efforts to cut Ohio's state income tax while in the legislature.

Taxes and property

Kaptur's campaign lists no property tax position on the pages checked. Merrin's campaign backs lower, simpler taxes and notes he chaired the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee. On the record, Merrin sponsored laws on property value challenges in 2017 and 2022, and a 2021 law cutting taxes on new banks and mortgage lenders. Eyewear tax relief and fuel tax pump notices became law in 2019 budgets; his bills on them did not become law.

What each campaign says

Marcy Kaptur

Her reviewed priorities page addresses ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but states no position on property taxation or on state and local tax administration.

Derek Merrin

His campaign describes him as an advocate for lower taxes, a simpler tax code and transparency, and names his chairmanship of the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee.

Immigration and the border

Kaptur's campaign backs secure borders and legal immigration and says she voted to hire more than 10,000 border agents. Merrin's campaign lists no immigration position on the pages checked. On the record, Kaptur voted in 2025 for two border security bills and three times for fentanyl bills, and all passed the House. No vote this Congress was found on hiring 10,000 agents, and earlier Congresses were not checked.

What each campaign says

Marcy Kaptur

Her campaign says she believes in secure borders and legal immigration, and that she has voted to expand border security, to hire more than ten thousand border agents, and for the 2024 Senate immigration plan negotiated by Senator James Lankford.

Derek Merrin

No immigration position was found on the campaign site reviewed for this comparison. That site is a single page carrying a biography, a donation form and a contact form, and its only internal link is a privacy policy.

Energy, infrastructure and housing

Kaptur's campaign backs an all-of-the-above energy policy, weatherization and more affordable housing. Merrin's campaign lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Kaptur's Restoring Communities Left Behind Act went to committee twice and no further, and she is the top Democrat, not the chair, on the Energy and Water spending subcommittee. Merrin filed his housing act twice and neither bill passed; the record does not settle whether a budget bill carried it.

What each campaign says

Marcy Kaptur

Her campaign says she supports an all-of-the-above energy policy, weatherization programs that lower home energy costs, and increasing the supply of affordable housing, and that she introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act.

Derek Merrin

No energy, infrastructure or housing position was found on the campaign site reviewed for this comparison. His Ohio House record includes bills on housing and property taxation, which appear in the evidence below.

Reproductive rights

Kaptur's campaign says health decisions belong to a woman and her doctor, and opposes a national abortion ban and any ban without exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's life. Merrin's campaign lists no abortion position on the pages checked. On the record, Merrin sponsored the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act, a 2017 Ohio law the legislature titles "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome."

What each campaign says

Marcy Kaptur

Her campaign says a woman's health decisions belong between a woman and her doctor, that she opposes a national abortion ban, and that she opposes any ban without exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother.

Derek Merrin

No reproductive-rights position was found on the campaign site reviewed for this comparison. His Ohio House record includes a 2017 law on the subject, which appears in the evidence below.

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 record claim

What they say

Her campaign says she introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act to invest in urban and rural communities that have seen disinvestment.

What the record shows ·

She sponsored it in 2021 and again in 2023, and both bills went to the Financial Services Committee and no further.

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What they say

Her campaign says she introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act to invest in urban and rural communities that have seen disinvestment.

“She has introduced the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act to invest in both urban and rural communities that have seen disinvestment over the years.”

What the record shows ·

Congress.gov records her as the sponsor of the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act twice: H.R. 816 of the 117th Congress, introduced February 4, 2021, and H.R. 837 of the 118th, introduced February 6, 2023. Both were referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and neither went further.

Limit: The claim is that she introduced it, and she did, twice. Neither bill left committee, so nothing here shows the investment it describes reaching anyone.

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign describes her as chair of the Energy and Water subcommittee on Appropriations.

What the record shows

She is the subcommittee's ranking member, its top Democrat, and the chair this Congress is Rep. Chuck Fleischmann.

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What they say

Her campaign describes her as chair of the Energy and Water subcommittee on Appropriations.

“As chair of the Energy and Water subcommittee on Appropriations, Marcy believes we need an “all of the above” energy policy.”

What the record shows

The House Appropriations Committee's own roster for the 119th Congress names Chuck Fleischmann as chairman of the Energy and Water Development subcommittee. Her own House office page says that today she serves as the first woman to be Ranking Member of that subcommittee, which is the minority counterpart to the chair and not the same post.

Limit: She is the subcommittee's ranking member, its top Democrat. The chair is Rep. Chuck Fleischmann.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign says she has voted to lock up drug traffickers bringing fentanyl into her communities.

What the record shows ·

She voted for the HALT Fentanyl Act twice and the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act in 2025, and all three passed the House.

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What they say

Her campaign says she has voted to lock up drug traffickers bringing fentanyl into her communities.

“She’s voted to lock up drug traffickers bringing fentanyl into our communities.”

What the record shows ·

The House Clerk records her voting Yea three times in the 119th Congress on measures of that kind: the HALT Fentanyl Act as H.R. 27 on February 6, 2025 (Roll Call 33), the same Act as S. 331 on June 12, 2025 (Roll Call 166), and the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 on September 2, 2025 (Roll Call 220). All three passed the House.

Limit: Three recorded votes in the current Congress, not a score of her whole record on drug policy, and the check does not cover earlier Congresses. What a scheduling or penalty bill does in practice is not something a roll call shows.

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says she has voted to improve and expand border security, to hire more than ten thousand border agents, and to allow a military presence at the border if needed.

What the record shows ·

She voted for both border security bills that got a recorded vote in 2025, and no vote this Congress was found on hiring 10,000 agents or a military presence at the border.

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What they say

Her campaign says she has voted to improve and expand border security, to hire more than ten thousand border agents, and to allow a military presence at the border if needed.

“She has voted to improve and expand border security, to hire more than 10,000 border agents, and to enable military presence at the border if needed.”

What the record shows ·

Two border-security measures reached a recorded vote in the 119th Congress and she voted Yea on both, on March 10, 2025: the Subterranean Border Defense Act (Roll Call 63) and the Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act (Roll Call 65). Both passed. No vote in this Congress was found on hiring ten thousand border agents or on a military presence at the border.

Limit: The claim bundles three things and the current Congress's record carries the first. The other two were not located in it, and this check covered the 119th Congress only — she has served since 1983, so a vote from an earlier Congress would not appear here and is not ruled out.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says his Theft Victims' Restitution Act made it easier for theft victims to recover the accounting costs of working out what they lost.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored the bill, House Bill 66, and it became law on October 1, 2020.

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What they say

His campaign says his Theft Victims' Restitution Act made it easier for theft victims to recover the accounting costs of working out what they lost.

“his Theft Victims’ Restitution Act (HB 66) made it easier for victims of theft to recover restitution for accounting costs incurred when determining their financial losses”

What the record shows ·

The Ohio General Assembly records him as the sponsor of H.B. 66 of the 133rd General Assembly, "Enact Theft Victims' Restitution Act". It was signed on October 1, 2020 and took effect the same day.

Limit: The record shows sponsorship and enactment. It does not measure how often the law has been used or what it has recovered for anyone.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says his Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act became law in 2022 and made it easier for voters to understand the fiscal impact of tax and bond levies.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored House Bill 140, which was signed in June 2022 and took effect that September, after an earlier version of his passed only the House.

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What they say

His campaign says his Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act became law in 2022 and made it easier for voters to understand the fiscal impact of tax and bond levies.

“In 2022, Merrin’s Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act (HB 140) became law making it easier for voters to understand the fiscal impact of tax and bond levies.”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 140 of the 134th General Assembly, "Enact Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act", signed June 14, 2022 and effective September 13, 2022. He had carried the same subject once before, as H.B. 76 of the 133rd, which passed the House and went no further.

Limit: Whether the wording it requires actually helps a voter understand a levy is not something the legislative record can settle.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he reformed Ohio's Board of Revision law in 2022, limiting the power of local governments to challenge property values in order to raise property taxes.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored House Bill 126 on how local governments contest property values, signed in April 2022, after two earlier tries of his did not become law.

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What they say

His campaign says he reformed Ohio's Board of Revision law in 2022, limiting the power of local governments to challenge property values in order to raise property taxes.

“He also reformed Ohio’s Board of Revision law (HB 126), which limits the power of local governments to challenge property values to increase property taxes on property owners.”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 126 of the 134th General Assembly, "Regards process for local governments to contest property value", signed April 20, 2022 and effective July 21, 2022. He had carried the subject twice before without success: H.B. 343 of the 132nd and H.B. 75 of the 133rd, the latter passing the Senate but not completing.

Limit: The card tests sponsorship and enactment, not the law's effect on anyone's tax bill, and takes no position on whether the change was worth making.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he reduced mortgage lenders' tax burden in 2021, calling it the highest in the nation at the time.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored House Bill 150 to reduce taxes on new banks and mortgage lenders, signed in January 2021; the highest-in-the-nation claim isn't checked here.

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What they say

His campaign says he reduced mortgage lenders' tax burden in 2021, calling it the highest in the nation at the time.

“He also successfully reduced mortgage lenders’ tax burden (HB 150), believed to be the highest in the nation at the time.”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 150 of the 133rd General Assembly, "Reduce taxes on new banks and mortgage lenders", signed January 9, 2021 and effective April 12, 2021.

Limit: The bill's enactment is on the record. The description of Ohio's burden as the highest in the nation is the campaign's and is not evaluated here.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he prevailed in his pursuit of the Epinephrine Accessibility Act.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored House Bill 101 to improve access to epinephrine, and it took effect April 8, 2019.

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What they say

His campaign says he prevailed in his pursuit of the Epinephrine Accessibility Act.

“He prevailed in his pursuit of the Epinephrine Accessibility Act (HB 101)”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 101 of the 132nd General Assembly, "Improve access to epinephrine", which took effect April 8, 2019.

Limit: Sponsorship and enactment are recorded. Whether access improved in practice is not something the bill history shows.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he prevailed in his pursuit of the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored House Bill 214, signed in December 2017, which the legislature titles "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome."

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What they say

His campaign says he prevailed in his pursuit of the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act.

“He prevailed in his pursuit of the Epinephrine Accessibility Act (HB 101) and the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act (HB 214).”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 214 of the 132nd General Assembly, signed December 22, 2017 and effective March 23, 2018. The General Assembly's own short title for it is "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome". Both names describe the same law.

Limit: He sponsored it and it became law, which is what the claim says. The card prints the legislature's own title beside the campaign's name for it because the two describe the same law in different words, and a reader is entitled to both. It takes no position on the law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he simplified the process for homeowners to challenge their property value.

What the record shows ·

His House Bill 118 became law in 2017 and bars dismissing a property value complaint for failing to name the owner, a narrower change than the whole process.

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What they say

His campaign says he simplified the process for homeowners to challenge their property value.

“He also simplified the process for homeowners to challenge their property value (HB 118).”

What the record shows ·

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 118 of the 132nd General Assembly, signed November 6, 2017 and effective February 5, 2018. The General Assembly's short title is "Prohibit dismissing tax complaint if fails to identify owner": it bars dismissal of a complaint on one specific ground rather than revising the process as a whole.

Limit: The law is narrower than "simplified the process" suggests, and it is his. The card compares the wording to the bill's own title and does not judge how much difference the change made.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he repealed the sales tax on prescription eyewear, saving taxpayers forty-five million dollars a year.

What the record shows ·

His own bill passed the House and stalled in the Senate, but the exemption became law in the 2019 state budget; the record doesn't link it to his bill. The $45 million isn't checked here.

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What they say

His campaign says he repealed the sales tax on prescription eyewear, saving taxpayers forty-five million dollars a year.

“Merrin successfully repealed the sales tax on prescription eyewear saving taxpayers $45 million annually (HB116)”

What the record shows ·

His own bill did not do it. H.B. 116 of the 132nd General Assembly, "Exempt optical aids from sales tax", passed the House, was referred to a Senate committee and stopped there, with no signature and no effective date. The exemption exists all the same: Revised Code section 5739.02 was amended by House Bill 166 of the 133rd General Assembly, the state budget, effective July 18, 2019.

Limit: He introduced and passed through one chamber a bill for this exemption, and the exemption became law. Whether the budget's provision came from his bill is not something the record settles, and the forty-five million dollar figure is the campaign's, not the state's.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says his Fuel Tax Transparency Act, requiring stickers on fuel pumps that display state and federal fuel taxes, became law in 2019 through the Transportation Budget.

What the record shows ·

Pump notices showing state and federal fuel taxes became law in the 2019 transportation budget, as he says, though his own two bills on it did not pass.

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What they say

His campaign says his Fuel Tax Transparency Act, requiring stickers on fuel pumps that display state and federal fuel taxes, became law in 2019 through the Transportation Budget.

“in 2019, Merrin’s Fuel Tax Transparency Act requiring stickers on fuel pumps displaying the state and federal fuel taxes became law through the Transportation Budget (HB 62)”

What the record shows ·

Revised Code section 5735.50 requires notices on retail service station pumps showing state and federal fuel tax rates. It took effect July 3, 2019, and the Code names House Bill 62 of the 133rd General Assembly, the transportation budget, as its legislation. He had carried the subject as his own bill twice without passage: H.B. 70 of the 132nd and H.B. 110 of the 133rd.

Limit: The claim names the vehicle and the Code agrees. What the Code cannot show is who wrote the budget's provision, so the record confirms the outcome and the route rather than the authorship.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he established a permanent vehicle registration option for noncommercial trailers in 2023, saving time and cost for the owners of six hundred thousand trailers.

What the record shows ·

Permanent registration for noncommercial trailers became law through House Bill 23 in 2023, after his own earlier bill passed only the House. The 600,000-trailer count isn't checked here.

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What they say

His campaign says he established a permanent vehicle registration option for noncommercial trailers in 2023, saving time and cost for the owners of six hundred thousand trailers.

“In 2023, Merrin succeeded in establishing a permanent vehicle registration option for non-commercial trailers, which saves time and costs for the state owners of 600,000 trailers (HB23).”

What the record shows ·

Revised Code section 4503.107 lets the owner or lessee of a noncommercial trailer apply for permanent registration. It took effect June 30, 2023, and the Code names House Bill 23 of the 135th General Assembly as its legislation. His own bill on the subject, H.B. 96 of the 134th, passed the House and went no further.

Limit: The claim names the vehicle and the Code agrees. The count of six hundred thousand trailers is the campaign's figure and is not verified here, and the record does not show who drafted the budget's provision.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he changed the law to let Ohioans choose an eight-year driver's licence instead of a four-year one.

What the record shows ·

The option became law in 2021 through a Senate bill sponsored by Senator Williams, after Merrin's own House bill for it stopped after committee.

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What they say

His campaign says that in 2021 he changed the law to let Ohioans choose an eight-year driver's licence instead of a four-year one.

“In 2021, Merrin successfully changed the law providing Ohioans an option to choose an eight-year driver’s license rather than a four-year license, significantly reducing needed visits to the BMVs throughout Ohio.”

What the record shows ·

The option exists. Revised Code section 4507.09 was amended by Senate Bill 68 of the 133rd General Assembly, effective April 12, 2021; that bill was sponsored by Senator Williams and amends all eight Code sections his own bill named. His bill, H.B. 372 of the 133rd, was reported by committee and went no further.

Limit: The change he describes did happen, in the year he gives, and he had filed a bill for it. It was carried by another member's bill, and the record does not show whose drafting the enacted language was.

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says that after a five-year push he passed the Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act, blocking property tax increases on subdivided lots until the home is built or the lot sold.

What the record shows

Neither of his two bills passed; the law section instead covers other tax rules. These records do not settle whether his subdivided-land provision entered a larger bill by amendment.

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What they say

His campaign says that after a five-year push he passed the Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act, blocking property tax increases on subdivided lots until the home is built or the lot sold.

“After a five-year push, Merrin pushed through the Affordable Homebuilding & Housing Act, which blocks property tax increases on subdivided lots until the home is built or lot is sold.”

What the record shows

He filed for it twice and neither bill passed. H.B. 371 of the 132nd General Assembly, "Exempt increased value of subdivided land until building starts", was reported by the Ways and Means Committee and went no further; H.B. 149 of the 133rd, "Enact Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act", never left introduction. Revised Code section 5709.51, the section his bill would have created, instead carries rules on extending tax-increment exemptions and does not mention subdivided land.

Why there is no assessment here

The outcome cannot be located in the record at all, which is not the same as showing the claim to be wrong. Searching the complete bill lists of the 133rd, 134th, 135th and 136th General Assemblies for a short title naming homebuilding, subdivided land, platting, residential development or a housing act returns his own unpassed bill and nothing else. What no sponsorship or title search can rule out is a provision folded into a budget without a name of its own, which is how several of his other claims did reach law. So the record neither shows this happening nor shows that it did not.

Limit: Ohio's bill lists and the Revised Code settle who sponsored what and which act amended a section. Neither shows language added by amendment inside a larger bill, which is the one route this claim could have taken.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he captured about twenty legislative victories from sponsored bills and amendments.

What the record shows

Nine of the 40 House bills he sponsored became law, and Ohio doesn't publish the amendments he carried, so the rest of the count can't be checked.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he captured about twenty legislative victories from sponsored bills and amendments.

“Derek captured about 20 legislative victories from sponsored bills and amendments that are making Ohioans lives better.”

What the record shows

Across the four General Assemblies he served, the legislature records him as the sponsor of forty House Bills, of which nine became law: three in the 132nd, four in the 133rd, two in the 134th and none in the 135th. Two of the nine, the technical tax corrections bill and the Insurance Code Correction Act, his campaign does not claim.

Limit: Nine enacted bills is what the sponsorship record can show, and the claim counts amendments as well as bills. Ohio publishes no list of the amendments a member carried, so the remainder of the figure can be neither confirmed nor contradicted here, and the nine is a floor rather than a total.

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
Marcy KapturC00154625$918,149$519,397$3,491,668$0
Derek MerrinC00909630$519,414$196,904$511,443$88,352
Read the filing details

Marcy Kaptur: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 16, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1994421, image 202607159875272711.

Derek Merrin: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 16, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1995875, image 202607159875740878.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Sep 20, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. Kaptur's first term begins

    Congress.gov records twenty-two terms for Marcy Kaptur in Ohio's ninth district, the first beginning in 1983.

  2. Official candidate filings reviewed

    The Erie County Board of Elections filing list for the November 3 general election showed both printed candidates when The Stated Record checked it on September 2, 2026. A write-in candidate is listed separately by the election authority.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Current November 3 filing list 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 10, 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 10, 2026.

  • Reported contextNot yet

    The registered rematch report's intended-interface access and reuse status remain unresolved, so it does not support a public context sentence yet.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    17 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.

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Sources47 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 10, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/ohio-us-house-09-2026

How we use sources

  1. Erie County Board of Elections candidate filings (document)
    Election candidate filings

    Erie County, Ohio Board of Elections · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Official printed-candidate filing list for the November 3, 2026 general election, reviewed September 2, 2026. Ohio's Secretary of State site refuses automated readers, so a county board's published filing 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. Marcy Kaptur, member recordhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/K000009

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Used for her current office, district, party and the number of terms recorded. Congress.gov is the Library of Congress's official legislative record.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  5. @Marcy_Kaptur on Xhttps://x.com/Marcy_Kaptur

    X · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Public profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.

    social profile

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  6. Campaign home pagehttps://marcykaptur.com/

    Marcy Kaptur for Congress · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Reviewed for public-profile links; absence is reported only as not found.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  7. Campaign home page, including the About sectionhttps://derekmerrin.com/

    Derek Merrin for Congress · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the whole of the campaign's site: it is one page whose only internal link is a privacy policy. Positions and record claims are attributed, not independently verified facts. The domain merrinforcongress.com is a registrar parking page and is not the campaign's site.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Taxes and property; Immigration and the border; Energy, infrastructure and housing; Reproductive rights; Derek Merrin: Crime: restitution for theft victims; Derek Merrin: Elections: wording of tax and bond levies on the ballot; Derek Merrin: Property tax: local governments contesting property values; Derek Merrin: Taxes: banks and mortgage lenders; Derek Merrin: Health: access to epinephrine; Derek Merrin: Abortion: the 2017 Down Syndrome law; Derek Merrin: Property tax: challenging a property valuation; Derek Merrin: Taxes: sales tax on prescription eyewear; Derek Merrin: Taxes: posting fuel tax rates at the pump; Derek Merrin: Vehicles: permanent registration for noncommercial trailers; Derek Merrin: Driver licensing: an eight-year renewal option; Derek Merrin: Housing: property tax on subdivided lots; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  8. @DerekMerrin on Xhttps://x.com/DerekMerrin

    X · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Public profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.

    social profile

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  9. About Marcy Kapturhttps://kaptur.house.gov/about

    U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Her own congressional office page. Used for the subcommittee post it states she currently holds.

    official office record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: Appropriations: her role on the Energy and Water subcommittee

  10. Marcy's Prioritieshttps://marcykaptur.com/priorities/

    Marcy Kaptur for Congress · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Costs and the economy; Taxes and property; Immigration and the border; Energy, infrastructure and housing; Reproductive rights; Marcy Kaptur: Housing: the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act; Marcy Kaptur: Appropriations: her role on the Energy and Water subcommittee; Marcy Kaptur: Drugs: fentanyl trafficking penalties; Marcy Kaptur: The border: what she has voted for

  11. H.R. 816, Restoring Communities Left Behind Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/816

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsorship, introduction date and the referral that ended it.

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: Housing: the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act

  12. H.R. 837, Restoring Communities Left Behind Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/837

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsorship, introduction date and the referral that ended it.

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: Housing: the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act

  13. Roll Call 33, H.R. 27, HALT Fentanyl Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202533

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 6, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: Drugs: fentanyl trafficking penalties

  14. 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 20, 2026

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

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: The border: what she has voted for

  15. 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 20, 2026

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

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: The border: what she has voted for

  16. Roll Call 220, H.R. 747, Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025220

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Recorded vote of September 2, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money; Marcy Kaptur: Drugs: fentanyl trafficking penalties

  17. KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00154625&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-21: all 3,992 itemized non-individual rows the FEC reports for the cycle, of which 3,791 carry a contributing-committee identifier and are grouped in the table. A first pass stopped at 3,000 rows and would have understated the table by about 976,000 dollars; the collector now compares what it read against the FEC's own count and refuses a short read. No individual contributor row was read.

    fec filing

    For: Marcy Kaptur: background, goals, record and money

  18. H.B. 66, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb66

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, versions, signature and effective dates as published by the legislature.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Crime: restitution for theft victims; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  19. H.B. 140, 134th General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/134/hb140

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, versions, signature and effective dates as published by the legislature.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Elections: wording of tax and bond levies on the ballot; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  20. H.B. 126, 134th General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/134/hb126

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, versions, signature and effective dates as published by the legislature.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Property tax: local governments contesting property values; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  21. H.B. 118, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb118

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, the legislature's own short title, signature and effective dates.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Property tax: challenging a property valuation; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  22. H.B. 214, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb214

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, the legislature's own short title, signature and effective dates.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Abortion: the 2017 Down Syndrome law; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  23. H.B. 343, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb343

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    An earlier bill of his on local governments contesting property values; did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Property tax: local governments contesting property values

  24. H.B. 75, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb75

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    An earlier bill of his on the same subject; passed the Senate and did not complete.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money; Derek Merrin: Property tax: local governments contesting property values

  25. DEREK MERRIN FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00909630&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-21: all 140 itemized non-individual rows the FEC reports for the cycle, of which 124 carry a contributing-committee identifier and are grouped in the table. No individual contributor row was read.

    fec filing

    For: Derek Merrin: background, goals, record and money

  26. Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (119th Congress)https://appropriations.house.gov/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development-and-related-agencies-119th-congress

    House Committee on Appropriations · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    The committee's own subcommittee page for the current Congress, which names its chairman.

    official office record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: Appropriations: her role on the Energy and Water subcommittee

  27. Roll Call 166, S. 331, HALT Fentanyl Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025166

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 12, 2025, read through the Congress.gov house-vote member list.

    official legislative record

    For: Marcy Kaptur: Drugs: fentanyl trafficking penalties

  28. H.B. 76, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb76

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    The earlier version of the ballot-uniformity bill; passed the House and went no further.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Elections: wording of tax and bond levies on the ballot

  29. H.B. 150, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb150

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, versions, signature and effective dates as published by the legislature.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: banks and mortgage lenders; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  30. H.B. 101, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb101

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsor, versions and effective date as published by the legislature.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Health: access to epinephrine; Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  31. H.B. 116, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb116

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His optical-aids bill. Its last published version is As Passed by the House, with no signature and no effective date. Ohio renumbers bills each General Assembly, so the same number belongs to three other members' bills in the assemblies he served.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: sales tax on prescription eyewear

  32. Revised Code section 5739.02https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5739.02

    Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    The sales-tax exemption section. Its published history names House Bill 166 of the 133rd General Assembly, the state budget, effective July 18, 2019.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: sales tax on prescription eyewear

  33. Revised Code section 5735.50https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5735.50

    Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Requires fuel tax rate notices on retail pumps. Effective July 3, 2019; the Code names House Bill 62 of the 133rd General Assembly as its legislation.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: posting fuel tax rates at the pump

  34. H.B. 110, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb110

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His second fuel-tax transparency bill; did not pass. Its long title names Revised Code section 5735.50, which is how the enacted provision was traced.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: posting fuel tax rates at the pump

  35. H.B. 70, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb70

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His first fuel-tax transparency bill; did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Taxes: posting fuel tax rates at the pump

  36. Revised Code section 4503.107https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4503.107

    Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Permanent registration for noncommercial trailers. Effective June 30, 2023; the Code names House Bill 23 of the 135th General Assembly as its legislation.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Vehicles: permanent registration for noncommercial trailers

  37. H.B. 96, 134th General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/134/hb96

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His trailer-registration bill; passed the House and went no further.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Vehicles: permanent registration for noncommercial trailers

  38. Revised Code section 4507.09https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4507.09

    Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Driver's licence renewal periods. Its published history records an amendment by Senate Bill 68 of the 133rd General Assembly, effective April 12, 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Driver licensing: an eight-year renewal option

  39. S.B. 68, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/sb68

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Sponsored by Senator Williams; signed January 7, 2021, effective April 12, 2021. Its long title amends all eight sections named by his own bill.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Driver licensing: an eight-year renewal option

  40. H.B. 372, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb372

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His eight-year licence bill; reported by committee and went no further. Its long title names the eight Revised Code sections used to trace the enacted provision.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Driver licensing: an eight-year renewal option

  41. H.B. 371, 132nd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/132/hb371

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His first subdivided-land exemption bill; reported by the Ways and Means Committee and went no further.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Housing: property tax on subdivided lots

  42. H.B. 149, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb149

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    His Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act; never left introduction. Its long title names Revised Code section 5709.51.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Housing: property tax on subdivided lots

  43. Revised Code section 5709.51https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5709.51

    Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    The section his Affordable Homebuilding and Housing Act would have created. It instead carries rules on extending tax-increment exemptions and does not mention subdivided land, platting or residential development.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Housing: property tax on subdivided lots

  44. H.B. 197, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb197

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    A bill of his that became law and that the campaign does not claim.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

  45. H.B. 339, 133rd General Assemblyhttps://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/133/hb339

    Ohio General Assembly · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    A bill of his that became law and that the campaign does not claim.

    official legislative record

    For: Derek Merrin: Record: how many legislative wins

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

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering April 16 to June 30, 2026, read from OpenFEC on September 20, 2026 as the most recent report not superseded by an amendment. Committee C00154625; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-16 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1994421; image 202607159875272711.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance

  47. DEREK MERRIN FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 20, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering April 16 to June 30, 2026, read from OpenFEC on September 20, 2026. He has two committees the FEC designates principal; the earlier one, MERRIN FOR CONGRESS, filed a termination report covering July 2025 and is not used here. Committee C00909630; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-16 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1995875; image 202607159875740878.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance