US Midterms 2026
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Joyce Beatty, a Democrat who has represented Ohio's 3rd congressional district since 2013 and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023, faces Republican Cleophus Dulaney in her 2026 bid for re-election.
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President Donald Trump invoked his executive privilege in the lawsuit his administration is facing over the Kennedy Center from Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH).
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BentzKurdianDavid Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars.
President Trump has officially invoked executive privilege to protect a selection of records from Democrat Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio amid her legal challenge regarding the closure of the Kennedy Center for renovations.
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Joyce Beatty (née Birdsong) was born on March 12, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in speech from Central State University and a Master of Science in counseling psychology from Wright State University in 1975, and she also studied at the University of Cincinnati.
Before entering the legislature, Beatty served as Montgomery County health and human services director, administering the county's health levy and area public nursing homes. She was married to attorney Otto Beatty Jr., a former Ohio state representative.
Beatty entered the Ohio House of Representatives in 1999, when she was appointed to the seat her husband left after resigning early, and she won a full term in 2000 with 82% of the vote.
After redistricting she won the newly drawn 27th district in 2002 and was re-elected in 2004 and 2006 before term limits ended her service in 2008. During the 127th General Assembly she served as minority leader, becoming the first female Democratic House leader in Ohio history.
She was later senior vice president of outreach and engagement at Ohio State University.
In 2012 Beatty ran in the newly redrawn 3rd congressional district, based in Columbus, and won the Democratic primary on March 6, 2012, defeating former U.S. representative Mary Jo Kilroy and two other candidates. She then defeated Republican Chris Long in the general election with 68.3% of the vote.
In the U.S. House she has served on the Committee on Financial Services since the 113th Congress and on the Joint Economic Committee, and she chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2021 to 2023.
As an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, she sued over the vote to add President Donald Trump's name to the building, and on May 29, 2026, a federal judge ruled in her favor.
Ohio's 3rd congressional district lies entirely within Franklin County and takes in inner Columbus, Bexley, Whitehall and Franklin County's share of Reynoldsburg. Joyce Beatty, the Democratic incumbent, was re-elected in 2024 with 70.70% of the vote and is seeking another term in 2026.
In the Democratic primary she defeated engineer Joe Gerard, taking 79.3% of the vote to his 20.7%. In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Republican Cleophus Dulaney, who was a candidate for the district in 2020 and was unopposed in his party's primary.
