FILE - Ohio State Rep. Derek Merrin, Republican candidate for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, stands while he advocates a yes vote on the Heartbeat Bill at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, April 10, 2019. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is interviewed, Dec. 9, 2022, in Toledo, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - Rep.-elect Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, arrives for New Member Orientation check-in and program registration at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

FILE - Rep.-elect Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, joins other newly-elected members of the House of Representatives as they arrive at the Capitol for an orientation program in Washington, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A corgy named Daisy waits for her owner to vote at the Cincinnati Observatory on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Voters line up to enter their polling place at the Cincinnati Observatory on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A voter fills out a ballot at the Pleasant Township Fire Department on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Catawba, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Voters fill out their ballots at the Pleasant Township Fire Department on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Catawba, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)