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Mansfield, Ohio sample ballot 2026

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

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CommissionerMark Kaufmann (D) · Cliff Mears (R)

Mark Kaufmann

Democratic

Kaufmann is a political newcomer running for Richland County Commissioner, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Cliff Mears

RepublicanIncumbent

Mears holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Toledo and spent more than 25 years at R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, also working at General Motors' Mansfield plant and teaching communications courses at universities for over two decades, per his official county biography page. He was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in 2021 to complete an unexpired term, was elected to retain the seat in 2022, and previously served as an at-large member and then president of Mansfield City Council.

AuditorPatrick W. Dropsey (R)

Patrick W. Dropsey

RepublicanIncumbent

Dropsey is the sitting Richland County Auditor and received his education from North Central State College, per his official county staff directory listing. His office was honored by the Ohio Auditor of State with an award for excellence in financial reporting on the county's comprehensive annual financial report, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Clerk of Courts (Unexpired Term)Heidi Ewing (R)

Heidi Ewing

Republican

Ewing is a 31-year veteran of the Richland County Clerk of Courts office who was appointed interim Clerk of Courts by the county commissioners on April 21, 2026, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

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Common Pleas Court Judge, General DivisionNonpartisan race · Phillip Naumoff

Phillip Naumoff

NonpartisanIncumbent

Naumoff is the sitting judge of Richland County Common Pleas Court, General Division, per the court's official website. He earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1993, and before his election served more than eight years as a magistrate for the Mansfield Municipal Court, where he helped oversee the county's Drug and Alcohol Treatment Court, Veterans Court, Mental Health Court, and Domestic Violence Court, per the Richland Source. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Common Pleas Court Judge, Probate DivisionNonpartisan race · Kelly L. Badnell · Robert A. Franco

Kelly L. Badnell

NonpartisanIncumbent

Badnell has served as Judge of the Probate Division of the Richland County Common Pleas Court since February 2021, per the county's official site. She received two undergraduate degrees from Washington and Jefferson College and her law degree from Ohio Northern University's Claude W. Pettit College of Law, and is a former assistant county prosecutor who practiced civil litigation for over 20 years. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Robert A. Franco

Nonpartisan

Franco has practiced law in Mansfield since 2009, after operating local title and real estate businesses before attending law school, with a practice focused on probate, estate planning, real estate and title matters, per his campaign site. He earned his business degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School, and later earned an LL.M. in Business and Taxation. He has served as an adjunct professor at North Central State College.

Judge of the Fifth District Court of AppealsMatthew George (R)
Matthew George

Matthew George

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Applying the law as written and opposing what he describes as judicial activism
  • Defending constitutional rights including religious liberty and the Second Amendment, as stated in his campaign platform
About Matthew George

George has served as a judge on the Licking County Municipal Court since 2020 and previously worked as a magistrate in Licking County courts, with more than 18 years of total judicial experience, per his campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ashland University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2007, per the Richland Source.

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

Statewide races

U.S. SenateJon Husted (R) · Sherrod Brown (D) · Greg Levy (Party for Socialism and Liberation) · William B. Redpath (Libertarian)
Jon Husted

Jon Husted

RepublicanIncumbent

Jon Husted is Ohio's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes his career as Ohio lieutenant governor, secretary of state and speaker of the Ohio House. As lieutenant governor, he helped bring Intel's chip manufacturing facility to Licking County, pioneered job-training programs including TechCred, and founded InnovateOhio, per the campaign site. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 15, 2026.

Key voting record
  • Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Supported
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Holding health insurance companies accountable
  • Bringing down prescription drug costs
  • Making data centers pay
About Sherrod Brown

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.

Key voting record
  • 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

Greg Levy

Party for Socialism and Liberation

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Build a new economy that meets our needs
  • Build a democracy for the working class
  • End the war on Black America
About Greg Levy

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.

William B. Redpath

William B. Redpath

Libertarian

Top priorities

From the campaign site

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

From the campaign site

  • 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. 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

From the campaign site

  • 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

From the campaign site

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

From the campaign site

  • 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

From the campaign site

  • Protect one person, one vote and ensure every vote is counted
  • Defend voter access and honest, transparent elections
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

From other published sources

  • Ballot access and equal treatment for candidates, per WTOL News
  • Election transparency and secure voting systems, per WTOL News
About Tom Pruss

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.

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

Keith Faber

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • 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

From the campaign site

  • 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

Jay Edwards

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect taxpayer dollars
  • Keep Ohio's money working in Ohio communities
  • Spend every dollar wisely and transparently
About Jay Edwards

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

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • 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

From the campaign site

  • 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

From the campaign site

  • Bring experience, integrity, and accountability to the auditor's office
  • 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

From the campaign site

  • Judicial independence and impartiality
  • Expanded access to justice
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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