Mike Turner

Republican U.S. Representative for Ohio's 10th District (Dayton) since 2003, and a former mayor of Dayton.

Key facts

• A senior House member and longtime advocate for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and defense spending; formerly chaired the House Intelligence Committee.
• Re-elected 2024 with about 57.6%; ran unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary.
• 2026: faces Democrat Kristina Knickerbocker. The 2025 remap made his district safer (Trump +6 → +8), keeping the seat solidly Republican.

Connections

• His safe seat, in a genuinely split county, is the clearest local example of the gap between a swing county and a map-protected congressional seat. Part of Dayton 2026 Elections.