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Ohio’s 13th District

U.S. House · OH-13

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 16.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 7%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 58.3%

    Emilia Sykes, incumbent

  • Republican 41.7%

    Carey Coleman

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
OH-13 58.3%41.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+3.8 44.2%−2.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Emilia Sykes · Democrat

Primary results

Held May 5, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Emilia Sykes 100.0% 62,768 votes
Republican primary Carey Coleman 47.3% 20,322 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Emilia Sykes

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Dixit, Sandeep S Mr

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Carey Coleman

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 5.2 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 16.8 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 13 89%
  • Former district 14 8%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • OH-7 Republican, toss-up
  • OH-6 Republican, safe seat
  • OH-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • OH-14 Republican, safe seat
  • OH-5 Republican, safe seat
  • OH-12 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