Ashland County voters face a four-candidate field in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, according to Ashland Source: Republican incumbent Max Miller, Democrat Brian Poindexter and write-in candidates Andrey Martinichin and Thahbia Asad. The district takes in Ashland and Medina counties plus parts of Wayne and Cuyahoga, after the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a new congressional map in October 2025. The seat’s next term runs from Jan. 3, 2027, to Jan. 2, 2029.
Poindexter, 46, is a union ironworker and apprenticeship instructor who has been an at-large Brook Park City Council member since 2017, the source reported, citing Ballotpedia for his background. In the interview, he said social disputes distract from shared economic concerns and that his campaign emphasizes living costs and wages. He argued that ending what he characterized as an optional war would immediately ease prices, though the source did not identify the conflict.
Poindexter traced political distrust to officials acting inconsistently and said parties focus too much on power. He said he would work with Republicans on border security and police support, while asking GOP lawmakers to join him on labor issues. He credited joining a union in 2007 with stabilizing his life.
He also made claims about Miller: that Miller backed the Faster Labor Contracts Act but opposed other labor measures, traded more than $1 million in stocks while in Congress and accepts dark money. Those assertions were Poindexter’s and were not independently verified for this draft.