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Ohio’s 4th District

U.S. House · OH-4

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 32.5 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 66.2%

    Jim Jordan, incumbent

  • Democrat 33.8%

    Joshua Kolasinski

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
OH-4 66.2%33.8%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+22.0 54.5%−20.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Jim Jordan · Republican

Primary results

Held May 5, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Joshua Kolasinski 100.0% 26,406 votes
Republican primary Jim Jordan 100.0% 75,210 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Jim Jordan

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Joshua Kolasinski

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Wilson, Tamara

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 34.7 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 32.5 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 4 75%
  • Former district 5 16%
  • Former district 15 7%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • OH-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • OH-10 Republican, competitive
  • OH-15 Republican, toss-up
  • OH-8 Republican, competitive
  • OH-9 Democrat, toss-up
  • OH-5 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