Who is on the ballot in 43542?

Marcy Kaptur is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 1983 as the longest-serving woman in House history, per the chamber's membership roster. She grew up in a UAW household in Toledo, still lives in the home she was raised in, and has opposed trade deals including NAFTA, CAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, per the campaign site.

Merrin is a former Ohio state representative who served eight years in the legislature and chaired the House Ways and Means Committee, and previously served as mayor of Waterville, per the campaign site.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Laura Brown appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lucas County Commissioner, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Laura Brown.

Brenden Johnson appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lucas County Commissioner, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Brenden Johnson.

Sobecki is the sitting Lucas County Commissioner and president of the Board of County Commissioners, with a term expiring January 1, 2027, per Lucas County government website. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Katie Moline is the sitting Lucas County Auditor, seeking reelection. A licensed Certified Public Accountant, she previously served on Toledo City Council beginning in 2020, chairing its Finance, Budget and Debt Oversight Committee, per her campaign site. She was appointed Lucas County Auditor in January 2024 and elected to complete the term that November, per the county Auditor's office.

Carolyn Munn appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lucas County Auditor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Carolyn Munn.

English is the administrative judge of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, per Lucas County Court of Common Pleas official website. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Adya has worked as a respiratory therapist and an attorney, and has served as a magistrate in the Lucas County Probate Court since March 2012, per his campaign site and the Ohio Association of Magistrates.

McGowan is the administrative judge of the Lucas County Domestic Relations Court, per Lucas County government website. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Stoner was sworn in as the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division judge on December 16, 2024, per Lucas County government website. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Agnew is a Senior Assistant Attorney General who has served as a magistrate on the Toledo Municipal Court for five years and previously worked more than a decade in the Public Defender's Office, with courtroom experience in appellate, federal bankruptcy, criminal, and family/domestic relations courts, per the campaign site.

Puffenberger is an Assistant Lucas County Prosecutor in the Tax Foreclosure Division with nearly two decades of legal experience, including work as a Senior Attorney for the City of Toledo and a staff attorney for the Sixth District Court of Appeals, per the campaign site. He holds a law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law and an undergraduate degree from Denison University, per the campaign site.

Michael R. Goulding has served as a judge of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, since 2013, per his campaign site. He previously served as a judge of the Toledo Municipal Court from 2007 to 2013 and was a partner at Shindler Neff, LLP, practicing commercial litigation, employment, real estate and probate law, per his campaign site. He holds a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law and a B.A. in English from Ohio State University, and has served on the board of the Mildred Bayer Clinic for the Homeless and the Toledo Law Association.

Duhart, a Toledo native, was appointed to the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas in 2011 and was elected to the Sixth District Court of Appeals in 2020, where he has served as presiding judge, per his campaign site. Duhart is a U.S. Army veteran who served as a Judge Advocate General Corps officer during Operation Desert Shield, per his campaign site.

CJ Kamm appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge (term commencing February 10, 2027), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for CJ Kamm.

Philip A. Leinbach is a Maumee resident who was a candidate for an at large seat on the Maumee City Council in the November 2025 municipal election, per 13abc News. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

John A. Scott appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maumee City Council, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for John A. Scott.