“What Democratic lawmakers need is a clear and compelling roadmap for the future.....To reestablish ourselves as the commonsense, anti-establishment alternative, we should embrace economic populism.  That means overhauling our system by fixing the tax code, so it rewards working families, small businesses, and farmers- not the wealthiest...  We also need to offer moderate and straightforward solutions to improve government by focusing on core services and ending corruption. We should prioritize public safety, border security, immigration reform, and a strong national defense. “

​(G. Landsman, Op-Ed: Pledge to America, 7/30/25)

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To hear directly from Congressman Landsman, watch this short video:

Rep. Greg Landsman on Getting Things Done in Congress

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BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

A lifelong Ohio resident, Greg Landsman has degrees in Economics/Political Science (BA) from Ohio University and Theology (MA) from Harvard Divinity School. He has a long history of public service including work on Senator Bill Bradley’s Presidential Campaign and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s campaign to be the first female Congressional Whip, both in 2000.

 

In Ohio, Landsman was Director of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives from 2007 to 2010. In this role, he was Chair of the Governor’s Anti-Poverty Task Force. From 2010 to 2025 he was Executive Director of STRIVE Partnership Knowledge Foundation, a nationally recognized education, organizing, and advocacy group. In 2015, Landsman initiated the 767 Group providing education and child advocacy support for marginalized children across the U.S. and around the world.

 

Landsman was Councilman In Cincinnati from 2018 to 2022 when he was elected to Congress defeating a 13-term Republican opponent. He was re-elected in ‘24 with 55% of the vote. With recent redistricting, however, his seat is more competitive heading into the midterms. 

 

Landsman now serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce including Subcommittees of Health, Communication and Technology, and Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Minerals.

 

Landsman and his wife Sarah have two children.

 

ON THE ISSUES

Rep. Landsman’s campaign website details his positions on topics including reducing costs for families, building an economy that benefits the middle class, protecting reproductive rights, increasing public school funding, rebuilding community infrastructure, investing in public safety, ending the gun violence nightmare, securing free and fair elections, bringing quality and  affordable healthcare to all,  supporting veterans, addressing climate change, and rooting foreign policy in democracy, diplomacy, and defense of allies.

 

Landsman’s legislative work includes introducing the Making Insulin Affordable for All Children Act and the Medicaid Physician Benefit Accountability Acts. He introduced the bipartisan Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local law Enforcement Act. In ‘24, he co-sponsored the bipartisan NO BOSS Act designed to extend unemployment benefits to entrepreneurs and small business owners. In that same year, he co-sponsored the bipartisan What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act.

 

POLITICS IN OHIO

Departing from its long tradition as a battleground state in Presidential elections, Ohio has been strongly Republican since the first Trump administration. Currently, all Ohio non-judicial statewide elected officials, including the Governor, are Republicans and both the State Senate and the State House have Republican supermajorities. Both U.S. Senators are Republican as are ten members of its fifteen-member U.S. House delegation. One U.S. Senate seat will be contested in 2026 as former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown challenges Jon Husted in a special election to fill the seat vacated by J.D. Vance.

 

In 2025, Ohio’s Republican-dominated state legislature has engaged in a high-profile redistricting process threatening three incumbent Democrats including Landsman (as well as Representatives Kaptur and Sykes.) This process, now concluded, has this race rated toss-up by both Cook and Sabato indicating that neither party has an advantage. Before redistricting, Sabato rated the race Lean Democratic while Cook rated it Likely Democratic – a clear indication of the increased competitiveness of Ohio 01.

 

There are at least two viable Republican challengers for this seat. The Ohio primary is on May 5, 2026.