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44906

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Richland County, OH

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

16 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, Ohio District 4
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Jim Jordan portrait
JJ
Jim Jordan
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Jordan earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin, a master's in education from Ohio State University, and a law degree from Capital University before being elected a four-time state wrestling champion turned two-time NCAA wrestling champion, per the official House biography. He has represented Ohio's 4th District in Congress and chairs the House Judiciary Committee, per the official House biography.
Top Priorities
  • Government Oversight and Accountability
  • Fiscal Conservatism and Limited Government
  • Pro-life Legislation
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
JD
Joshua D. Kolasinski
DEM
Biography
Joshua D. Kolasinski is a small business owner, per coverage of the race. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Infrastructure investment
  • Opposing for-profit incarceration
  • Opposing school voucher programs that divert funding from public schools
Per the Lima News.
Full profile
TL
Tracey L. Tackett
Biography
Tackett is a Springfield city commissioner elected in 2023 and the city's assistant mayor, and has owned and operated the Sip and Dipity Paint Bar for 12 years, per her campaign site. She holds degrees from Wittenberg University and Ohio State and is certified for the November 3, 2026 ballot with no party designation after election officials validated her petition in July, per the Springfield News-Sun and the Delaware, Richland and Clark county boards of elections' certified candidate lists.
Top Priorities
  • Representing the district rather than a party
  • Solving problems through compromise and openness to new ideas
Per the campaign site.
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
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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
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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
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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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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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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 ▾
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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
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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 ▾
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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 Richland County

ZIP 44906 sits in Richland County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Richland County races (7).

Richland County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
MK
Mark Kaufmann
DEM
Biography
Kaufmann is a political newcomer running for Richland County Commissioner, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Mark Kaufmann.
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CM
Cliff Mears
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mears holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Toledo and spent more than 25 years at R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, also working at General Motors' Mansfield plant and teaching communications courses at universities for over two decades, per his official county biography page. He was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in 2021 to complete an unexpired term, was elected to retain the seat in 2022, and previously served as an at-large member and then president of Mansfield City Council.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Term 1/1/2027-12/31/2030. Incumbent Republican Cliff Mears won a contested GOP primary over David Morgenstern 62.59%-37.41% (8,727 to 5,216 votes), per the Richland Source. Mears faces Democrat Mark Kaufmann, who was unopposed in his primary, in November.
Richland County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
PW
Patrick W. Dropsey
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Dropsey is the sitting Richland County Auditor and received his education from North Central State College, per his official county staff directory listing. His office was honored by the Ohio Auditor of State with an award for excellence in financial reporting on the county's comprehensive annual financial report, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Patrick W. Dropsey.
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
Term 3/8/2027-3/9/2031. Patrick W. Dropsey was the only candidate to file and is unopposed on the November ballot.
Richland County Clerk of Courts (Unexpired Term)
1 candidate
County ▾
HE
Heidi Ewing
REP
Biography
Ewing is a 31-year veteran of the Richland County Clerk of Courts office who was appointed interim Clerk of Courts by the county commissioners on April 21, 2026, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Heidi Ewing.
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
Unexpired term 12/1/2026-12/31/2028. Heidi Ewing filed 6/5/2026 as a party-committee nomination and is the only candidate on the November ballot. Ewing, a 31-year veteran of the Clerk of Courts office, was appointed interim Clerk by the county commissioners on April 21, 2026, replacing Denise Ruhl, who retired April 30 after having been elected to a four-year term in November 2024, per the Richland Source.
Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge, General Division
1 candidate
County ▾
PN
Phillip Naumoff
INCUMBENT
Biography
Naumoff is the sitting judge of Richland County Common Pleas Court, General Division, per the court's official website. He earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1993, and before his election served more than eight years as a magistrate for the Mansfield Municipal Court, where he helped oversee the county's Drug and Alcohol Treatment Court, Veterans Court, Mental Health Court, and Domestic Violence Court, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Phillip Naumoff.
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
Term 2/9/2027-2/1/2033, nonpartisan. Phillip Naumoff is the only candidate to file and is unopposed.
Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge, Probate Division
2 candidates
County ▾
KL
Kelly L. Badnell
INCUMBENT
Biography
Badnell has served as Judge of the Probate Division of the Richland County Common Pleas Court since February 2021, per the county's official site. She received two undergraduate degrees from Washington and Jefferson College and her law degree from Ohio Northern University's Claude W. Pettit College of Law, and is a former assistant county prosecutor who practiced civil litigation for over 20 years. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Robert A. Franco
Biography
Franco has practiced law in Mansfield since 2009, after operating local title and real estate businesses before attending law school, with a practice focused on probate, estate planning, real estate and title matters, per his campaign site. He earned his business degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School, and later earned an LL.M. in Business and Taxation. He has served as an adjunct professor at North Central State College.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Term 2/9/2027-2/8/2033, nonpartisan. Incumbent Kelly Badnell, who has served since February 2021, faces Robert Franco, who filed 4/30/2026 by certified petition.
Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals
1 candidate
County ▾
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Matthew George
REP
Biography
George has served as a judge on the Licking County Municipal Court since 2020 and previously worked as a magistrate in Licking County courts, with more than 18 years of total judicial experience, per his campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ashland University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2007, per the Richland Source.
Top Priorities
  • Applying the law as written and opposing what he describes as judicial activism
  • Defending constitutional rights including religious liberty and the Second Amendment, as stated in his campaign platform
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
Term 2/9/2027-2/8/2033. This appellate seat covers multiple north-central and eastern Ohio counties including Richland. Matthew George was the only candidate to file for the November ballot after winning a three-way Republican primary.

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