Notable personal detailsJan Kinner is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Ohio’s 10th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and has held multiple assignments at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. After military service, he worked in the private sector in senior consulting and leadership roles and later served as a professor at the Defense Acquisition University in Kettering, focusing on defense acquisition and program-management topics. He lives in Kettering, Ohio with his wife, Susan, and has two children.