Representative · Ohio's 12th district

Troy Balderson

Troy Balderson is a Republican representative for Ohio's 12th district, in Congress since 2018. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 9, and cast 458 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Sep 5, 2018
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.3%9 of 675 · rank 278 of 439	99%458 of 464 · rank 179 of 439	250 became law	9%17 of 190
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.1%1 of 1,222 · rank 433 of 442	96%815 of 851 · rank 273 of 442	180 became law	11%32 of 283
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.0%10 of 997 · rank 221 of 443	96%543 of 565 · rank 327 of 443	111 became law	31%85 of 277

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.46+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–299· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 124–303· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–285· Against party
H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 125–295· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Energy
Health
Oversight and InvestigationsVice Chair

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Ohio's 12th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $151.6M
Per resident: $190
Rank in Ohio: 10 of 15
Contract actions: 833; New awards: 556

By fiscal year

187.9MFY2017
206MFY2018
249.9MFY2019
152MFY2020
263MFY2021
231MFY2022
292.3MFY2023
241.3MFY2024
289.4MFY2025
151.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Air Force$60.5M40%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$39M26%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$19.5M13%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$19.2M13%
General Services Administration
Department of the Army$2.8M1.8%
Department of Defense
Agricultural Marketing Service$2.5M1.6%
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.6M1.1%
Department of Homeland Security
Food and Drug Administration$1.3M0.9%
Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

THE BOEING COMPANY$38.1M25%
24 awards
INTEGRIS COMPOSITES, INC.$24.4M16%
4 awards
THE BIONETICS CORP$21.1M14%
1 award
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$17.8M12%
1 award
PRINTED CIRCUITS CORP.$16.3M11%
1 award
ROCKY BRANDS, INC.$9.7M6.4%
5 awards
FORMICA INDUSTRIES LLC$3.1M2.0%
39 awards
DUTCH FARMS INC$2.5M1.6%
5 awards
GERLING & ASSOCIATES, INC.$2.3M1.5%
6 awards
GRUNDEY2 INVESTMENTS LLC$2.1M1.4%
1 award

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.7M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $2M
From committees: $1.2M; 316 committees
From contractor PACs: $316.8K; 82 PACs · 27% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee	$10K	ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$90M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)	$10K	DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$17.5M
american electric powerthe american electric power committee for responsible government	$10K	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$5M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$10K	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
caterpillar inc.caterpillar inc. political action committee (catpac)	$10K	CATERPILLAR INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$188.3M
laboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committeelaboratory corporation of america holdings political participation committee	$10K	LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGSAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	$23.4K
cardinal health inc.cardinal health inc. pac	$10K	CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$276.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
marathon petroleum corporationmarathon petroleum corporation employees political action committee (mpac)	$10K	MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LPAI match · 99% · the same organization	$525.1M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.7M	$1.2M	$316.8K82 PACs · 27% of committee money
2024	$2.1M	$1.2M	$305.8K81 PACs · 26% of committee money
2022	$1.9M	$1M	$215.6K58 PACs · 21% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Ohio's 12th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Ohio's 12th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Ohio's 12th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Ohio's 12th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Ohio's 12th districtSep 5, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: balderson.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5355
Office: 2429 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.