Here are the candidates Summit County voters will see on their Nov. 3 midterm election ballots for federal office, including the U.S. Senate and U.S. House. The information was provided to Signal Akron by the Akron Area League of Women Voters for our 2026 Midterm Election Voter Guide.
Each of the candidates was asked to provide basic information and answer questions — if they did not return information it is noted. All of the responses to the questions are unedited and appear as they were submitted.
U.S. Representative
House District 13
No. to be elected: 15 | Term: 2 years
Responsibilities: To represent the people of Ohio, their district and the U.S. in dealing with national and international matters in the U.S. House of Representatives in Congress.
They represent you in the U.S. House, where they:
- Propose and pass federal laws, including those dealing with on Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, taxes, parks and land use, food and drug standards, agriculture, veteran services, national and international interests.
- Decide the U.S. budget for Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, military, veterans’ benefits, National Parks, science and technology research, education, veteran services and more.
Sandeep Dixit
Party: Independent
Website: sandeepdixit.com
Facebook: facebook.com/page.sandeepforcongress2026
Twitter/X: x.com/sandeepforoh13
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, MS, MBA
Training and experience: 32 years of engineering and business leadership
Volunteer/community service: President of a national community organization of 60+ chapters serving 500,000 members
What changes would you make, if any, to voting and elections policy?
I will vote for eliminating PAC influence in elections.
How would you address concerns about the rising cost of living?
I will work for a significant investment in Vocational and Jobs Training for higher wages and better jobs. I will work on providing a Basic Healthcare Guarantee and upfront cost and coverage transparency. I will vote to Protect Retirement Savings.
How would you reduce hyperpartisanship and promote civility?
My campaign is firmly rooted in No Party Extremes. The reason I’m running as an independent.
State your position on foreign policy and national security.
My vote will be based on these core values: 1) Everyone has a right to live a dignified life. 2) Any organization rooted in oppressing women, persecuting different beliefs, and destroying other cultures must be dismantled. A society must be rooted in liberty and justice for all to prosper.
What changes would you make, if any, to immigration policy?
I believe in a just rule of law.
Protecting borders is important. Protecting civil rights is equally important. As an independent in congress, I will be a crucial factor in enforcing a truly independent oversight on immigration enforcement – ensuring it is conducted in a just manner.
More Election 2026 resources for Akronites
Learn more about Ohio’s statewide candidates.
You’ll also find information about the tax issues, zoning and charter amendments on your ballot.
To see candidates for Summit County judge and Summit County Council, go here.
For information about the Akron City Charter amendments dealing with housing protections and police oversight, go here.
For more information about candidates and issues in Ohio, go to Signal Statewide’s election page.
Emilia Sykes
Party: Democratic
Website: emiliasykesforcongress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/EmiliaSykes
Twitter/X: x.com/EmiliaSykesOH
Education: B.A. in Psychology from Kent State University, 2007; Juris Doctor from University of Florida, 2011; Master of Public Health from University of Florida, 2011
Training and experience: Prior to being elected to Congress, for 8 years Emilia served as State Representative for Ohio House District 34, otherwise known as the “Birthplace of Champions.” During that time, she served for four years in Democratic leadership, including three years as House Minority Leader. In her first year as the leader of the House Democratic caucus, despite serving in the minority, the percentage of bipartisan bills passed in the Ohio House was nearly double each of the previous four years combined.
Volunteer/community service: Outside of elected office, Rep. Sykes engages her community as a lifelong member of her church, a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and a life member of the NAACP.
What changes would you make, if any, to voting and elections policy?
As a member of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, I’m committed to ensuring every American, no matter where they live, has the freedom to vote in free, fair and secure elections. That’s why I co-sponsored the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
It’s a sad reality that some politicians use incarcerated populations in political gerrymandering. That’s why I introduced the End Prison Gerrymandering Act to ensure equal representation for all Americans by requiring the U.S. Census Bureau to count incarcerated individuals at their last place of residence rather than the prison where they are held at the time of the Census. This legislation will allow fair and accurate representation for all communities to create a stronger, more representative democracy.
How would you address concerns about the rising cost of living?
I know Northeast Ohioans are feeling the impact of high prices, especially for healthcare. So I voted against Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, which will kick millions off healthcare. I cosponsored the Health Care Affordability Act, which would make ACA tax credits permanent, and reintroduced the Lower Your Taxes Act which would raise taxes on corporations and expand the EITC and the Child Tax Credit. I was proud to introduce the Junk Fee Prevention Act and the Airline Passenger Compensation Act to protect consumers from greedy corporations and help you keep your hard-earned money. And I joined the New Democrats Coalition to unveil an Affordability Agenda to address our cost of living crisis and lay out a strategy to lower the costs that are stressing working people from housing to gas to food.
How would you reduce hyperpartisanship and promote civility?
I will work with anyone from either party to lower costs and keep our families healthy and safe, because the best interests of my community come first. That’s why as co-chair of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus, I’ve joined with members of both parties to prioritize real change for women and girls by improving women’s health care, expanding opportunities for women and girls in STEAM, improving access to healthy and safe food for children, and raising awareness around violence against women. And it’s why I’ve worked with members of the Problem Solvers Caucus and its Tariffs, Trade, and Strategic Competition Working Group to lower costs, strengthen supply chains, and protect jobs in Northeast Ohio.
State your position on foreign policy and national security.
I voted to support a War Powers Resolution directing President Trump to withdraw our armed forces from the war in Iran, which he started without Congressional authorization, which has killed or wounded hundreds of American servicemembers and spiked gas prices for Ohio families already struggling with high costs. The U.S. must continue to use its soft power to influence foreign policy through proven policies like PEPFAR and global health security programs that kept Americans safe from infectious disease threats like Ebola. Further, ensuring the United States has a trained, talented, competent workforce to take on the challenges in technology, innovation, and scientific integrity remains a top priority for ensuring our national security and our ability to remain the world’s super power.
What changes would you make, if any, to immigration policy?
I support policies that ensure that there is a consistent, reliable and safe way for people to immigrate to this country. Further, I believe that any enforcement practice must come with accountability that honors civil rights and human dignity. I am a cosponsor of the Dignity Act which would address border security and infrastructure, create legal status for undocumented immigrants already living in the United States with the possibility of earning citizenship, establish new pathways for asylum seekers, and create new legal pathways for economic migrants and unaccompanied minors.
Carey Coleman
Party: Republican
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
U.S. Senate
Number to be elected: 1 |Term: Unexpired term ending 1-3-29
Responsibilities: Represents the people of Ohio and the U.S. in dealing with national and international matters in the U.S. Senate in Congress, where they:
- Propose and pass federal laws including those dealing with taxes, Medicaid/Medicare, parks and land use, food and drug standards, veteran services, Social Security, education, and more.
- Decide the U.S. Budget on Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, military, veterans’ benefits, National Parks, science and technology research, education, veteran services and more.
- Approve nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court, federal judges and federal prosecutors who make choices about the constitutionality of federal laws about issues that include personal freedoms such as speech and religion, public safety and government power.
- Confirm Executive Branch appointments including cabinet-level positions, directors of agencies and ambassadors.
Greg Levy
Party: Independent
Website: greg4senate.com
Twitter/X: GregLevy4Senate
What changes would you make, if any, to voting and elections policy?
Our political system should belong to working people, not corporations and billionaires. I support outlawing corporate lobbying and corporate political donations, making Election Day a federal holiday, and banning racist gerrymandering and voter suppression. Further, I support measures which tie Congressional salaries to workers’ wages. Beyond elections; we are in desperate need of democratic systemic reform: replacing the undemocratic Senate with a representative national legislature, abolishing the unelected Supreme Court and transferring its powers to democratic institutions, and expanding direct participation through worker councils, neighborhood assemblies, and community organizations.
How would you address concerns about the rising cost of living?
The rising cost of living demands emergency action for working people. I support an immediate nationwide price freeze on essential goods and services, raising the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour, and canceling student, medical, and utility debt. I will fight to ban evictions and foreclosures, prohibit rent increases, and guarantee free universal childcare so families aren’t forced to choose between working and caring for their children. We can pay for these measures by cutting the Pentagon budget by 90% and taxing the massive windfall profits corporations have made while working people struggle to afford basic necessities. For too long, our policies have been dictated by the tiny clique of billionaires who stand to profit from rising costs.
How would you reduce hyperpartisanship and promote civility?
We need a political system that gives working people a real voice while reducing the stranglehold of corporations and billionaires. Mentioned above, I support banning corporate political donations and lobbying, protecting voting rights, and expanding democratic participation. I will work with anyone when it advances the interests of working people, while refusing to compromise on racism, attacks on immigrants, or assaults on basic rights. Our politics must be grounded on providing dignified lives for working people—not avoiding necessary political disagreements.
State your position on foreign policy and national security
I support a foreign policy based on peace, sovereignty, and international cooperation—not endless war. I would cut the Pentagon budget by 90% and redirect those resources toward housing, healthcare, education, and other social needs. We should dismantle the vast network of over 800 U.S. military bases abroad, end military alliances used to enforce U.S. domination, and end military aid to Israel and support for occupation and genocide. I also support lifting sanctions that punish ordinary people in countries like Cuba and Iran, defending the independence of colonies and Indigenous nations, and cooperating internationally to confront the shared threats facing humanity and the planet; like climate change, pandemics, and poverty.
What changes would you make, if any, to immigration policy?
We must fundamentally change our immigration system to protect human dignity and workers’ rights. I support abolishing ICE, ending immigration raids and mass deportations, and closing immigration detention camps. We need a clear and immediate path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already living and working in our communities. Immigrant workers should have full labor protections and the right to organize into unions without fear of retaliation or deportation. Immigration policy should never be used to divide workers, suppress wages, or pit people against one another. Additionally, we must address the war machine and an imperialist foreign policy which compels so many to flee their home countries in the first place.
William B. Redpath
Party: Libertarian
Website: billredpath.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BillRedpathForSenate
Twitter/X: @BillRedpath
Education: BA, Indiana University; MBA, The University of Chicago
Training and experience: Certified Public Accountant, Ohio and Illinois. Chartered Financial Analyst-Retired. Accredited Senior Appraiser, Business Valuation, American Society of Appraisers-Retired. Work Experience: Auditor or Accountant with Arthur Andersen and Co, Cincinnati; WISH-TV, Indianapolis; ABC and NBC, New York. Total: 5 years. Business Appraiser, specializing in Media and Telecommunications, with BIA Advisory Services, Washington, and Summit Ridge Group, New York and Chicago. Total: 38 years.
Volunteer/community service: Co-Editor, Ballot Access News and ballot-access.org. National Ballot Access Coordinator, Libertarian Party. Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee and Libertarian Party of Ohio. Former Chair, Libertarian National Committee.
What changes would you make, if any, to voting and elections policy?
A two party system is unnatural and only occurs through political repression, which we have in Ohio and the US because of very high signature requirements for non-RandD candidates to get on the ballot. Our Single Member Plurality (single member legislative districts, person with the most votes wins) voting system props up the two old and unpopular parties, because it boxes too many people into feeling they have to vote for “the lesser of two evils.” I support Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for single winner elections. But, elections for federal, state and local legislatures should be changed to either a system of “self-districting,” whereby voters select the district they want to be in, or a system with multimember districts elected through RCV. This would allow non-RandD candidates to be elected.
How would you address concerns about the rising cost of living?
Reduce Federal government spending. If not, we might have a debt crisis, the easiest response to which might be tolerating higher inflation.
End the Federal Reserve’s “dual mandate”: maximum employment and stable prices. Focus on an inflation rate no higher than 2% every year.
Repeal not just Trump’s tariffs, but all tariffs. I support a policy of unilateral free trade, which is a pro-consumer trade policy. We’re all consumers. It will also promote international peace.
President Trump just suspended the Jones Act, which is a protectionist maritime policy, for 60 days due to high oil prices. It should be totally repealed.
End product price support programs, like the sugar support system, which causes sugar to cost double the world average.
Terminate all corporate welfare and farm subsidies.
How would you reduce hyperpartisanship and promote civility?
I think hyperpartisanship and a lack of civility are largely due to the combination of our two party system, in which too many people feel they have to side with one of the two old parties, and the advent of social media and our highly siloed media platforms. Honestly, when was the last time you heard a real debate on either Fox News or MS NOW? I don’t think much can be done re: the media situation. There is a First Amendment, and Walter Cronkite isn’t walking through that door again. But, making changes to our electoral systems that would allow new and more diverse voices to be heard and elected to public offices will help the public understand that there are more than two opposing views to policy issues, which will give people alternative means to be politically effective.
State your position on foreign policy and national security.
The United States now frequently behaves as a rogue nation, with its military attacks on several nations and threats to longtime allies, such as Canada and Denmark. This will make US citizens less safe over the long run.
I support a non-interventionist foreign policy, and only when the US homeland or territories are threatened, with very rare exceptions. That would allow us to cut the Defense budget.
We need to regain the moral high ground, with a renewed emphasis on human rights.
The Founders correctly made war declaration a committee decision. Congress must reassert its war powers.
The US should treat the Middle East with benign neglect. The “special relationship” with the government of Israel only leads the US into problems. We should treat Israel as we would any other allied nation.
What changes would you make, if any, to immigration policy?
I agree with Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute:
“All immigration should be allowed except for a handful of people who fall into the categories of criminals, terrorists, the seriously ill, or others who would harm the life, liberty, and property of people here. Libertarian and classical liberal values, American Enlightenment values, our support of free market capitalism, and support for meritocracy all compel us to support free immigration.”
Open immigration would be the greatest anti-poverty program in history. Economist Michael Clemens has estimated that free immigration would increase the amount of global economic production, Gross World Product, by 50-150% – that’s $50-$150 trillion of extra production a year. The United States will benefit from a more open immigration system.
Sherrod Brown
Party: Democratic
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
Stephen Faris (write-in)
Party: Independent
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
Anthony Holliman (write-in)
Party: Independent
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
Jon Husted
Party: Republican
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
Timothy Telymonde (write-in)
Party: Independent
Editor’s note: The candidate did not respond in time for publication. For the most up-to-date candidate responses, visit vote411.org.
