Joshua Kolasinski

Before repairing medical equipment for a living, Joshua Kolasinski worked in national parks and ski resorts.¹ He grew up in Toledo and later settled in Delaware, Ohio.¹ His family has lived there since 2012.² He and his wife, a community college nursing instructor, have three children.²

Kolasinski attended Owens Community College and Siena Heights University.³ He worked as a biomedical equipment technician in a hospital system before founding Flex Biomedical in 2020.¹ The business repairs, installs and maintains medical equipment for health care providers.¹ His work involves both mechanical tools and software.²

This is his first congressional campaign.¹ He proposes a registered voter lobby and a district think tank through which residents could contribute to policy discussions.² In a March interview, he described developing verified voter groups organized by township, with discussions intended to feed into broader conversations across the district.¹

Kolasinski supports Medicare negotiation of prescription drug prices, greater price transparency and more attention to preventive care, mental health and addiction treatment.² He also advocates infrastructure projects using local workers, expanded rural internet access and stronger water and power systems.² His government reform agenda includes a ban on congressional stock trading, congressional term limits and greater disclosure of campaign funding.² He faces Republican Jim Jordan and Tracey Tackett in the November 2026 election.⁴