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Montgomery County, OH

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

19 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, Ohio District 10
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Mike Turner
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Turner represents Ohio's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, per the campaign site. The site says Turner has led efforts on military sexual assault prevention since 2007 and has worked on job creation and economic growth initiatives in the district, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  • Downtown Dayton Security
  • National Security
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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Kristina Knickerbocker
DEM
Biography
Knickerbocker is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served as an officer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for a decade, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Knickerbocker works as an oncology nurse practitioner and is a parent of two, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Ensuring a high quality of life for veterans, service members, and military families.
  • Providing reliable access to quality, affordable healthcare and reforming the healthcare system.
  • Addressing the affordability crisis for families by lowering costs for essentials like housing, food, childcare, and eldercare.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Thomas F. McMasters
Biography
Thomas F. McMasters is a former mayor of Huber Heights whose petition line was certified in February, per the Montgomery County board's report. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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 Montgomery County

ZIP 45402 sits in Montgomery County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Montgomery County races (15).

Montgomery County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
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Carolyn Rice
DEM
Biography
Carolyn Rice is the Democratic incumbent Montgomery County commissioner, having served the county for 19 years, first as county treasurer and then as commissioner since her 2018 election, per her campaign site. She was chosen by her fellow commissioners to serve as the board's 2026 president, per Montgomery County government.
Top Priorities
  • Experienced, steady leadership on county government
  • Enhancing quality of life for county families
Per the campaign site.
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MC
Margie Christie
REP
Biography
Margie Christie has a career in nonprofits championing families across Montgomery County, per the campaign site. She has experience managing budgets, advocating for families, and building community partnerships, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Fiscal accountability and taxpayer transparency
  • Transparent county government focused on residents
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Democratic incumbent Carolyn Rice, first elected commissioner in 2018 and previously county treasurer, is unopposed in her party's primary and faces Republican Margie Christie, a former Dayton Right to Life executive director who won a three-way May 5, 2026 GOP primary with about 33% of the vote, per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Auditor
2 candidates
County ▾
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Karl Keith
DEM
Biography
Karl Keith is the Democratic incumbent Montgomery County Auditor, having been appointed to the office in December 2000 and elected to six full terms since, most recently in 2022, per the county government's official biography. He holds political science degrees from Ashland College and Miami University, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Financial transparency in county government
  • Fiscal responsibility and stewardship of taxpayer resources
Per the campaign site.
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Tammy Murphy
REP
Biography
Tammy Murphy is a real estate agent and small business owner who has been involved in citizen-led campaigns to abolish property taxes, per her campaign site and the Dayton Daily News. She ran unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary in county auditor, per the Dayton Daily News.
Top Priorities
  • Property tax reform and alternative funding models
  • Fair, transparent property assessments
Per the campaign site.
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About this race
Democratic incumbent Karl Keith, auditor since 2000 and elected to six full terms, faces Republican Tammy Murphy, a real estate agent who ran unopposed in her primary, per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, unexpired term, Adkins seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Steve Abshire
Biography
Steve Abshire was born and raised in Montgomery County and served in the U.S. Army during Desert Storm, per his campaign site. He earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from Wright State University and his law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law, per his campaign site. He began his career as an Assistant Prosecutor in Montgomery County and later served as a Juvenile Court Magistrate in Greene County before joining the Montgomery County Common Pleas bench, per his campaign site.
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Richard Glennon
Biography
Richard Glennon is a local prosecutor who was nominated in the Democratic primary in the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court seat of retired Judge Dennis Adkins, per the Dayton Daily News. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Richard Glennon.
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About this race
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot; race is for the seat of retired Judge Dennis Adkins. Steve Abshire, nominated in the Republican primary, was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to the seat earlier in 2026; Richard Glennon, nominated in the Democratic primary, is a local prosecutor. Per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, Skelton seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Michele Henne
Biography
Michele Henne was appointed to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court seat of Judge Richard Skelton upon his retirement in 2025, per the Dayton Daily News. She was nominated in the Republican primary in the November general election. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Michele Henne.
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Kelly Madzey
Biography
Kelly Madzey has served for nearly two decades as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Montgomery County, per her campaign site. Her work has included child abuse cases and homicide prosecutions, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot; race is for the seat of retired Judge Richard Skelton. Michele Henne, nominated in the Republican primary, was appointed to the seat upon Skelton's retirement in 2025; Kelly Madzey, nominated in the Democratic primary, is a prosecutor. Per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, Dankof seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
DM
Derek Muncy
Biography
Derek Muncy is an attorney who describes his career as focused on protecting constitutional rights and expanding access to justice in Montgomery County, per his campaign site.
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Anne Keeton
Biography
Anne Keeton is running for the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court seat being vacated by retiring Judge Steve Dankof, per the Dayton Daily News. She was nominated in the Democratic primary. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Anne Keeton.
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About this race
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot; race is for the seat of retiring Judge Steve Dankof. Derek Muncy, nominated in the Republican primary, and Anne Keeton, nominated in the Democratic primary, are both running for the open seat. Per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (Juvenile Division, Bruns seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Nicholas Sylvain
Biography
Nicholas Sylvain earned a chemical engineering degree from the University of Dayton and a law degree from William & Mary, per his campaign site. He began his career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Montgomery County, handling felony, homicide and family violence cases, per his campaign site. He has served on the Montgomery County bench since 2002, currently as one of two Juvenile Court judges, per his campaign site.
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Hope Smalls
Biography
Hope Smalls served as a Juvenile Court Magistrate in Montgomery County from November 2019 to May 2026, per her campaign site. Her work included presiding over the Family Treatment Court and serving the community through the YWCA, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot; race is for the seat of former Juvenile Court Judge Julie Bruns. Nicholas Sylvain, nominated in the Republican primary, replaced Bruns after she left the bench in 2026; Hope Smalls, nominated in the Democratic primary, is a magistrate at the county's Juvenile Court. Per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Probate Court Judge
2 candidates
County ▾
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David Brannon
Biography
David Brannon is a lifelong resident of Montgomery County who graduated from Centerville High School in 1998 and Miami University in 2002, earned his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 2005, per Montgomery County government. As Probate Judge he created a five-year strategic plan focused on the mental health crisis, court access and technology, and started an Assisted Outpatient Treatment program to address the shortage of hospital beds for people with serious mental illness, per his campaign site.
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Cassandra Rice
Biography
Cassandra Rice is a local attorney with experience as legal counsel and as an appointed estate representative or guardian in probate matters, per her campaign site and the Dayton Daily News. She was nominated in the Democratic primary in Montgomery County Probate Judge.
Top Priorities
  • Fair, unbiased, transparent judicial decision-making
  • A patient, attentive, community-focused court
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Nominated in partisan May 2026 primaries but elected without party designation on Ohio's November ballot. Republican incumbent David Brannon faces Democratic nominee Cassandra Rice, a local attorney, per the Dayton Daily News.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, term beginning Jan. 1, 2027)
1 candidate
County ▾
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Susan D. Solle
Biography
Susan D. Solle is a judge of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, General Division, per the court's official site. She is unopposed on the November 2026 ballot for a full term beginning Jan. 1, 2027, per the Dayton Daily News. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Susan D. Solle.
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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
Susan D. Solle, nominated in the Democratic primary, is uncontested for a full Common Pleas Court General Division term beginning Jan. 1, 2027, per the Dayton Daily News. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, term beginning July 2, 2027)
1 candidate
County ▾
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Elizabeth A. Ellis
Biography
Elizabeth A. Ellis appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge (General Division, term beginning July 2, 2027), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Elizabeth A. Ellis.
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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
Elizabeth A. Ellis, nominated in the Republican primary, is uncontested for a Common Pleas Court General Division term beginning July 2, 2027, per the Dayton Daily News. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

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