OH · Candidate
Thomas McMasters
LIBCandidate
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: U.S. House · Ohio's 10th District
Biography
Thomas McMasters is the Libertarian Party nominee for Ohio's 10th Congressional District and a U.S. Air Force veteran who has worked as a senior consultant. He has sought this seat before, in the 2012 Democratic primary and the 2016 general election as an independent, and in his Ballotpedia survey he names military spending and readiness and efficiency in the use of tax dollars as his main policy interests.[1]
McMasters graduated from Orchard Park High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1989 and a graduate degree from The Citadel in 1997.[1] He served in the U.S. Air Force. Ballotpedia's profile lists his service as 1989 to 2009, while in his Ballotpedia survey he says he entered military service in 1983 and retired from active duty in 2009.[1] He has worked as a senior consultant.[1]
McMasters ran for this seat in the 2012 Democratic primary, which Sharen Neuhardt won, and again in 2016 as an independent, receiving 3.2% (10,890 votes) against incumbent Michael Turner.[1]
- 1.Thomas McMasters (Ohio U.S. House) · Ballotpedia Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
