Derek Merrin
- Background
- State legislator · City or town council member · Mayor
- Raised
- $2.2M
- Cash on hand
- $449K
- First race on record
- 2016
- Age
- 40
- Races
- Won 4 of 5
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score 1.339 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1,235 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Ohio District 9 · Tue, Nov 3
Marcy Kaptur Democratic (inc.)Derek Merrin Republican
- Newest poll
- Kaptur 48, Merrin 48 · DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department, Sep 23, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, OH-09 | Lost | 47.6% | Marcy Kaptur 48.3% |
| 2022 | State House, OH | Won | 53.9% | |
| 2020 | State House, OH | Won | 58.6% | |
| 2018 | State House, OH | Won | 58% | |
| 2016 | State House, OH | Won | 60.9% |
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $1.8M · Debts owed $37K
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $2,217,821. Cash on hand $449,466. Spent $1,845,006. Debts owed $37,216. Main committee: Merrin for Congress. No donor names are shown.
More about Derek Merrin
Offices held (4 terms and offices)
- State House, Ohio
- State House, Ohio
- State House, Ohio
- State House, Ohio
Background
- State legislator
- City or town council member
- Mayor
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (8 sources)
Ballot listing, liveresults.ohiosos.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026