U.S. House race · November 3, 2026
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 14
Represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives, which writes and votes on federal laws, taxes and spending.
2-year term. Under the 2026 map, the district includes all of Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull counties and parts of Portage and Mahoning counties in northeast Ohio.
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by last name.
David Joyce
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 14th District (since 2013)David Joyce, a Republican from Geauga County, has represented Ohio's 14th District since 2013. Before Congress he served about 25 years as Geauga County Prosecutor. He chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and was named to the Homeland Security Committee in 2026. His campaign emphasizes Great Lakes protection, opioid relief and his law enforcement background.
Maria Jukic
Attorney; former Euclid City Council memberMaria Jukic is an attorney from Euclid who served on Euclid City Council and worked for 24 years at the Cleveland Clinic, including in its arts and medicine program. She won the May 2026 Democratic primary and says she is running as a voice for the "massive middle," with a focus on health care costs, Social Security, immigration, taxes for working families, and data centers.
Compare on the issues
Summaries of each candidate's stated positions. See each profile for sources and details.
| Issue | David Joyce Republican | Maria Jukic Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Elections & Democracy | Supports requiring voter ID in federal elections and backed the SAVE America Act, citing Ohio's election practices as a model. | Supports campaign finance reform and overturning Citizens United; says she does not accept corporate PAC money. |
| Energy & Environment | Sponsored the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2025 (H.R. 284) to reauthorize the program through fiscal 2031; in 2026 was an original co-sponsor of the bipartisan Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act. | Supports the Data Center Community Impact Act (H.R. 7858), federal disclosure of data center energy and water use, and ratepayer protections; opposes federal fast-tracking of data center approvals or preemption of local zoning. Also says she would advocate for Lake Erie water quality and restoring EPA funding. |
| Health Care | Voted in January 2026 for a three-year extension of the ACA premium tax credits while saying a clean extension "is not the solution"; says he supports short-term relief paired with reforms to lower health care costs. | Supports lowering the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 62, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping insulin costs, and the Break Up Big Medicine Act; says the long-term goal should be universal coverage. |
| Economy & Jobs | Co-led the reintroduction of the SAFE Banking Act (2026), which would give state-licensed cannabis businesses access to banking and financial services. | No public position found yet |
| Immigration | No public position found yet | Supports a pathway to citizenship for long-term residents, a permanent legislative solution for DACA recipients, expanded work visas including a guest worker program, and more immigration judges; says ICE should be "reined in, retrained, and restructured" with due process for detainees. |
| Public Safety | Co-led the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, which the House passed in May 2026, to create a Homeland Security coordination center against organized retail and supply-chain theft. | No public position found yet |
| Social Security & Medicare | No public position found yet | Supports lifting or eliminating the Social Security payroll tax cap, a Social Security "lock-box," and a bipartisan working group on solvency; opposes cutting benefits for current or near-retirees. |
| Taxes | No public position found yet | Supports tax relief for working families for costs such as child care, health care, and school, and closing the carried interest loophole; proposes a bipartisan tax reform working group. |