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Hamilton County, OH

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

20 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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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.
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45238 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Hamilton County races

U.S. House

ZIP 45238 spans District 1 and District 8, 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
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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 ▾
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 ▾
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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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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.
Full profile

Countywide races in Hamilton County

ZIP 45238 sits in Hamilton County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Hamilton County races (20).

Hamilton County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
Meeka Owens portrait
MO
Meeka Owens
DEM
Biography
Meeka Owens is a Cincinnati city councilmember with a career in nonprofit and community development, per her campaign site and WVXU.
Top Priorities
  • Affordability and housing
  • Healthy and safe communities
  • An economy that works across all 49 county jurisdictions
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
JP
Jonathan Pearson
REP
Biography
Jonathan Pearson has owned a home and turf business in Fairfax since 1992 and was a 2024 commission candidate, per WVXU. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Maintaining a well-studied county budget and keeping the public informed
  • Reducing taxes and rent costs in the county
Per the WVXU.
Full profile
About this race
Meeka Owens won the May Democratic primary with 52 percent over sitting commissioner Stephanie Summerow Dumas, who does not print in November, per the official canvass. Hamilton voters also decide a children's services levy renewal with increase of 5.61 mills over four years. Statewide Issue 3, a photo ID voting requirement, is also on every Ohio ballot.
Hamilton County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
JE
Jessica E. Miranda
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jessica E. Miranda is Hamilton County's auditor and chief fiscal officer, a former state representative, per the auditor's official site. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Completing the state-mandated triennial update to property values
  • Transparency and accessibility of county fiscal services
Per the Hamilton County Auditor's official website.
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
Incumbent Jessica Miranda is the only November candidate: no valid Republican petition was filed, per the board of elections.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat A
2 candidates
County ▾
DJ
Donte Johnson
DEM
Biography
Donte Johnson grew up in Cincinnati's West End and Avondale neighborhoods and graduated from Cincinnati Public Schools, per his campaign website. He earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University and his law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
KC
Katie Casch
REP
Biography
Katie Casch is a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas who assumed office in January 2025, according to the court's own site. She earned her bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Cincinnati and spent more than ten years as an Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor, per her campaign site. Katie Casch appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat A, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Prioritizing public safety and ensuring bonds and sentences are fair
  • Ruling fairly and impartially and applying the law as written
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. OPEN SEAT, term commencing January 1, 2027.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat B
2 candidates
County ▾
CA
Christian A. Jenkins
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Christian A. Jenkins spent more than 25 years as an attorney representing public sector unions across Ohio before joining the Hamilton County Common Pleas bench, per his campaign website. He holds an undergraduate degree from Penn State University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
BS
Betsy Sundermann
REP
Biography
Betsy Sundermann is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 12, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing January 2, 2027.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat C
2 candidates
County ▾
JB
Jennifer Branch
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jennifer Branch is a sitting Hamilton County Common Pleas judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
RB
Roger Bouchard
REP
Biography
Roger Bouchard is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing February 9, 2027.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat D
2 candidates
County ▾
AC
Alan C. Triggs
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Alan C. Triggs is a sitting Hamilton County Common Pleas judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
DC
Dennis Charles Mahoney
REP
Biography
Dennis Charles Mahoney is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing February 10, 2027.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Seat E
2 candidates
County ▾
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RA
Robert A. Goering
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Robert A. Goering is a sitting Hamilton County Common Pleas judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.
Campaign siteFull profile
LS
Latoya S. Maley
DEM
Biography
Latoya S. Maley is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing February 11, 2027.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Unexpired Term A
2 candidates
County ▾
CM
Chris McDowell
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Chris McDowell is a U.S. Army Judge Advocate General officer who spent nearly 15 years at Dinsmore & Shohl and later became a shareholder at the Strauss Troy law firm, according to his campaign site. Governor Mike DeWine appointed him to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in 2025, per Court News Ohio. Chris McDowell appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Unexpired Term A, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Fair administration of justice with compassion, common sense and dignity for all
  • Supporting rehabilitation and recovery approaches in the criminal justice system
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sarah Henry
DEM
Biography
Sarah Henry is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.
Top Priorities
  • Public service, rule of law and compassion in the courtroom
  • Strengthening communities, including work against homelessness
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Unexpired term ending January 3, 2029; Sarah Henry won the May Democratic primary with 72.8 percent.
Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Unexpired Term B
2 candidates
County ▾
LD
Leah Dinkelacker
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Leah Dinkelacker is a sitting Hamilton County Common Pleas judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.
Campaign siteFull profile
MK
Manisha Kotian
DEM
Biography
Manisha Kotian is a Cincinnati lawyer with more than 30 years of experience who was recently sworn in as a Magistrate in Hamilton County, according to her campaign site. She previously owned Tri-State Concrete Construction and has worked with legal aid organizations representing children who are victims of abuse and neglect, per her site. Manisha Kotian appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Unexpired Term B, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Promoting a fair and just court system for all
  • Bringing compassion and community support to the court's work
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Unexpired term ending January 14, 2029.
Hamilton Probate Judge
2 candidates
County ▾
RW
Ralph Winkler
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Ralph Winkler is Hamilton County's sitting probate judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.
Top Priorities
  • Administering adoptions, having overseen more than 3,000 as the county's adoption judge
  • Free estate-planning documents for first responders through the Wills for First Responders program
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Elizabeth A. Tye portrait
EA
Elizabeth A. Tye
DEM
Biography
Elizabeth A. Tye is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.
Top Priorities
  • Making Probate Court accessible to families regardless of income or background
  • Ensuring access to Probate Court does not depend on where a family lives in Hamilton County
Per the elizabethtyeforjudge.com.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing February 9, 2027.
Hamilton Juvenile Judge
2 candidates
County ▾
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Kari L. Bloom
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kari L. Bloom is Hamilton County's sitting juvenile court judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.
Top Priorities
  • Focusing the juvenile court on rehabilitation and reform rather than purely punitive approaches
  • Bringing equitable, trauma-informed practices to the court's work
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Susan Luken
REP
Biography
Susan Luken is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.
Top Priorities
  • Compassionate leadership for children and families in difficult circumstances
  • Fair and dignified treatment of everyone who comes before the court
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Judicial candidates appear without party labels on Ohio ballots; parties shown are from the May primary nominations, per the county board of elections certified list. Term commencing February 14, 2027.

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