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Trumbull County, OH

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

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U.S. House, Ohio District 14
2 candidates
Federal ▾
David P. Joyce portrait
DP
David P. Joyce
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Joyce has represented Ohio's 14th District in Congress since 2012, per the campaign site. He worked his way up from the public defender's office to serve as Geauga County Prosecutor for more than 25 years before his election to Congress, per the campaign site. He is a Northeast Ohio native who grew up as the son of a World War II veteran, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthening the local economy
  • Supporting education and schools
  • Addressing community concerns
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
MJ
Maria Jukic
DEM
Biography
Jukic is an attorney and healthcare administrator with 24 years in the field, and previously served as a city councilwoman in Euclid, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Making healthcare more affordable and accessible
  • Protecting Social Security
  • Tax relief for working families
Per the mariajukicforcongress.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
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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
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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 Trumbull County

ZIP 44420 sits in Trumbull County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Trumbull County races (6).

Trumbull County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
MJ
Michael J. Hovis
REP
Biography
Hovis is a Bazetta Township trustee, now in his second term, and a retired Bazetta Township police chief and business owner, per WKBN. He is an Ohio Army National Guard veteran, per WKBN. He points to his role in bringing an Amazon facility to Bazetta Township as evidence he can bring economic development to the county, per WFMJ. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Michael J. Hovis.
Full profile
KF
Kristen F. Rock
DEM
Biography
Rock is an attorney and a resident of Liberty Township, per WFMJ. She has served on the Liberty zoning board for six years, the Liberty Local Schools oversight commission for two years, and the Lake Milton Utilities Commission for nearly three years, and has volunteered with the Junior League of Mahoning Valley since 2003, per WFMJ.
Top Priorities
  • Fiscal stewardship of taxpayer resources
  • Maintaining county infrastructure
  • Economic development
Per the kristenrock.org.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Hovis won the Democratic nomination over incumbent Commissioner Denny Malloy in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary by about 53%-47%, per the Tribune Chronicle. Rock ran unopposed, per the Vindicator.
Trumbull County Auditor
2 candidates
County ▾
ML
Mike Loychik
REP
Biography
Loychik is a former Ohio state representative who served on the Ohio House Finance Committee, per the Tribune Chronicle. He says his experience overseeing state appropriations prepares him to act as a financial watchdog for the county, per the Tribune Chronicle. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Mike Loychik.
Full profile
ED
Edward D. Stredney
DEM
Biography
Stredney is an at-large Niles City councilman with an accounting degree from Youngstown State University who works as a project manager on water infrastructure projects across the East Coast, per WKBN. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Edward D. Stredney.
Top Priorities
  • Restoring transparency, fraud prevention and compliance in the Auditor's Office
  • Ensuring fiscal integrity and accountability for county funds
Per the WFMJ.
Full profile
About this race
Loychik won the Republican primary with 51% of the vote, defeating incumbent Auditor Martha Yoder (32%) and Stacy Marling (17%), per the Tribune Chronicle. Stredney ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination, per WKBN.
Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Judge, General Division
2 candidates
County ▾
ME
Mary Ellen Ditchey
Biography
Ditchey is a magistrate in the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court and vice president of the Trumbull County Bar Association, per WFMJ. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Mary Ellen Ditchey.
Full profile
CB
Chris Becker
Biography
Becker is the Trumbull County First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney with 36 years as an attorney, 26 of them in Trumbull County, per WFMJ. He was named Ohio's Outstanding Assistant Prosecutor by the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association in 2014, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Maintaining judicial independence from political influence
  • Ensuring accountability in the court system
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ditchey finished ahead of Devon Stanley in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, per WFMJ. Becker filed as an independent candidate for the November ballot, per the Tribune Chronicle. Both are running for the seat held by Judge Cynthia Wescott. Ohio judicial candidates appear on the November ballot without a party label.
Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Judge, Probate Division
1 candidate
County ▾
TA
Thomas A. Campbell
Biography
Campbell has served more than 30 years as judge of the Central District Court in Cortland, first appointed in 1995 by Gov. George Voinovich, per WKBN. He has practiced law for more than 35 years, with a focus on business law, estate planning and probate matters, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Modernizing the probate court's online system to post document images and orders for public access
  • Establishing a help desk to support self-represented parties handling straightforward estates
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull 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
Campbell finished ahead of Shelley Pratt in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with about 69% of the vote and is unopposed on the November ballot, per WKBN. The seat is open because outgoing Judge James A. Fredericka could not seek reelection under Ohio's judicial age limit, per WKBN. Ohio judicial candidates appear on the November ballot without a party label.

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