Derek Merrin's campaign finance filing for the 2026 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 9th District race, as of June 30, 2026

These totals are the ones Derek Merrin reported to FEC for the period ending June 30, 2026. They are printed as filed and nothing on this page adds to them.

As of

2026-06-30

Cash on hand

$531,214

Committee id

C00909630

Spending by category

Amount

$179,438

Category

advertising-mail

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 57 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$98,199

Category

consulting

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 30 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$86,612

Category

advertising-other

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 5 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$30,321

Category

legal-compliance

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 205 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$24,441

Category

fundraising

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 9 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$16,918

Category

other

Label

Other itemized spending

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 16 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$12,812

Category

advertising-print

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 6 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$10,000

Category

polling

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 1 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$9,255

Category

events

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 7 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$6,183

Category

travel

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 0 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$3,815

Category

office

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 1 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Amount

$101

Category

staff

Method

Summed from the FEC's itemized Schedule B operating expenditures (Form 3, line 17) filed by committee C00909630 for the 2025-2026 two-year transaction period, 338 itemized rows in all and 1 falling in this category, grouped by the filed disbursement purpose category together with keywords in the disbursement description and the recipient name; memo sub-items are excluded so nothing is counted twice, and the itemized total falls short of the filed total disbursements, which also covers spending under the itemization threshold, refunds and transfers.

Filer

FEC

From Ohio

Amount

$242,305

As of

2026-06-30

Method

Sum of itemized individual contributions (contributor entity IND, transaction types 10, 15 and 15E) to committee C00909630 in the FEC bulk file indiv26.zip for the 2025-2026 period, transactions dated 2025-06-23 to 2026-06-30 in whole dollars as the file carries them, memo rows (MEMO_CD X), refunds and the candidate's own contributions excluded; an Ohio address means the contributor's filed STATE is OH.

Share

66.70%

Race

2026-us-house-9

Raised

$1,508,953

Spent

$1,054,389

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• The 2026 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 9th District race

1. https://ballotpedia.org/Derek_Merrin
2. https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4OH09169/
3. FEC candidate H4OH09169, 2026 cycle financial summary · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-30
4. OpenFEC candidate totals, Ohio U.S. House, 2026 (coverage through June 30, 2026) · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-30