Democratic
Joyce Beatty
Incumbent representative for OH-3. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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Ohio District 3 election, 2026
Joyce Beatty vs. Cleophus Dulaney on a newly enacted 2026 district map. Today's article: every forecast for this race →
VotePredictor forecast
Joyce Beatty favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+49.3
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+40.62026 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
Cleophus Dulaney
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for OH-3. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Campaign money
FEC reports through October 14, 2026Joyce BeattyDEM · incumbent$1.5M raised
Spent $1.4MCash on hand $2.7MDebts $3k3% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
Industries
- Unemployed$46k
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$21k
- Self-Employed & Freelance$18k
- Legal & Professional Services$16k
- Government Relations and Lobbying Services$12k
States
- OH$179k
- FL$44k
- DC$36k
- VA$17k
- MD$13k
Cleophus DulaneyREP— 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-3; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.
Candidate news
Trump Uses Nuclear Option to Hide Kennedy Center Docs From Judge
President Trump is fighting attempts to make him testify and produce documents related to his takeover of the Kennedy Center.In a court filing Wednesday, Trump asserted executive privilege, claiming that in her lawsuit, Kennedy Center board member and Democra…
The New Republic · October 15, 2026
'It will never be the same': How the Kennedy Center got stuck in a cultural quagmire
US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2025. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images When President Donald Trump’s name was ordered removed from the Kenne…
CNN · September 19, 2026
Trump's Kennedy Center overhaul has reshaped the venue and put its future in doubt
President Trump was photographed this week on board Air Force One examining a large poster with the words "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED" printed above a rendering of a construction site, heightening concerns that his administration wants to raze Washington, D.C.…
Yahoo Entertainment · September 18, 2026
Legal observer said she saw forklift repeatedly hit Kennedy Center pillars
A member of the legal team for U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who has challenged President Donald Trump's actions involving the Kennedy Center, wrote in a court declaration that she saw a forklift repeatedly run into pillars at the building.
Snopes.com · September 17, 2026
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