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U.S. Representative, 7th Congressional District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: 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 Ashland and Medina counties; southern and western Cuyahoga County (Bay Village, Berea, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Brook Park, Brooklyn, Fairview Park, Independence, Middleburg Heights, North Olmsted, North Royalton, Olmsted Falls, Parma, Parma Heights, Rocky River, Seven Hills, Solon, Strongsville, Westlake and nearby villages and Olmsted Township); and most of Wayne County (most of Wooster, Rittman, and Canaan, Chester, Chippewa, Congress, Green, Milton and Wayne townships).

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Brian Poindexter

Democratic

Union ironworker; Brook Park city councilman · Brook Park

The gist

Supports workers' freedom to organize unions.
Opposes rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas.
Supports health coverage that does not depend on employment.

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Supports workers' freedom to organize unions.
Brian Poindexter for Congress | Ready to Work for Working Families
Campaign website · Poindexter for Congress · poindexterforcongress.com
“Every worker deserves the freedom to organize without intimidation.”
Opposes rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas.
Brian Poindexter for Congress | Ready to Work for Working Families
Campaign website · Poindexter for Congress · poindexterforcongress.com
“We shouldn’t reward companies for shipping jobs overseas.”
Supports health coverage that does not depend on employment.
Brian Poindexter for Congress | Ready to Work for Working Families
Campaign website · Poindexter for Congress · poindexterforcongress.com
“Healthcare shouldn’t disappear because a job does.”

Max Miller

RepublicanIncumbent

U.S. Representative

The gist

Introduced Digital PARITY Act on taxing digital assets.In office
Introduced bill to protect undersea communications cables.In office
Supports a peace-through-strength national defense policy.In office
Supports expanding career and technical workforce training.In office

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

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Introduced Digital PARITY Act on taxing digital assets.
Congressman Max Miller
Government record · Office of Rep. Max Miller · maxmiller.house.gov
“Congressman Max Miller Introduces Bipartisan Digital PARITY Act … legislation to modernize the federal tax code for digital assets”
Introduced bill to protect undersea communications cables.
Congressman Max Miller
Government record · Office of Rep. Max Miller · maxmiller.house.gov
“Congressman Max Miller Introduces Cable Security Fleet Expansion Act”
Supports a peace-through-strength national defense policy.
Congressman Max Miller
Government record · Office of Rep. Max Miller · maxmiller.house.gov
“who understood that peace through strength makes America safer”
Supports expanding career and technical workforce training.
Congressman Max Miller
Government record · Office of Rep. Max Miller · maxmiller.house.gov
“I am working to improve access to workforce development programs, particularly those dedicated to enhancing career-oriented technical training.”

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