NEW MEMO: NRCC Outlines Paths to Victory Across Ohio

A new memo from the NRCC reinforces that House Republicans are on offense in OH-01, OH-09, and OH-13.

The memo outlines Republicans’ path to victory across Ohio and underscores the NRCC’s commitment to expanding our majority by retiring out of touch Democrats Greg Landsman, Marcy Kaptur, and Emilia Sykes.

Read more from Signal Ohio here or see excerpts below:

National congressional Republicans lay out path to victory
Signal Ohio
Andrew Tobias and Jake Zuckerman
November 13, 2025

National Republicans say they’re feeling good about their chances to flip three U.S. House seats under Ohio’s new congressional map in next November’s election.

A new memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee lays out their thinking as the party searches for a candidate to run in one of them.

The memo says that, under the new map, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur now faces the steepest partisan disadvantage of any incumbent member of Congress, as measured by the results of the 2024 presidential election. The changes made Kaptur’s district, which President Donald Trump won by 6 points in 2024 – a year that Kaptur was narrowly reelected – four percentage points more favorable for Republicans. 

The new map also converts the 1st Congressional District, represented by Cincinnati Democrat Greg Landsman, from a district that Trump solidly lost in 2024 to one he narrowly won. Gov. Mike DeWine won the new 1st District in 2022. So did Vice President JD Vance when he ran for the U.S. Senate the same year.

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The memo points out that DeWine won Sykes’ district, as it’s drawn now, by 11 points in 2022. It also says former Vice President Kamala Harris won it by fewer points last year than former President Joe Biden did in 2020.

“With the right candidate, resources, and message focused on economic strength, border security, and working-class values, OH-13 remains well within reach for Republicans,” the memo says.