Riding profile

OH-3

US House district — OH · Mixed · us oh

The question

OH-3: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

OH-3, a mixed riding in OH, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 41-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 73% vote share, against 27% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

BEATTY, JOYCE

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Beatty, Joyce

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
45.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 72.6%
  • Republican 27.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereOH-3 72.6%27.4%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +20.8 46.6% −19.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
41.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.0 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026