PUKITA, MARK MR.

R · senate

FEC candidate id: S2OH00287
Internal id: 91446596-b2dc-4cf2-85c6-db67ed2fc101
Status: open seat

Who this candidate represents (statewide)

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), Ohio. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	11,810,293
People	Median age	40
Income	Median household income	$71,389
Income	Per-capita income	$40,552
Income	In poverty	13.3%
Income	Unemployed	4.8%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.467
Race	White alone	76.8%
Race	Black alone	12.2%
Race	Asian alone	2.6%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	4.8%
Race	Two or more races	6.5%
Origin	Foreign-born	5.2%
Language	Speaks English only at home	92.0%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	2.6%
Education	High school or higher	63.6%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	31.5%
Education	Advanced degree	12.2%
Household	Family households	61.2%
Household	Avg household size	2.37
Household	Never married (15+)	33.6%
Housing	Median home value	$214,800
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,034
Housing	Single-family detached	68.8%
Housing	Built before 1940	5.6%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.5%
Housing	Vacant units	8.1%
Service	Veterans (18+)	6.6%
Health	With a disability	14.4%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	90.1%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	7.4%
Commute	Drove alone	75.1%
Commute	Public transit	1.0%
Commute	Worked from home	13.0%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2026	$0	$6,180	$-436,342	$463,764	$0
2024	$2,621	$14,561	$-430,162	$463,764	$0
2022	$504,103	$923,313	$-418,222	$461,143	$26,813
2020	$1,011	$22	$988	$550	$461

Elections

2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — running
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — running
2022 general senate · OH-S — running
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general
2022 general senate · OH-S — lost_general

Committees

MARK PUKITA FOR US SENATE 2022 — principal · type S

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 18.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
R (major party)	+10.0%
open seat	-5.0%
senate race	-2.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

Cycle	Support	Oppose	IEs
2022	$0	$3,737	1

Recent (latest 25)

Date	Spender	For / against	Amount	Purpose
2022-04-28	HOMETOWN FREEDOM ACTION NETWORK	oppose	$3,737	Federal IE - Direct Mail

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
2025-12-31	MARK PUKITA FOR US SENATE 2022	24K	$360
2022-04-28	HOMETOWN FREEDOM ACTION NETWORK	24A	$3,737

Connected on the graph

Inbound (3)

date	from	type	amount	source
2025-12-31	MARK PUKITA FOR US SENATE 2022	contributed_to	$360	pas2
2022-04-28	HOMETOWN FREEDOM ACTION NETWORK	opposes_independently	$3,737	fec_ies
2022-04-28	HOMETOWN FREEDOM ACTION NETWORK	contributed_to	$3,737	pas2

Outbound (1)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	principal_candidate_of	MARK PUKITA FOR US SENATE 2022	—		candidate_committees

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