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U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the U.S. House of Representatives votes on federal laws, taxes and spending on behalf of the district.

All of Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Morrow, Shelby, Union and Van Wert counties; most of Clark County (Springfield and German, Moorefield, Pike, Pleasant and Springfield townships, most of Bethel and part of Mad River Township); northern and western Delaware County (the city of Delaware, Ashley, Shawnee Hills, and Delaware, Marlboro, Oxford, Radnor, Scioto, Thompson, Troy and Washington townships, most of Concord and parts of Berlin, Brown and Liberty townships); and western Richland County (most of Mansfield and Jefferson, Monroe, Perry, Troy, Washington and Worthington townships).

Joshua D. Kolasinski

Democratic

Small business owner (medical equipment service) · Delaware

The gist

  • Supports repealing Citizens United and stronger campaign disclosure.
  • Supports health care price transparency.
  • Supports prioritizing preventive, mental health and addiction care.
  • Supports infrastructure spending that uses local labor.
  • Supports expanding high-speed internet in rural communities.
  • Opposes school vouchers that fund for-profit schools.
  • Supports expanding apprenticeships and vocational training.
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  1. Supports repealing Citizens United and stronger campaign disclosure.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Repeal Citizens United and regulate campaign funding through enhanced disclosure; encourage small donor campaigns”
  2. Supports health care price transparency.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Increase price transparency so patients know costs before care”
  3. Supports prioritizing preventive, mental health and addiction care.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Prioritize preventive care, mental and emotional health, and addiction treatment”
  4. Supports infrastructure spending that uses local labor.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Prioritize infrastructure spending that utilizes local labor”
  5. Supports expanding high-speed internet in rural communities.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Streamline the expansion of high-speed internet in rural communities”
  6. Opposes school vouchers that fund for-profit schools.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “School voucher programs are trying to fund for-profit schools at the cost of public education for Ohio’s youth.”
  7. Supports expanding apprenticeships and vocational training.

    Joshua Kolasinski for Congress

    Campaign website · Joshua Kolasinski for Congress · joshuaforohio.com

    “Expand apprenticeships and vocational training opportunities”

Tracey L. Tackett

Independent

Small business owner; Assistant Mayor of Springfield · Springfield

The gist

  • Pledges to form an Independent Caucus in Congress.
  • Supports border security with enforcement focused on criminals.
  • Supports a pathway to citizenship for long-settled undocumented immigrants.
  • Supports expanding work visas and high-skilled immigration.
  • Supports an all-of-the-above energy policy led by solar and gas.
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  1. Pledges to form an Independent Caucus in Congress.

    Issues | Tracey Tackett for Congress

    Campaign website · Tracey Tackett for Congress · traceytackett.org

    “In Congress I will join with others to form the Independent Caucus.”
  2. Supports border security with enforcement focused on criminals.

    Issues | Tracey Tackett for Congress

    Campaign website · Tracey Tackett for Congress · traceytackett.org

    “Securing our borders. Focusing enforcement resources on criminals, prioritizing the worst offenders.”
  3. Supports a pathway to citizenship for long-settled undocumented immigrants.

    Issues | Tracey Tackett for Congress

    Campaign website · Tracey Tackett for Congress · traceytackett.org

    “That offers a pathway to citizenship for those who came here illegally under the failed policies of the past”
  4. Supports expanding work visas and high-skilled immigration.

    Issues | Tracey Tackett for Congress

    Campaign website · Tracey Tackett for Congress · traceytackett.org

    “Reforming the asylum system. Increasing high skilled immigration. Expanding work visas”
  5. Supports an all-of-the-above energy policy led by solar and gas.

    Issues | Tracey Tackett for Congress

    Campaign website · Tracey Tackett for Congress · traceytackett.org

    “We need an All of the Above energy policy. … Solar power and natural gas lead the pack.”
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Jim Jordan

RepublicanIncumbent

U.S. Representative · Urbana

The gist

  • Supports cutting federal spending.In office
  • Supported tax reform to lower rates and simplify the code.In office
  • Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act.In office
  • Supports expanding health savings accounts.In office
  • Supports state and local control of education policy.In office
  • Supports expanding domestic oil and gas production.In office
  • Supports shrinking the size of the federal government.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Supports cutting federal spending.

    Budget and Fiscal Issues | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “Federal government spending is out of control, and it is the responsibility of Congress to fix the problem.”
  2. Supported tax reform to lower rates and simplify the code.

    Budget and Fiscal Issues | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “lower rates, simplify the tax code and encourage economic growth”
  3. Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act.

    Healthcare | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “repeal Obamacare like we promised we would since 2010”
  4. Supports expanding health savings accounts.

    Healthcare | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “expanding options to include health savings accounts”
  5. Supports state and local control of education policy.

    Education | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “Successful education policy almost always starts at the local and state level rather than the federal level”
  6. Supports expanding domestic oil and gas production.

    Energy and Natural Resources | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “We need to increase domestic oil and gas supply by exploring and utilizing more of the energy resources we have at home.”
  7. Supports shrinking the size of the federal government.

    Government Reform | Congressman Jim Jordan

    Government record · Office of Rep. Jim Jordan · jordan.house.gov

    “our Federal Government spends far too much and is overly large, cumbersome and bureaucratic”

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