2026 BFA-PAC Grades and Endorsements for the Ohio Primary
6:00am Tuesday, March 31, 2026
For the 2026 Primary Election, BFA-PAC is focusing primarily on federal legislative candidates (U.S. Senate and U.S. House), Ohio statewide candidates, Ohio legislative candidates (Ohio Senate and Ohio House), and select judicial candidates (Ohio Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal).
NOTES:
- In general, we grade only candidates who complete our survey.
- "q" after a grade means we are basing the grade primarily on answers to our candidate survey, not on legislative votes or other confirmed information.
DATES:
- March 20 - Military and overseas absentee voting begins
- April 7 - Early in-person and mail-in voting begins
- May 5 - Primary Election Day
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| U.S. Senate | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| D | Sherrod Brown | F | Win | ||
| R | Jon Husted | A | Endorsed | Win | |
| U.S. House | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 1 | L | Jason Stoops | Bq | ||
| 4 | R | Jim Jordan | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 5 | R | Bob Latta | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 6 | R | Michael Rulli | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 8 | R | Warren Davidson | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 9 | R | Madison Sheahan | Aq | ||
| 9 | R | Josh Williams | A+ | Endorsed | |
| 12 | R | Troy Balderson | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 15 | L | Brennan Barrington | Bq | ||
| 15 | R | Mike Carey | A | Endorsed | Win |
| Governor/Lt. Governor | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| R | Vivek Ramaswamy | A+ | Endorsed | Win | |
| & Rob McColley | |||||
| Attorney General | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| R | Keith Faber | A+ | Endorsed | Win | |
| Secretary of State | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| D | Allison Russo | F | Win | ||
| R | Robert Sprague | A | Endorsed | Win | |
| R | Marcell Strbich | Aq | |||
| Treasurer | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| R | Jay Edwards | A | Win | ||
| R | Kristina Roegner | A | Endorsed | ||
| Auditor | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| R | Frank LaRose | A | Endorsed | Win | |
| State Senate | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 1 | R | Jim Hoops | A | Endorsed | |
| 1 | R | Craig Riedel | A | Win | |
| 3 | R | Michele Reynolds | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 5 | R | Phil Plummer | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 7 | R | Zac Haines | Aq | Win | |
| 9 | R | Linda Matthews | Aq | ||
| 11 | D | Paula Hicks-Hudson | D | Win | |
| 13 | R | Gayle Manning | B | Win | |
| 15 | R | Joseph Healy | Aq | Win | |
| 17 | R | Shane Wilkin | A+ | Endorsed | Win |
| 19 | R | Beth Lear | A | Endorsed | |
| 19 | R | Ryan Rivers | Aq | Win | |
| 25 | R | Don Roberts | Aq | Win | |
| 27 | R | Steve Demetriou | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 29 | R | Jane Timken | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 31 | R | Al Landis | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 33 | R | Al Cutrona | A | Endorsed | Win |
| State House | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 6 | R | Matthew Jackson | Aq | Win | |
| 7 | R | William Mercier | Bq | Win | |
| 9 | R | Bruce Euans | Aq | Win | |
| 10 | R | Denise D'Angelo | Aq | Win | |
| 12 | R | Patty Hamilton | Aq | ||
| 12 | R | Brian Stewart | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 15 | R | Dan Conway | Bq | Win | |
| 17 | R | Mike Dovilla | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 29 | R | Cindy Abrams | A | Win | |
| 31 | R | Mike Kahoe | Aq | Win | |
| 31 | R | Stephanie Stock | Aq | ||
| 32 | R | Jack Daniels | B | Win | |
| 33 | L | Keith Castillo | Bq | ||
| 34 | R | Craig Shubert | Bq | Win | |
| 37 | R | Tom Young | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 40 | R | Rodney Creech | A | Win | |
| 42 | D | Elgin Rogers | D | Win | |
| 44 | R | Edward Schimmel | Aq | Win | |
| 45 | R | Jennifer Gross | A | Win | |
| 46 | R | Thomas Hall | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 48 | R | Sue Grabowski | Aq | ||
| 48 | R | Christina Hagan | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 50 | R | Matthew Kishman | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 51 | R | Jodi Salvo | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 52 | R | Nathan Manning | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 53 | R | Brad Lacko | Aq | Win | |
| 54 | R | Kellie Deeter | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 55 | R | Michelle Teska | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 56 | R | Adam Mathews | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 59 | R | Tex Fischer | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 60 | R | Brian Lorenz | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 61 | R | Andrew Brenner | A | Endorsed | |
| 62 | R | Jean Schmidt | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 63 | R | Adam Bird | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 64 | R | Nick Santucci | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 65 | R | David Thomas | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 66 | R | Aiden Haggard | Aq | ||
| 66 | R | Sean Hutson | Aq | Win | |
| 68 | R | Thad Claggett | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 69 | R | Kevin Miller | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 70 | R | Brian Lampton | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 71 | R | Levi Dean | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 72 | R | Heidi Workman | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 73 | R | Jeff LaRe | A | Win | |
| 74 | R | Bernard Willis | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 75 | R | Haraz Ghanbari | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 76 | R | Marilyn John | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 77 | R | Meredith Craig | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 78 | R | Matt Huffman | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 79 | R | Monica Robb Blasdel | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 80 | R | Johnathan Newman | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 81 | R | Patti Rockey | Aq | Endorsed | Win |
| 82 | L | Christopher Elder | Bq | Win | |
| 82 | R | Roy Klopfenstein | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 83 | R | Ty Mathews | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 84 | R | Angie King | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 85 | R | Tim Barhorst | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 86 | R | Ben Weber | Aq | Win | |
| 88 | R | Gary Click | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 88 | R | Eric Watson | Aq | ||
| 89 | R | DJ Swearingen | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 90 | R | Justin Pizzulli | A | Win | |
| 91 | R | Bob Peterson | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 92 | R | Mark Johnson | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 93 | R | Jason Stephens | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 94 | R | Kevin Ritter | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 95 | R | Ty Moore | Bq | Win | |
| 96 | R | Ron Ferguson | A | Win | |
| 96 | R | Frank Hoagland | A | Endorsed | |
| 97 | L | Tim Godwin | Aq | Win | |
| 97 | R | Adam Holmes | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 98 | R | Mark Hiner | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 99 | R | Sarah Fowler Arthur | A | Endorsed | Win |
| Justice Supreme Court | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| R | Andrew King | A | Endorsed | ||
| R | Ron Lewis | Aq | |||
| R | Colleen O'Donnell | Aq | Win | ||
| R | Dan Hawkins | A | Endorsed | Win | |
| Court of Appeals | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 5 | R | Jeff Furr | A | ||
| 5 | R | Matthew George | A | Endorsed | Win |
| 7 | R | Mark Hanni | A | ||
| 11 | R | Marisa Cornachio | A | Win | |
| Other | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| Common Pleas Court | |||||
| Perry | R | Steve Carr | Aq | Win | |
| Commissioner | |||||
| Butler | Michael Ryan | Bq | Win | ||
| Geauga | Steven Oluic | Aq | Win | ||
| Union | PJ Reilly | Aq | |||
| County Auditor | |||||
| Trumbull | Mike Loychik | A | Win | ||
| Republican Central Committee | |||||
| Joseph Uecker | A | Endorsed | Win | ||
| Linda Caudill | Aq | Win | |||
| Rebecca Nourse | Aq | Win | |||
| State Committee Man | |||||
| David Johnson | A | Endorsed | Win | ||
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