Ohio 6th District

The Ohio 6th Congressional District is becoming vacant in 2024 due to the retirement of a Republican incumbent. It "includes all of Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Belmont, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties and portions of Stark and Tuscarawas counties. ... In the 2022 election, 30.4% of the votes came from Mahoning, the district’s most-populous county, with 16.3% from Stark and 12.6% from Columbiana."

Republican Candidates include:

• Ohio Rep. Reggie Stoltzfus, a Stark County Republican in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019, plans to run. He one of two main sponsors who wanted in 2021 to officially recognize June 14 as the Donald J. Trump Day. In May 2020, shorter after the beginning of the Covid-19 hysteria, Stoltzfus co-sponsored a bill to strip authority of the state health director. Both bills had a committee hearing but did not pass.

• State Sen. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, in his second 4-year term, has filed a declaration of candidacy and also created a campaign committee. Rulli has a few endorsements by Republican county officials, and his Senate district includes part of this congressional district. He is considered a favorite, but a Trump endorsement of Stoltzfus could change that.

• Republican Kurt R. Hilderbrand of Poland, not previously elected to office, filed a statement of candidacy and started his campaign committee.

• State Rep. Ron Ferguson, from Wintersville in Jefferson County, is also considering running.