Cleveland, Ohio sample ballot 2026

Chris Ronayne has been Cuyahoga County Executive since 2023 and is a longtime Cleveland civic leader, per the county's official Office of the Executive page. He was unopposed in the May Democratic primary and no Republican filed.

Sunny Simon is a sitting Cuyahoga County Council member for District 11 and an attorney, per the county council's official roster.

James M. Trutko is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this district's November 3, 2026 ballot.

Courtney Scheff is an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Cuyahoga County who previously practiced civil litigation in Ohio and federal courts and served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, per her campaign site. She holds a J.D. from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and founded the North Royalton Democratic Club, per her campaign site.

Christine McIntosh is Euclid's planning manager and a former Euclid Ward 5 councilmember who served from 2018 to 2022, per Signal Cleveland.

Daryl T. Dennie is a Senior Lead Attorney in the Cuyahoga County Public Defender's Office with 29 years of courtroom experience, according to his campaign site. He has also worked as a prosecutor, civil advocate and private-practice attorney, per his site. Daryl T. Dennie appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Seat B, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Morgan Raye Caruso is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

Fallon Marie Radigan is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

Jon Husted is Ohio's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee in the 2026 special election to finish the term. Appointed in January 2025 when JD Vance became vice president, he previously served as Ohio's lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and speaker of the Ohio House. His campaign emphasizes a strong pro-business economy, job training, and cutting government waste.

• Supported the 2025 Republican tax law, which created deductions for tips and overtime pay and which he says will save the average Ohio family thousands of dollars. Supported
• Supported the Laken Riley Act requiring federal detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft and other crimes, which passed with every Senate Republican in favor shortly after he took office. Supported

Sherrod Brown is the Democratic nominee in Ohio's 2026 special U.S. Senate election, seeking a return to the seat he held for three terms from 2007 to 2025. Raised in Mansfield, he frames his career around the dignity of work, pointing to fights to protect worker pensions, cap insulin costs, and expand care for veterans exposed to burn pits.

• Supported the 2022 PACT Act expanding VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins, a bipartisan law he championed. Supported
• Supported the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing, which helped land Intel's chip facility in central Ohio. Supported

Greg Levy prints as an other-party candidate for U.S. Senate, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.

Redpath is a longtime Libertarian Party activist who served two terms as chairman of the Libertarian National Committee and chairs the party's Ballot Access Committee, per the campaign site. He has previously run for governor, U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House in Virginia, per the campaign site.

Vivek Ramaswamy is the Republican nominee for Ohio governor in the open 2026 race, a Cincinnati-area biotech entrepreneur and author who ran for president in 2024 and briefly co-led the Department of Government Efficiency effort. Endorsed by President Trump, his plan centers on making Ohio the most affordable, opportunity-rich state in America. His running mate is state Senate President Rob McColley.

Dr. Amy Acton is the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, a physician and former director of the Ohio Department of Health who became a familiar figure leading the state's early COVID-19 response. Her campaign says she is running because she refuses to look away from Ohioans who are struggling, with an agenda focused on affordability, cleaning up corruption, and education. Her running mate is former Ohio Democratic Party chair David Pepper.

Kissick is a U.S. Navy veteran who served six years, including deployments during Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Southern Watch, per the campaign site. He is running with running mate James Mills, a business owner and nonprofit leader, per the campaign site.

Robert Sprague is the Republican nominee for Ohio secretary of state, currently serving as Ohio's state treasurer. An engineer by training and former state representative from Findlay, his campaign emphasizes running the most secure elections in Ohio history, stopping fraud, and applying the fiscal-management record he built at the treasury.

Allison Russo is the Democratic nominee for Ohio secretary of state, a four-term state representative from the Columbus area and former leader of the Ohio House Democrats. A health-policy researcher by profession, her campaign theme is restoring your power in your government, with a focus on making sure every vote is counted and election rules work for Ohioans rather than the powerful.

Tom Pruss is the Libertarian candidate for Ohio secretary of state, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Keith Faber is the Republican nominee for Ohio attorney general, currently serving as Ohio's auditor of state. A former president of the Ohio Senate and practicing attorney from Celina, his auditor's office reports more than 129 convictions of corrupt public officials and the discovery of roughly $6.9 billion in unemployment-system fraud and overpayments. His campaign emphasizes public safety and support for police and prosecutors.

John Kulewicz is the Democratic nominee for Ohio attorney general, a Columbus attorney who spent 44 years at the law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease and argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. A two-time Upper Arlington city councilman, he visited all 88 Ohio counties before entering the race, and his campaign stresses that he is a lawyer, not a politician, running an independent-minded office for Ohioans.

Seth Walsh is the Democratic nominee for Ohio treasurer, a Cincinnati city councilman. His campaign centers on strategic community investment in Ohio's farmers, public-sector employees, and small-business entrepreneurs, and he pledges to serve as an independent steward of taxpayer dollars, pensions, and savings.

Frank LaRose is the Republican nominee for Ohio auditor of state, currently serving as Ohio's secretary of state. A former state senator and Army veteran who serves in the Ohio National Guard, his campaign platform is transparency, efficiency, and accountability, pledging to help state and local offices manage tax dollars openly and hold them accountable when they don't.

Annette Blackwell is the Democratic nominee for Ohio auditor of state, the mayor of Maple Heights in Cuyahoga County. Her campaign theme is experience, integrity, and accountability, drawing on her career as a business leader with several large organizations and her record of fiscal responsibility managing her city's budget.

Marilyn Zayas is a judge who was selected by Ohio's chief justice to sit temporarily on the Ohio Supreme Court and has been appointed to sit with the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth District Courts of Appeal, running for a full term on the Ohio Supreme Court, per the campaign site.