The Ballot Brief
43082

Who is on the ballot in 43082?

Delaware County, OH

Reported by The Ballot Brief Editorial Team. Updated as public election and video sources change.

Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

14 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. Senate1Statewide6Local5Measures1

No single U.S. House race is set for this ZIP; see below for your district options.

About this preview
County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Ohio voter hub.
Sample Ballot Preview

43082 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Delaware County races

U.S. House

ZIP 43082 spans District 12 and District 4, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the Ohio hub.

U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Jon Husted portrait
JH
Jon Husted
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Grow Ohio's economy and jobs, building on the Intel project and TechCred job training
  • Cut government waste and red tape through technology and regulatory reform
  • Conservative priorities of family, faith, and freedom
Campaign Finance
$10,527,814 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (55% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (14% of receipts)
Key voting record
Supported 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 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
Campaign siteFull profile
Sherrod Brown portrait
SB
Sherrod Brown
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect worker pensions and the dignity of work
  • Lower prescription drug costs, building on the insulin price cap
  • Expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
Campaign Finance
$25,979,968 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (47% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (27% of receipts)
Key voting record
Supported 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 2022 CHIPS and Science Act funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing, which helped land Intel's chip facility in central Ohio. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
GL
Greg Levy
Biography
Greg Levy prints as an other-party candidate for U.S. Senate, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.
Top Priorities
  • Supports expanding Medicaid funding to keep rural hospitals open
  • Supports raising the minimum wage in Ohio
  • Supports expanded affordable housing programs
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
William B. Redpath portrait
WB
William B. Redpath
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • End tariffs on imported goods and services
  • Reduce federal spending, including ending corporate welfare and farm subsidies
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
VR
Vivek Ramaswamy
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs and taxes to put more money in Ohioans' pockets
  • Deliver a world-class education for Ohio kids
  • Cut red tape, reduce government waste, and expand energy supply
Campaign siteFull profile
AA
Amy Acton
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Reduce costs for Ohio families through her affordability agenda
  • Clean up corruption in state government
  • Improve education and lower the cost of health care
Campaign siteFull profile
DK
Don Kissick
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering income taxes and ending property taxes
  • Government transparency and accountability
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
RS
Robert Sprague
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Run secure, trusted elections and stop fraud
  • Apply real-world problem solving from engineering and finance
  • Safeguard tax dollars with the discipline he brought to the treasury
Campaign siteFull profile
AR
Allison Russo
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect one person, one vote and ensure every vote is counted
  • Defend voter access and honest, transparent elections
  • Push back on backroom deals that keep power in the hands of the few
Campaign siteFull profile
TP
Tom Pruss
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Ballot access and equal treatment for candidates
  • Election transparency and secure voting systems
Per the WTOL News.
Full profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
KF
Keith Faber
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Focus the office on public safety and support for police and prosecutors
  • Fight public corruption, building on his auditor record
  • Defend the Constitution and protect Ohio families
Campaign siteFull profile
John Kulewicz portrait
JK
John Kulewicz
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Take on corrupt politicians and root out waste, fraud, and abuse
  • Protect consumers from price-fixing monopolies, scams, and robocallers
  • Serve as an independent-minded attorney general who listens to Ohioans
Campaign siteFull profile
Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
JE
Jay Edwards
REP
Biography
Jay Edwards is the Republican nominee for Ohio treasurer, a former state representative from Nelsonville in southeast Ohio who chaired the House Finance Committee. His legislative career centered on state budget writing and fiscal policy, experience he cites for managing Ohio's investments and debt as treasurer. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Apply state budget-writing experience to Ohio's finances
  • Manage state investments and debt responsibly
  • Protect taxpayer dollars
Full profile
Seth Walsh portrait
SW
Seth Walsh
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Invest in communities so all Ohioans can thrive
  • Serve as an independent steward of taxpayer dollars, pensions, and savings
  • Support farmers, public employees, and small-business entrepreneurs
Campaign siteFull profile
Auditor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
FL
Frank LaRose
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Bring transparency, efficiency, and accountability to state and local spending
  • Help government offices manage tax dollars more openly and efficiently
  • Hold public offices accountable when they mismanage funds
Campaign siteFull profile
Annette Blackwell portrait
AB
Annette Blackwell
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Bring experience, integrity, and accountability to the auditor's office
  • Apply business leadership and municipal budget management to state oversight
  • Protect taxpayer dollars across Ohio's governments
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 1
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Daniel R. Hawkins portrait
DR
Daniel R. Hawkins
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Daniel R. Hawkins is an incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justice, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
Marilyn Zayas portrait
MZ
Marilyn Zayas
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Judicial independence and impartiality
  • Expanded access to justice
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 2
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Jennifer Brunner portrait
JB
Jennifer Brunner
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jennifer Brunner is an incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justice, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
CO
Colleen O'Donnell
REP
Biography
Colleen O'Donnell is a judge on the certified ballot for this seat, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile

Countywide races in Delaware County

ZIP 43082 sits in Delaware County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Delaware County races (9).

Delaware County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
RG
Ryan Grissinger
DEM
Biography
Grissinger is the founder and CEO of Polaris Pixels, an AI consulting firm, and previously spent nearly a decade as chief technology officer of Roof Maxx, per his campaign site. He has 30 years of business experience, including scaling a franchise company to 350 locations nationwide, per the Delaware Source.
Top Priorities
  • Publish an annual 10-year growth impact forecast for county infrastructure and services
  • Require new developments to fund their proportional share of infrastructure costs
  • Hold transparent, countywide planning with public input across the county's townships
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Renee Vaughan portrait
RV
Renee Vaughan
REP
Biography
Vaughan has served as a Genoa Township trustee since being first elected in 2019, and is a former special education teacher with degrees from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Pittsburgh and Slippery Rock University, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Keep road, school and public safety infrastructure paced with growth
  • Pursue responsible development balanced with fiscal responsibility
  • Coordinate planning between the county, local governments and the private sector
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Open seat: sitting commissioner Barb Lewis is not seeking reelection after serving since 2015, per the Delaware Gazette. Ryan Grissinger won the Democratic nomination unopposed; Renee Vaughan won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, per the Delaware Source.
Delaware County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
GK
George Kaitsa
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Kaitsa has served as Delaware County auditor since being appointed in 2009 and elected to a full term in 2010, per his official biography. He previously served as the Ohio Department of Development's first chief financial officer and as deputy director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, and holds an economics degree from Kenyon College and an MBA from Ohio State University, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for George Kaitsa.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
George Kaitsa won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary over Don Rankey Jr. and runs unopposed in November, per the Delaware Source. No Democrat filed.
Judge, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (full term)
1 candidate
County ▾
MT
Marianne T. Hemmeter
INCUMBENT
Biography
Hemmeter was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, taking office February 11, 2025, and has 27 years of legal experience including nearly a decade as a Delaware Municipal Court judge, per Court News Ohio. She previously served as deputy director of the Economic Crimes Unit at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and as Delaware County's interim prosecuting attorney in 2003, and holds a J.D. from Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Marianne T. Hemmeter.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Ohio judicial candidates appear on the ballot without a party label. Marianne Hemmeter runs unopposed for the full six-year term beginning February 9, 2027; she was nominated in the Republican primary, per the county's certified list.
Judge, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (unexpired term ending 12/31/2030)
2 candidates
County ▾
NK
Nickolas K. McCoy
Biography
Nickolas K. McCoy is a candidate for Judge of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division. He currently serves as a Magistrate in the county's Juvenile and Probate Division and was admitted to practice law by the Ohio Supreme Court in November 2009, per the Delaware County Bar Association. McCoy practiced law for nearly 16 years focusing on estate planning, elder law, guardianships and domestic relations, and served two terms as President of the Delaware County Bar Association, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
EM
Emma Mirles-Jones
Biography
Emma Mirles-Jones is a candidate in the special election for Judge of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division. She holds a J.D. and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and has practiced law for 16 years, predominantly as court-appointed counsel and public defender in Franklin, Delaware and Morrow counties, focusing on criminal defense and family law, per her campaign site. She has represented children as guardian ad litem and is a Supreme Court of Ohio qualified mediator, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
This nonpartisan-format seat opened when the previous judge, elected in 2018 and reelected in 2024 to a term running through 2030, retired from the bench in June 2026, per the Delaware Gazette. Nickolas K. McCoy and Emma Mirles-Jones filed by the August 10, 2026 deadline to compete in the November special election for the balance of that term; the county's certified list carries McCoy's filing as a Republican petition candidate and Mirles-Jones's as a Democratic petition candidate, but Ohio prints no party label for judicial races.
Judge, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Probate/Juvenile Division
1 candidate
County ▾
DH
David Hejmanowski
INCUMBENT
Biography
Hejmanowski has served as judge of the Delaware County Probate/Juvenile Court since February 2015, after serving as a magistrate at the same court from 2003 to 2015, per the court's official biography. He earned a B.S. in political science from Hiram College in 1996 and a J.D. from Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law in 1999, and serves on the Ohio Supreme Court's Judicial College board, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for David Hejmanowski.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Ohio judicial candidates appear on the ballot without a party label. David Hejmanowski runs unopposed; he was nominated in the Republican primary, per the county's certified list.

Statewide, Ohio voters also decide 1 ballot question — see the Ohio ballot measures guide.

Verify before you vote Find Ohio's election office via Vote.gov (opens in a new tab)
Why verify?
Official sources are always the final word on what appears on your ballot.
Keep this ballot and help friends get ready to vote
Email yourself the link so it's ready on election day.
How we use your email
We email this ballot now and a short reminder before Election Day for your area. No spam, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe.
Ballot Info Lookup

See your full ballot for 43082

The preview above covers the races every voter in 43082 shares. Press the button for the interactive guide, or add your street address for county and city races.

Use full address lookup if your ZIP crosses House or local district lines.
Voting info and more
Ballot info questions for 43082

Who is running for mayor in 43082?

Mayor races depend on the city tied to your address. Use the full-address lookup, then confirm with your city or county election office.

When is the primary election in this state?

Primary dates vary by state. Use this page's official election links to confirm the next primary deadline for your address.

Can I vote early in 43082?

Early voting rules vary by state and county. Check your official election links for dates, locations, and ID rules.

Where can I see a sample ballot for 43082?

Start with the Ballot Brief lookup results for this ZIP. If you need more district precision, use the Local page with a full address.

Data sources

Where does The Ballot Brief verify ballot info for 43082?

Vote.gov Official federal voter registration and voting information gateway.State election offices Official directory for state election deadlines, ballot rules, and voter resources.Federal Election Commission Federal candidate filings and campaign finance data.Congress.gov members Official congressional member records and identifiers.