Person
Jeffrey R. Givan
- Work
- Organized 300 volunteers as an executive at one of the country's largest air museums. (as stated by the campaign)
- Civic
- Works with youth agriculture programs, recovery advocacy, and mentoring at local schools in Allen County. (as stated by the campaign)
- Home
- Lima, Ohio. (as stated by the campaign)
Ballotpedia · Campaign Website · Ohio campaign finance
- $13KRaised, as filed · July 31, 2026
- $6,288Cash on hand · July 31, 2026
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- 6Positions in their words · 6 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- none on fileOffices held
7 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Record in office, Financial interests, Polling and approval.
What has been checked
- Profile 6 entries
- On the ballot 1 entry Confirmed as the Democratic nominee on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. Checked: Ballotpedia's district page for Ohio House District 78, general election votebox
- Where they stand 6 entries Five positions, one per issue, from his survey's 3-key-messages answer, which covered more ground than could all be used; the five kept map most cleanly to the site's issue labels. One more position added October 2, 2026 (Campaign website issue page, undated page). Checked: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey (completed May 27, 2026); Campaign website issue page, read October 2, 2026
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office Not yet researched He has not held elected or appointed public office; this section does not apply the way it does for an incumbent.
- Money 1 entry Calendar-2026 contributions and expenditures, and cash on hand on the most recent report (filed 2026-07-31), as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State. Reports filed after that are not included. Checked: Ohio Secretary of State candidate cover-page export, 2026 reports
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 1 entry Added by the district guide's money and prior-results steps.
- Endorsements 1 entry
- Sources 5 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio House | Ohio House, Ohio's 78th District | Ohio State Representative, District 78 |
On the ballot
- Ohio State Representative, District 78 · November 3, 2026 · Democratic
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
Abortion
Voters enshrined reproductive rights in the constitution, and Columbus immediately went to work trying to narrow them.
Source: Jeffrey R. Givan
Data centers
I'll vote for a statewide pause on new large-scale data centers until that research is done and those protections are law.
Source: Economy
Education
Ohio's public schools are in crisis, and it didn't happen by accident. The legislature passed a bipartisan plan to finally fund our schools fairly, then broke its own promise.
Source: Jeffrey R. Givan
Elections and voting
The legislature drew maps the courts struck down seven times, then used them anyway.
Source: Jeffrey R. Givan
Jobs and the economy
Wages lag behind the national average by more than five dollars an hour. Nearly one in four Lima residents lives below the poverty line.
Source: Jeffrey R. Givan
School choice
They cut $2.75 billion from what was owed, shifted the cost onto your property taxes, and funneled over a billion dollars a year into private school vouchers with zero accountability.
Source: Jeffrey R. Givan
What they have said, checked
Not yet researched
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 6,511.03 | 50.9% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 6,288.23 | 49.1% |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Representative, District 78 | OhioSOS Jeff Givan for District 78 | $12,799 | $6,511 | $6,288 | July 31, 2026 |
Ohio campaigns were due to file pre-general reports on October 22, covering activity through October 14, 2026. They are not in these figures, which come from the latest report in our records, dated July 31, 2026.
Sources: Campaign Finance Data · Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Campaign Finance
Outside spending
Financial interests
Not yet researched
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Representative, District 78 (2026) | Democratic | Pending |
Endorsements
Endorsements received
unionOhio Federation of Teachers
2026
Listed under Ohio House on the union's 2026 endorsement page, which names general-election nominees.
Source: oft-aft.org
Sources
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Jeffrey R. Givan · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-21 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- Jeff Givan for Ohio House District 78 · Jeff Givan for Ohio · accessed 2026-09-22
- Campaign Finance Data · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- https://oft-aft.org/2026election
- Economy · Jeff Givan for Ohio 78 · accessed 2026-10-02
- Ohio campaign finance
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