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Don Leonard

Running for U.S. House District 15 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$607K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Don Leonard is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 15 in Ohio in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $606,658 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Don Leonard is the Democratic nominee for Ohio's 15th Congressional District in 2026. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's in regional development from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and a Ph.D. in government from Cornell University. He works as a professor of city and regional planning at The Ohio State University and previously served in the U.S. Peace Corps in South America. He won the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026, and faces Republican incumbent Mike Carey in the general election.

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96% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$607K

Total raised

$354K

Total spent

$252K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$493K · 81%
Small dollar donations <$200$90K · 15%
PAC contributions$11K · 2%
Candidate self-funding$2K · 0%
Loans and other receipts$10K · 2%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC