Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District on May 3, 2022. Incumbent Rep. Tim Ryan (D) announced on April 26, 2021, that he was not seeking re-election and instead running for U.S. Senate.
Under the congressional district maps most recently approved during Ohio’s redistricting process, the 13th District—which race forecasters rated as Solid Democratic in 2020—will lean more Republican in 2022. According to FiveThirtyEight, the new 9th District had an R+2 lean, while the old district was even, meaning neither party had an advantage. These congressional district lines are currently subject to a state lawsuit. Learn more here.
As of March 2022, Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, Shay Hawkins, and Janet Folger Porter have received the most media coverage. Gilbert works as a small business owner, attorney, and television commentator. She also worked on Donald Trump’s (R) 2016 and 2020 election campaigns. A Gilbert campaign ad said, “Ohioans are fed up with the incompetence in Washington. Only Madison Gesiotto Gilbert can take on the woke mob.”
