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U.S. House, District 15: who gets your vote?

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Candidate

Don Leonard

Running for U.S. House · Ohio District 15

NationalDemocrat

In the role now

Mike Carey

U.S. House · Ohio District 15

NationalRepublican

Don LeonardCandidateMike CareyCurrent rep

Job fit

Don Leonard

Offices held

I spent two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in South America. ¹

Other work

As a professor of city and regional planning ¹

Mike Carey

Offices held

was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives on November 4, 2021 ²

Education

earned his bachelor’s degree ²

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Don Leonard

Health care costs
Leonard's campaign site states 'All Americans deserve quality insurance they can afford to use,' part of his platform to tackle healthcare, housing, childcare, and aging costs. ³
Cost of living & jobs
Leonard says building 'an economy that's fair, prosperous, and sustainable' requires 'bold national action' on the 'big-ticket items that drain working families' finances.' ³
Immigration
Leonard's campaign Facebook page called immigration agents 'masked goons' carrying out 'abductions' of people, per a dated Dec. 20, 2025 post cited in press coverage. ⁴

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety, Climate & energy

How they voted on top issues

Don Leonard

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Mike Carey

Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (10 of 10 votes) ⁵
A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) ⁵
Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) ⁵

Who pays them

Don Leonard

Where the campaign money came from⁶

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)

$90,488⁶Small individual donors

$493,000⁶Large individual donors

Mike Carey

Where the campaign money came from⁷

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors

$51,245⁷Small individual donors

$849,114⁷Large individual donors

Checks

Don Leonard

No voting record to check yet

Mike Carey

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

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Sources

Bio — Don Leonard for US Congress · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
About Mike | Representative Mike Carey · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
donforohio.com used in: Top issues
leonardlies.com used in: Top issues
Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money

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Candidate A

Brennan Barrington

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

¹ Background: About Me - Barrington for Ohio · checked 2026-10-19

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Candidate B

Mike Carey

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $2.7M raised, 31% from large donors, 63% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,742,150.00 (63% of $2,749,929.76 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,672,767.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

¹ Background: About Mike | Representative Mike Carey · checked 2026-10-19

² The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

³ Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Candidate C

Gary Josephson

Party not on file

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

¹ Background: Ohio Politics: Elections, Candidates & Officeholders | Politics1 · checked 2026-10-19

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Candidate D

Don Leonard

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $597K raised, 83% from large donors, 2% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $11,250.00 (2% of $596,657.60 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

¹ Background: Bio — Don Leonard for US Congress · checked 2026-10-19

² The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

³ government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

⁴ government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

⁵ more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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