Cincinnati, Ohio sample ballot 2026

Meeka Owens is a Cincinnati city councilmember with a career in nonprofit and community development, per her campaign site and WVXU.

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.

Jessica Miranda is the Hamilton County Auditor, per the Hamilton County Auditor's official site. She previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 28th House District, where she was the House Democratic Whip, and on the Winton Woods City School Board, per the Hamilton County Auditor's official site. She is a small business owner providing insurance and tax services, per the Hamilton County Auditor's official biography. No campaign website was found as of October 6, 2026.

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.

Sarah Henry is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

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.

Ralph Winkler is Hamilton County's sitting probate judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.

Elizabeth A. Tye is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

Kari L. Bloom is Hamilton County's sitting juvenile court judge, per the board of elections schedule of elected offices.

Susan Luken is on the board of elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

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.

Sherrod Brown is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Mansfield, per the campaign site. The campaign site frames his career around the dignity of work and points to his fights to protect worker pensions, cap insulin costs and expand care for veterans exposed to burn pits.

• Voted yes on the Honoring our PACT Act, improving health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, which cleared the Senate 86-11 in August 2022. Supported
• Voted yes on the CHIPS and Science Act, funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research, which cleared the Senate 64-33 in July 2022. Supported

Greg Levy is a community organizer, singer, veteran and socialist, per the campaign site. He was born in the Joy Park housing projects and raised in Akron, Ohio, and he founded the Paul Robeson Revolutionary Choir, per the campaign site. He is the Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, per the campaign site. The Secretary of State's official sample ballot prints his party as Other.

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.

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. His plan centers on making Ohio the most affordable, opportunity-rich state in America. His running mate is state Senate President Rob McColley.

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.

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.

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 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.

Pruss is a Toledo native who has worked in the printing industry since 1985 and has owned and operated NorthCoast Print Mail Marketing since 2017, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he is vice president of the Northwest Ohio Polish Cultural Center and a past president of the Polish American Community of Toledo.

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 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.

Edwards is a Nelsonville native with a mathematics degree from Ohio University, where he attended on a football scholarship, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives beginning in 2016 and chaired the House Finance Committee, where he wrote and sponsored the state's operating and capital budgets.

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.

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 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.

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.