Who is on the ballot in Ohio on November 3, 2026?
For the November 3, 2026 general election. From the Ohio Secretary of State candidate list, checked October 14, 2026.
This page lists every candidate on the Ohio Secretary of State's list for U.S. Senate and governor and other statewide offices: 23 candidates in 8 races. Within each race, candidates are in alphabetical order by last name. This list is not complete: Only the offices certified by the Secretary of State (statewide offices and U.S. Senator) are included; U.S. Representative, State Senate and State House candidates are certified by county boards of elections and no statewide list of them was found on ohiosos.gov.
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U.S. Senator
- Sherrod Brown (Democratic Party)
- Jon Husted (Republican Party)
- Greg Levy (Other-party candidate)
- William B. Redpath (Libertarian Party)
Statewide offices
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- Amy Acton and David Pepper (Democratic Party)
- Don Kissick and James L. Mills (Libertarian Party)
- Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley (Republican Party)
Attorney General
- Keith Faber (Republican Party)
- John J. Kulewicz (Democratic Party)
Auditor of State
- Annette Blackwell (Democratic Party)
- Frank LaRose (Republican Party)
Secretary of State
- Tom Pruss (Libertarian Party)
- Allison Russo (Democratic Party)
- Robert Sprague (Republican Party)
Treasurer of State
- Jay Edwards (Republican Party)
- Seth Walsh (Democratic Party)
Justice of the Supreme Court, Full term commencing 1/1/2027
- Daniel R. Hawkins (Republican Party)
- Marilyn Zayas (Democratic Party)
Justice of the Supreme Court, Full term commencing 1/2/2027
- Jennifer Brunner (Democratic Party)
- Colleen O'Donnell (Republican Party)
Judges, county offices and local questions
These are not listed on this page: U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House candidates (Ohio has no statewide list of them: each county board certifies its own), judges, county and local offices. The Ohio Secretary of State's full candidate list has every office it covers. Your full sample ballot, with every contest and question you will see, comes from your county or local election office: find yours.
How this list is made
- The source is "Directive 2026-45: Form of the Official Ballot for the November 3, 2026 General Election - Candidates Certified by the Secretary of State", the list of the Ohio Secretary of State for the November 3, 2026 general election (the list's date: August 25, 2026), read on October 14, 2026.
- Only candidates on the November ballot are shown.
- Names and parties are the list's own. Every candidate is shown the same way: a name and a party, with no photos, endorsements or ratings.
- The list can change if a candidate withdraws or is replaced. The Ohio Secretary of State's own list is the final word.
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