Elections for all 99 seats in the Ohio House of Representatives will take place on November 8, 2022. State house primary elections are held on May 3, 2022. Republicans hold a 64-34 majority heading into the election.

This article details the five most and least expensive contested primary elections in the House of Representatives. In the 2022 election cycle, 29 of 91 Republican primaries and 28 of 82 Democratic primaries are contested.

This information comes from candidate reports to the Ohio Secretary of State covering the period of January 1, 2021, through April 13, 2022.

Five primary elections with the most fundraising

#1 District 17 – $300,496

Incumbent Thomas Patton (R) raised $300,039 and Ryan McClain (R) raised $457.

#2 District 58 – $226,993

Incumbent Alessandro Cutrona (R) raised $226,993 and Jeff Green (R) raised $0.

#3 District 90 – $197,771

Incumbent Brian Baldridge (R) raised $197,771 and Calvin Robinson (R) raised $0.

#4 District 30 – $180,022

Incumbent Bill Seitz (R) raised $180,022 and Angela Hymer (R) raised $0.

#5 District 78 – $107,726

Incumbent Susan Manchester (R) raised $86,535 and J.J. Sreenan (R) raised $21,191.

Five primary elections with the least fundraising

#1 District 82 – $0

Roy Klopfenstein (R) raised $0 and Ted Penner (R) raised $0.

#2 District 53 – $0

Marty Gallagher (R) raised $0 and Sarah McGervey (R) raised $0.

#3 District 31 – $0

Lucas Blower (D) raised $0 and Rita Darrow (D) raised $0.

#4 District 43 – $0

Kristi Kille (R) raised $0 and Wendi Hendricks (R) raised $0.

#5 District 4 – $0

Jill Rudler (R) raised $0 and Paul Fillman (R) raised $0.

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Ohio PACs submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

Report Name	Report Due Date
2021 Annual	1/31/2022
2022 Pre-Primary	4/21/2022
2022 Post-Primary	6/10/2022
2022 Semiannual	7/29/2022
2022 Pre-General	10/27/2022
2022 Post-General	12/16/2022

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.