Person
Thomas McMasters
- Work
- Worked as a senior consultant
Source: ballotpedia.org
- Public service
- Former mayor of Huber Heights, Ohio
Source: Knickerbocker bests 5 other Democratic hopefuls to face Mike Turner for Congressional seat
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989
Source: ballotpedia.org
- Education
- Graduate degree, The Citadel, 1997
Source: ballotpedia.org
- Military service
- Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1989-2009
Source: ballotpedia.org
- None found in the records checkedRaised, as filed
- None found in the records checkedCash on hand
- 4%Latest poll · Global Strategy Group, July 23, 2026
- none on filePositions in their words
- none on fileClaims checked
- none on fileOffices held
7 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Record in office, Financial interests.
What has been checked
- Profile 7 entries
- On the ballot 1 entry
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- 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 4 entries FEC candidate H6OH10113, principal committee C00613455: 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 H6OH10113 (https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6OH10113/); 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 2 entries
- 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 10th District | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th District |
On the ballot
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th 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
Not yet researched
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| None found in the records checked |
Money
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Outside spending
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U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th District · supporting $92,885 · opposing $0 · as of October 30, 2026
OUR HERITAGE MATTERS · $92,885 · support
Financial interests
None found in the records checked
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | Thomas McMasters | 4 | Global Strategy Group, 700 likely voters, +/- 3.7, field period July 20-23, 2026 (470 phone, 230 text-to-online); memo from Global Strategy Group, a Democratic firm, which does not name its client (Wikipedia's polling table lists the Knickerbocker campaign as sponsor) |
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Global Strategy Group · July 23, 2026 · U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th District
Knickerbocker 40 · McMasters 4 · Turner 45
700 likely voters, +/- 3.7, field period July 20-23, 2026 (470 phone, 230 text-to-online); memo from Global Strategy Group, a Democratic firm, which does not name its client (Wikipedia's polling table lists the Knickerbocker campaign as sponsor)
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th District (2026) | Libertarian | Pending | ||
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 10th District (2016) | Independent | Lost | 10,890 | 3.2% |
Endorsements
Endorsements received
partyLibertarian Party of Ohio
2026
The party's own candidates page lists him as its candidate for US House District 10.
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10
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
- Knickerbocker bests 5 other Democratic hopefuls to face Mike Turner for Congressional seat · Dayton Daily News · 2026-05-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- https://ballotpedia.org/Thomas_McMasters_(Ohio_U.S._House)
- Federal Elections 2016 (Excel edition), 2016 US House of Representatives Results (by State), Ohio rows; compiled from state elections offices · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2016: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 10 · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Candidates - Libertarian Party of Ohio · Libertarian Party of Ohio · accessed 2026-10-20
- FEC IE bulk file, 2026-10-22 10:14 GMT · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-10-22
- Memo to interested parties, July 24, 2026: New poll shows Kristina Knickerbocker in a competitive race in OH-10 (PDF as hosted by Punchbowl News) · Global Strategy Group · 2026-07-24 · accessed 2026-10-05
- FEC
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