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Secretary of State · Ohio · 2026

General election · 3 on file, ballot not yet verified · Open seat (no incumbent)

Model rating Leans Republican (Tilting) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 4 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated

News attention 53/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 3 days ago. How it works

Candidates on file — ballot not yet verified (3)

From FEC filings and public records. Filing with the FEC does not put someone on the ballot; we are checking each state’s certified candidate list and will mark who is on the November ballot.

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

no polls yet

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Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-05-05 — Primary election: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Signals (experimental)

Attention 53 Vector R · Tilting

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
53OUT OF 100Moderate attention
Attention percentile77th
7-day momentum14 / 100
Source breadth50% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness4 of 7 inputs (national, prior, pres, pulse) · missing: incumbent, money, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-27 (3 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin R +6.2Presidential lean of the seat (2024 R +11.2, national swing D +8.4)R +2.8Last result for this seat (2022 R +19.6, national swing D +8.5)R +11.1Attention shareD +0.7National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-30), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing × 0.8 for this office; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: R · Tilting (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.