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Canton, Ohio sample ballot 2026

Canton voters (Stark County, Ohio) see U.S. Senate, Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General plus 6 Stark County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

On every Canton ballot

CommissionerTony M. Townsend (D) · Alan Harold (R)

Tony M. Townsend

Democratic

Townsend represents Ward 4 on Massillon City Council, per the city's official website. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Tony M. Townsend.

Alan Harold

RepublicanIncumbent

Harold was appointed Stark County Commissioner in November 2024 after having served as Stark County Auditor for nearly 14 years, per the county's official website. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Alan Harold.

AuditorChalice E. Brown (D) · Angela Kinsey (R)

Chalice E. Brown

Democratic

Brown has worked as a Controller at Greer Steel Company and previously as a Senior Accountant at East Manufacturing Corporation, per her LinkedIn profile. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Chalice E. Brown.

Angela Kinsey

RepublicanIncumbent

Angela Kinsey is the Republican nominee for Stark County Auditor and was appointed acting County Auditor effective December 5, 2024, after nearly 14 years working in the Auditor's Office, where she previously served as executive administrator handling hiring, payroll, benefits and department management, per WHBC News-Talk 1480. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

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Judge of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (term commencing 1/1/2027)Nonpartisan race · Kristin G. Farmer

Kristin G. Farmer

NonpartisanIncumbent

Farmer has served as a Stark County Common Pleas judge, General Division, since 2021, per the county's official Elected Officials List. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Kristin G. Farmer.

Judge of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (term commencing 1/4/2027)Nonpartisan race · Frank G. Forchione

Frank G. Forchione

NonpartisanIncumbent

Forchione has served as a Stark County Common Pleas judge, General Division, since 2021, per the county's official Elected Officials List. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Frank G. Forchione.

Judge of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (term commencing 2/9/2027)Nonpartisan race · Kristen S. Moore · Jennifer L. Dave
Kristen S. Moore

Kristen S. Moore

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

  • Serving as a tough, fair judge who is not intimidated by difficult decisions

Per the campaign site.

About Kristen S. Moore

Moore has served as a Magistrate at the Stark County Court of Common Pleas for more than six years and has practiced law in Stark County for nearly two decades, per her campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Malone University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law, and has argued cases before the Ohio Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jennifer L. Dave

Nonpartisan

Dave is an attorney with the Stark County Prosecutor's Office, per the Stark County Bar Association's membership directory. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jennifer L. Dave.

Judge of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Probate DivisionNonpartisan race · Curt Werren

Curt Werren

NonpartisanIncumbent

Werren was appointed Stark County Probate Court judge on February 21, 2025, per the county's official Elected Officials List. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Curt Werren.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Stark County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateJon Husted (R) · Sherrod Brown (D) · Greg Levy (Other) · William B. Redpath (Libertarian)
Jon Husted

Jon Husted

RepublicanIncumbent

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
About Jon Husted

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.

Key voting record
  • Supported the 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 the 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
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democrat

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
About Sherrod Brown

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.

Key voting record
  • Supported the 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 the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing, which helped land Intel's chip facility in central Ohio. Supported

Greg Levy

Other

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.

About Greg Levy

Greg Levy prints as an other-party candidate for U.S. Senate, per the Secretary of State's official sample ballot.

William B. Redpath

William B. Redpath

Libertarian

Top priorities

  • End tariffs on imported goods and services
  • Reduce federal spending, including ending corporate welfare and farm subsidies

Per the campaign site.

About William B. Redpath

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.

GovernorVivek Ramaswamy (R) · Amy Acton (D) · Don Kissick (Libertarian)

Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican

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
About Vivek Ramaswamy

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.

Amy Acton

Democrat

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
About Amy Acton

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.

Don Kissick

Libertarian

Top priorities

  • Lowering income taxes and ending property taxes
  • Government transparency and accountability

Per the campaign site.

About Don Kissick

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.

Secretary of StateRobert Sprague (R) · Allison Russo (D) · Tom Pruss (Libertarian)

Robert Sprague

Republican

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
About Robert Sprague

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.

Allison Russo

Democrat

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
About Allison Russo

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.

Tom Pruss

Libertarian

Top priorities

  • Ballot access and equal treatment for candidates
  • Election transparency and secure voting systems

Per the WTOL News.

About Tom Pruss

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.

Attorney GeneralKeith Faber (R) · John Kulewicz (D)

Keith Faber

Republican

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
About Keith Faber

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.

John Kulewicz

John Kulewicz

Democrat

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
About John Kulewicz

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.

TreasurerJay Edwards (R) · Seth Walsh (D)

Jay Edwards

Republican

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.

Seth Walsh

Democrat

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
About Seth Walsh

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.

AuditorFrank LaRose (R) · Annette Blackwell (D)

Frank LaRose

Republican

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
About Frank LaRose

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.

Annette Blackwell

Annette Blackwell

Democrat

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
About Annette Blackwell

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.

Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 1Daniel R. Hawkins (R) · Marilyn Zayas (D)
Daniel R. Hawkins

Daniel R. Hawkins

RepublicanIncumbent

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.

Marilyn Zayas

Marilyn Zayas

Democrat

Top priorities

  • Judicial independence and impartiality
  • Expanded access to justice

Per the campaign site.

About Marilyn Zayas

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.

Supreme Court, Term Commencing January 2Jennifer Brunner (D) · Colleen O'Donnell (R)
Jennifer Brunner

Jennifer Brunner

DemocratIncumbent

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.

Colleen O'Donnell

Republican

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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