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Wood County, OH

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

14 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, Ohio District 5
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Bob Latta
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Latta holds a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and a law degree from the University of Toledo, and has represented Ohio's 5th District in Congress since 2007, per the official House biography. He serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and chairs its Subcommittee on Energy, per the official House biography.
Top Priorities
  • Improving access to broadband capabilities in rural areas
  • Reducing government spending
  • Maintaining a strong national defense
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
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Brian A. Shaver
DEM
Biography
Shaver is president of the Fostoria City Council and teaches social studies at Fostoria Junior/Senior High School, per the campaign site. A lifelong Northwest Ohioan born and raised in Fostoria, Shaver lives on a small family farm, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Campaign finance limits
  • Term limits
  • Stronger checks and balances
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael J. Veloff
Biography
Michael J. Veloff holds a certified Libertarian petition line, per the Wood and Lorain county certified lists. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Guns For Thots: Provide guns and training for women who have experienced violence, recycling gun buyback firearms for this purpose.
  • Tuesdays should be optional.
Per the campaign site.
Full profile
About this race
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U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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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
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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
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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
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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 ▾
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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
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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
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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 ▾
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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
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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
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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 ▾
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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
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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 ▾
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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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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
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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 ▾
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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
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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 ▾
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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.
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Countywide races in Wood County

ZIP 44817 sits in Wood County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Wood County races (6).

Wood County Commissioner
3 candidates
County ▾
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Brenna Reynolds
DEM
Biography
Reynolds is a two-term member of Rossford City Council whose professional background is in regional development and public service, helping communities navigate complex challenges, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Stronger coordination among fire and EMS providers to share resources while maintaining local control
  • Responsible financial stewardship and long-term investment in infrastructure, technology, and cybersecurity
  • Development that pays its fair share and strengthens the tax base without shifting costs to residents
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ryan E. Lee
REP
Biography
Lee is assistant superintendent at Penta Career Center and holds a master's degree in educational leadership and administration from Bowling Green State University, per BG Independent News. He has 24 years with the Central Joint Fire District as an active firefighter and former assistant fire chief, and previously served 14 years on the Elmwood Local Schools board of education and as mayor and a council member in Jerry City. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ryan E. Lee.
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Joseph R. DeMare
Biography
DeMare is co-chair of the Wood County Green Party, running as an independent because Ohio removed the party's ballot status in 2018, per BG Independent News. He gathered more than 600 petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot after announcing his candidacy in May 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Joseph R. DeMare.
Top Priorities
  • Opposes further data center development in Wood County, including the Meta data center project
  • Supports grassroots democracy, improving the county parks system, and expanding social services
Per the Perrysburg Messenger Journal / Rossford Record Journal.
Full profile
About this race
Term commencing 01/01/2027. Incumbent Republican Doris Herringshaw withdrew from the race in mid-2026 citing health concerns; the Wood County Republican Central Committee selected Ryan E. Lee from nine applicants on August 6, 2026 to take her place on the ballot, per BG Independent News and the Sentinel-Tribune. The seat is open; none of the three November candidates is the sitting commissioner.
Wood County Auditor
2 candidates
County ▾
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Mark Wongrowski
DEM
Biography
Wongrowski grew up on his family farm in Wood County and earned a business administration degree from Bowling Green State University, per the campaign site. He now manages rental properties in Bowling Green and helps run his family's farm operation, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthening valuation quality control and improving communication with residents during revaluations
  • Making the Board of Revision appeals process easier for residents to understand and navigate
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Matthew R. Oestreich
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Oestreich has served as Wood County Auditor since October 2017 and has worked in the Auditor's office for more than 25 years, per the Auditor's office. He previously served as Assistant Chief Deputy Auditor and as the county's Weights and Measures Inspector. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Matthew R. Oestreich.
Full profile
About this race
Term commencing 03/08/2027. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Judge of the Wood County Court of Common Pleas, General Division
2 candidates
County ▾
Paul A. Dobson portrait
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Paul A. Dobson
Biography
Dobson has served as Wood County Prosecuting Attorney for 17 years and has been a trial attorney for 31 years, almost entirely in Wood County prosecution, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Serving with fairness, professionalism, and integrity, with a focus on justice for victims and public safety
  • Continuing court programs such as the Courthouse Facility Dog and felony diversion initiatives
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Joel M. Kuhlman
INCUMBENT
Biography
Kuhlman has served as a Wood County Common Pleas judge since 2021 and is the Administrative Judge overseeing all three general division common pleas courts, per BG Independent News. Before taking the bench, he spent more than a decade in private practice representing businesses and municipalities and served as law director for multiple local governments. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Joel M. Kuhlman.
Top Priorities
  • Says the court has reduced its backlog of ongoing criminal cases by over 50% and increased successful appeals by more than 75% during his term, per BG Independe
  • Wants to expand GPS monitoring programs, increase funding for treatment initiatives, and add transportation services for defendants, per BG Independent News
Full profile
About this race
Term commencing 01/01/2027; judges print without party labels in November. Dobson ran in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary; Kuhlman is the sitting judge and was unopposed in his primary, per the certified candidate list.
Judge of the Wood County Probate Court
2 candidates
County ▾
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Megan E. Newlove
Biography
Newlove is a Bowling Green attorney with more than 25 years of experience in estate planning, probate administration, adoptions, and guardianships, per her campaign site. She describes herself as a seventh-generation Wood County resident.
Top Priorities
  • Emphasizes hands-on courtroom experience across probate and juvenile matters, from guardianships to child protection cases
  • Running a voter-education series explaining what the probate and juvenile courts do
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Doug Ruck
Biography
Ruck, known formally as J. Douglas Ruck, has nearly 28 years of law practice in the Pemberville, Perrysburg, and Bowling Green area, including probate and estate planning, trust and estate litigation, real estate, business, and agricultural law, per his campaign site. He has served as village solicitor for Luckey and, for the last 16 years, for Gibsonburg.
Top Priorities
  • Approach probate and juvenile cases with integrity, respect for the law, and compassion, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Term commencing 02/09/2027; judges print without party labels in November. Ruck's own campaign site identifies him as a Republican, but the office is nonpartisan on the ballot.

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