Democratic
Shontel Brown
Incumbent representative for OH-11. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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Ohio District 11 election, 2026
Shontel Brown vs. Mike Kirchner on a newly enacted 2026 district map. Today's article: every forecast for this race →
VotePredictor forecast
Shontel Brown favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+65.5
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+55.52026 national environment
D+8.0District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.2 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Democratic incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Mike Kirchner
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for OH-11. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Campaign money
FEC reports through October 14, 2026Shontel BrownDEM · incumbent$1.6M raised
Spent $1.2MCash on hand $1.2M3% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
Industries
- Unemployed$114k
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$61k
- Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society$47k
- Self-Employed & Freelance$34k
- Legal & Professional Services$26k
States
- OH$319k
- FL$31k
- DC$29k
- VA$27k
- MD$22k
Mike KirchnerREP— raised
Spent —Cash on hand —
What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.
Other forecasts
We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for OH-11; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.
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