| Today, the DCCC announced that Brian Poindexter has been added to the committee’s highly competitive ‘Red to Blue’ program, signaling that the DCCC is invested in providing Poindexter, a top-tier candidate, with the support needed to continue building a winning campaign as he runs for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District.
“Brian Poindexter is exactly the kind of leader Ohio families deserve in Congress — a union ironworker who has spent his life working alongside the people he’s running to represent. Max Miller has never lived that reality. He bought his way into power, sides with corporate interests over working people, and is now facing credible allegations of domestic violence that cannot be ignored. Brian is the fighter OH-07 needs to lower costs, stand up for workers, and deliver real results,” said DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene.
The son of a union machinist and grandson of a union autoworker, Brian Poindexter has spent his life on job sites and in factories. Brian grew up one of six kids in a working-class Cleveland household, started working at 15 in a machine shop, and drove long-haul across 48 states before joining Ironworkers Local 17 in 2007. He organized workers for fair pay and benefits and trained the next generation as an apprenticeship instructor. Elected to Brook Park City Council in 2017 as a Democrat, winning over Northeast Ohio voters who backed Trump by 8 points in 2024, Brian has brought those same pro-worker values to public service. Now, Brian is running for Congress because working people deserve a real seat at the table, not a wealthy D.C. insider like Max Miller who bought his seat, lives an out-of-touch lifestyle, and is now facing serious, credible allegations of domestic violence. In 2024, Max Miller won OH-07 with just 51% of the vote, a nearly 5-point collapse from his first election in 2022. While Max Miller sides with the wealthy and well-connected, Brian will fight for the workers who power Ohio’s economy.
All three non-partisan race raters recently shifted OH-07 toward Democrats, a new poll from a Republican firm shows Brian leading Miller by 14 points, and Brian has received several endorsements from Republicans.
Red to Blue is a highly competitive and battle-tested DCCC program that arms top-tier candidates with organizational and fundraising support to help them continue building winning campaigns. Additionally, through Red to Blue the DCCC provides strategic guidance, staff resources, candidate trainings, fundraising support, and more.
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