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Ohio’s 2nd District

U.S. House · OH-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 31.0 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 65.5%

    David Taylor, incumbent

  • Democrat 34.5%

    Jennifer Mazzuckelli

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
OH-2 65.5%34.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+21.3 54.5%−20.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

David Taylor · Republican

Primary results

Held May 5, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jennifer Mazzuckelli 53.3% 15,381 votes
Republican primary David Taylor 75.0% 51,885 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    David Taylor

    source
  • Democrat Open seat

    Jennifer Mazzuckelli

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 44.5 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 31.0 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 2 77%
  • Former district 12 14%
  • Former district 6 8%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • OH-15 Republican, toss-up
  • OH-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • OH-12 Republican, safe seat
  • OH-1 Democrat, competitive
  • OH-10 Republican, competitive
  • OH-4 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated