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2 candidates are tracked for Ashtabula County Auditor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Oakey L. Emery and Scott Yamamoto. Candidate information follows official Ashtabula County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Oakey L. Emery (Democratic) and Scott Yamamoto (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for the auditor term beginning March 11, 2027, per the Ashtabula County Board of Elections' unofficial November 3, 2026 candidate list (revised August 18, 2026).
Emery is a Conneaut city council member, elected in 2022, and builds guitars by hand in a backyard shop, per an Ashtabula County Democratic Party post. He is the Democratic nominee for Ashtabula County Auditor. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Oakey L. Emery.
2026 priorities (per the Ashtabula County Democratic Party Facebook post)
- Pushed back on the state shifting costs onto local governments while on Conneaut council
- Pressed for infrastructure improvements on Conneaut's east end
- Backed Conneaut's moratorium on data centers so the city could set its own terms
Scott Yamamoto is the incumbent Ashtabula County auditor, having succeeded David Thomas after Thomas moved on to the Ohio legislature; he is seeking his first full term after more than 20 years of supervisory experience in northeast Ohio county auditors' offices, six years as a township trustee, and more than 35 years as a state-certified appraiser, per the Star Beacon. He serves on the County Auditors' Association of Ohio's Agriculture Board of Revision and Technology committees, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Scott Yamamoto.
