Person
Brennan Barrington
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in aeronautical and astronautical engineering, The Ohio State University
Sources: Democrat Don Leonard advances to face Rep. Mike Carey for Congress (The Columbus Dispatch, via AOL) · About me
- Civic
- Delegate to the Libertarian National Convention, 2024, and member of the national party's platform committee
Sources: Democrat Don Leonard advances to face Rep. Mike Carey for Congress (The Columbus Dispatch, via AOL) · About me
- Civic
- Member of the Libertarian Party of Ohio Central Committee (as stated by the campaign)
Source: About me
- None found in the records checkedRaised, as filed
- None found in the records checkedCash on hand
- 3%Latest poll · Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC, June 25, 2026
- 1Positions in their words · 1 issue
- none on fileClaims checked
- none on fileOffices held
7 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Record in office, Money, Financial interests.
What has been checked
- Profile 5 entries
- On the ballot 1 entry
- Where they stand 1 entry
- What they have said, checked None found in the records checked PolitiFact and FactCheck.org searched 2026-09-25: none found Checked: Research lane claims-2026, 2026-09-25
- Record in office Not yet researched
- Money None found in the records checked FEC candidate H6OH15138, principal committee C00959312: the FEC's 2025-2026 all-candidates financial summary (file of September 30, 2026, covering reports through June 30, 2026) has no row for this candidate, so no receipts or spending had been reported to the FEC for 2026 through that date. Checked: FEC candidate H6OH15138 (https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6OH15138/); FEC weball26 and cn26 bulk files of 2026-09-30
- Financial interests None found in the records checked No financial disclosure report on file with the U.S. House Clerk as of 2026-09-24 (checked the 2024, 2025 and 2026 indexes). Checked: Research lane ush-interests, 2026-09-25
- Polling and approval 1 entry
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements 1 entry Checked the same list of endorsers for every 2026 Ohio U.S. House candidate on 2026-09-24: Ohio AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO, UAW, IBEW, North America's Building Trades Unions and the Ohio building-trades bodies (ACT Ohio, LIUNA, IUOE Local 18, Carpenters), Teamsters (national DRIVE and the Ohio Conference of Teamsters), Ohio Education Association, National Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers/AFT, FOP of Ohio and the national FOP, IAFF and the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters, USW, AFSCME, SEIU, CWA, UFCW, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NFIB, Ohio Farm Bureau AGGPAC, NRA Political Victory Fund, Buckeye Firearms Association PAC, Ohio Right to Life PAC, SBA Pro-Life America, National Right to Life, Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, Reproductive Freedom for All, Everytown/Moms Demand Action, Giffords PAC, EMILY's List, VIEW PAC, Winning for Women, Club for Growth PAC, House Freedom Fund (Freedom Caucus Fund), AIPAC PAC, United Democracy Project, DMFI PAC, J Street PAC, LCV Action Fund, Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund, Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign PAC, End Citizens United, CBC PAC, BOLD PAC, the DCCC Red to Blue and Frontline programs, the NRCC Young Guns/MAGA Majority and Patriot programs, VoteVets, With Honor Fund, New Democrat Action Fund, Blue Dog PAC, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Gov. Mike DeWine, Sen. Bernie Moreno, Sen. Jon Husted, the Ohio Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties, the editorial boards of cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Blade, the Akron Beacon Journal, the Dayton Daily News, The Canton Repository, The Vindicator and the Tribune Chronicle. None found. Checked: Research lane ush-endorsements, 2026-09-25
- Sources 1 entry
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | U.S. House, Ohio's 15th District | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 15th District |
On the ballot
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 15th District · November 3, 2026 · Libertarian
Source: Ohio elections, 2026
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Date | Deadline | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2026 | Military and overseas absentee voting begins | The start of absentee voting for military and overseas (UOCAVA) voters. | |
| October 5, 2026 | Voter registration deadline | 9 p.m. | Boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's office are open until 9 p.m. to accept registrations. |
| October 6, 2026 | Absentee voting by mail and early in-person voting begin | Early in-person voting runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from October 6 through October 9; hours change on later dates through Election Day. | |
| October 22, 2026 | Pre-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through October 14, 2026. |
| October 27, 2026 | Deadline for boards to receive absentee ballot applications | 8:30 p.m. | Applications for an absentee ballot must reach the county board by this time. |
| November 1, 2026 | Last day of early in-person voting | 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record. |
| November 2, 2026 | No early in-person voting at boards of elections | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ended Sunday, November 1; there is no voting at boards of elections on Monday, November 2. Voters cast ballots at their assigned polling places on Tuesday, November 3. | |
| November 3, 2026 | Deadline for non-military/overseas absentee ballots to be received | 7:30 p.m. | Absentee ballots not covered by UOCAVA must be received by this time on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Last-minute absentee request for a hospitalization emergency | 3 p.m. | A voter, or a voter's minor child, who is hospitalized because of an accident or medical emergency may apply for an absentee ballot until 3 p.m. on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Polls open | 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Election Day voting hours statewide. |
| November 7, 2026 | Deadline for military and overseas (UOCAVA) absentee ballots to be received | The extended receipt deadline for UOCAVA absentee ballots. | |
| November 8, 2026 | Boards of elections may begin the official canvass | County boards may begin the official canvass of the November 3 General Election ballots (5 days after the election). | |
| November 18, 2026 | Deadline for boards to begin the official canvass | County boards must begin the official canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (15 days after the election). | |
| November 24, 2026 | Deadline for boards to complete the official canvass | County boards must complete the canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (21 days after the election). | |
| December 11, 2026 | Post-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through December 4, 2026. |
Where they stand
Housing
Any federal funding should be conditioned on eliminating legal barriers to high-density housing construction and use where demand for it exists, to the full extent constitutionally permissible.
Source: Platform
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
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Money
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Outside spending
Financial interests
None found in the records checked
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Brennan Barrington | 3 | Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC, OH-15 voters, field period June 23-25, 2026; conducted by Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC, a Democratic super PAC; sample size and margin of error not stated in the release |
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Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC · June 25, 2026 · U.S. Representative, Ohio's 15th District
Barrington 3 · Carey 45 · Leonard 40
OH-15 voters, field period June 23-25, 2026; conducted by Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC, a Democratic super PAC; sample size and margin of error not stated in the release
Source: HMP Poll: Don Leonard Within Striking Distance of Mike Carey in OH-15
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 15th District (2026) | Libertarian | Pending |
Endorsements
Endorsements received
partyLibertarian Party of Ohio
2026
The party's own candidates page lists him as its candidate for US House District 15.
Sources
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Ohio elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- Democrat Don Leonard advances to face Rep. Mike Carey for Congress (The Columbus Dispatch, via AOL) · The Columbus Dispatch (via AOL) · 2026-05-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- About me · Brennan Barrington campaign · accessed 2026-09-24
- Candidates - Libertarian Party of Ohio · Libertarian Party of Ohio · accessed 2026-10-20
- HMP Poll: Don Leonard Within Striking Distance of Mike Carey in OH-15 · Hart Research Associates for House Majority PAC · 2026-07-06 · accessed 2026-10-05
- Platform · Barrington for Ohio (campaign site) · 2026-10-10 · accessed 2026-10-14
- Ballotpedia
- FEC
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