Ohio Republican Primary
May 05, 2026
The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on Mar 27, 2026.
The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.
Special Election U.S. Senate
Jon Husted
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 1
Holly Adams
Republican | Ohio
Eric Conroy
Republican | Ohio
Steven Erbeck
Republican | Ohio
Rosemary Oglesby-Henry
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 2
Bob Carr
Republican | Ohio
David J. Taylor
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 3
Cleophus Dulaney
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 4
Jim Jordan
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 5
Bob Latta
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 6
Jullie Kelley
Republican | Ohio
Michael A. Rulli
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 7
Max Miller
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 8
Warren Davidson
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 9
Anthony Bruce Campbell
Republican | Ohio
Derek Merrin
Republican | Ohio
Alea Nadeem
Republican | Ohio
Madison Sheahan
Republican | Ohio
Josh Williams
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 10
Mike Turner
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
James Hemphill
Republican | Ohio
Mike Kirchner
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 12
Troy Balderson
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 13
Margaret Elizabeth Briem
Republican | Ohio
Carey Coleman
Republican | Ohio
Sanjin Drakovac
Republican | Ohio
Neil Patel
Republican | Ohio
Kevin Siembida
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 14
Niki Frenchko
Republican | Ohio
David P. Joyce
Republican | Ohio
Mark Zetzer
Republican | Ohio
U.S. Rep., Dist. 15
Mike Carey
Republican | Ohio
Samuel Ronan
Republican | Ohio
Governor
Heather Hill
Republican | Ohio
Casey Putsch
Republican | Ohio
Vivek Ramaswamy
Republican | Ohio
Renea Turner
Republican | Ohio
Sec. of State
Robert Sprague
Republican | Ohio
Marcell Strbich
Republican | Ohio
Attorney General
Keith Faber
Republican | Ohio
Treasurer
Jay Edwards
Republican | Ohio
Kristina D. Roegner
Republican | Ohio
Auditor
Frank LaRose
Republican | Ohio
Supreme Court Justice, 1
Daniel R. Hawkins
Republican | Ohio
Supreme Court Justice, 2
Andrew King
Republican | Ohio
Jill Lanzinger
Republican | Ohio
Ronald Lewis
Republican | Ohio
Colleen O'Donnell
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 1
James M. Hoops
Republican | Ohio
Craig S. Riedel
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 3
Michele Reynolds
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 5
Phil Plummer
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 7
Zac Haines
Republican | Ohio
Scott Lipps
Republican | Ohio
Kim Lukens
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 11
James Nowak
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 13
Gayle Manning
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 15
Joseph Healy
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 17
Shane Wilkin
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 19
Beth Lear
Republican | Ohio
Ryan Rivers
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 21
Mikhail Alterman
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 23
Robert E. Dintaman Jr.
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 25
Don Roberts
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 27
Steve Demetriou
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 29
Jane Timken
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 31
Al Landis
Republican | Ohio
State Senator, Dist. 33
Al Cutrona
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 1
Joel A. Greff
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 6
Matthew Jackson
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 7
William Mercier
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 9
Bruce Euans
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 10
Denise D'Angelo
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 11
Shawn Kaeser
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 12
Patty Hamilton
Republican | Ohio
Brian Stewart
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 13
Billy Fronimo
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 15
Daniel Conway
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 16
Sophia Tjotjos
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 17
Mike Dovilla
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 18
Maureen Lynn
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 19
Eric Geyer
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 20
Donna Walker-Brown
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 23
Julie A. Belich
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 26
Tom Brinkman Jr.
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 27
Elizabeth Rod Maier
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 28
Jill Cole
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 29
Cindy Abrams
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 30
Mike Odioso
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 31
Mike Kahoe
Republican | Ohio
Stephanie Stock
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 32
Jack K. Daniels
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 33
Napoleon Rodgers Jr
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 34
Craig A. Shubert
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 35
Vik Sandhu
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 36
Andrea White
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 37
Tom Young
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 39
Mark Campbell
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 40
Rodney Creech
Republican | Ohio
J. Todd Smith
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 41
Ian Chamberlin
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 43
David Karmol
Republican | Ohio
Kristi Kille
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 44
Patrick Richardson
Republican | Ohio
John W. Rozic
Republican | Ohio
Edward L. Schimmel
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 45
Jennifer Gross
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 46
Thomas Hall
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 47
Diane Mullins
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 48
Sue Grabowski
Republican | Ohio
Christina M. Hagan-Nemeth
Republican | Ohio
Ed Lohnes
Republican | Ohio
Greg Wolfe
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 49
Jim Thomas
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 50
Matthew Kishman
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 51
Jodi Salvo
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 52
Nathan H. Manning
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 53
Bradley Lacko
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 54
Kellie Deeter
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 55
C. Michelle Teska
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 56
Adam Mathews
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 57
Jesse Styles
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 58
Heather Fronk
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 59
Tex Fischer
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 60
Peggy S. Guzzo
Republican | Ohio
Brian Lorenz
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 61
Andrew O. Brenner
Republican | Ohio
Shawn Stevens
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 62
Dillon Blevins
Republican | Ohio
Jean Schmidt
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 63
Adam C. Bird
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 64
Nick Santucci
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 65
David Thomas
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 66
Aidan C. Haggard
Republican | Ohio
Sean M. Hutson
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 67
Melanie Miller
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 68
Thad Claggett
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 69
Kevin D. Miller
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 70
Terry Dale Free
Republican | Ohio
Brian Lampton
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 71
Levi Dean
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 72
Heidi Workman
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 73
Jeff LaRe
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 74
Bernard Willis II
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 75
Haraz N. Ghanbari
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 76
Marilyn S. John
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 77
Meredith Craig
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 78
Matt Huffman
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 79
Monica Robb Blasdel
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 80
Johnathan Newman
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 81
Brandon Moskwa
Republican | Ohio
Patti Rockey
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 82
Roy W. Klopfenstein
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 83
Ty Mathews
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 84
Angie King
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 85
Tim Barhorst
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 86
Wezlynn Davis
Republican | Ohio
Benjamin Weber
Republican | Ohio
Steven Wolfe
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 87
Jeffrey A. McClain
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 88
Gary Click
Republican | Ohio
Eric Watson
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 89
D.J. Swearingen Jr.
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 90
Justin Pizzulli
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 91
Bob Peterson
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 92
Mark Johnson
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 93
Larry Kidd
Republican | Ohio
Jason Stephens
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 94
Kevin Ritter
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 95
Ty Moore
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 96
Ron Ferguson
Republican | Ohio
Frank Hoagland
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 97
Adam P. Holmes
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 98
Mark Hiner
Republican | Ohio
State Rep., Dist. 99
Sarah Fowler Arthur
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 2 - Epley seat
Chris Epley
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 3 - Miller seat
Mark C. Miller
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 4 - Abele seat
Peter B. Abele
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 5 - Hoffman seat
Matt Donahue
Republican | Ohio
Jeff Furr
Republican | Ohio
Matthew George
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 6 - Goulding seat
Michael R. Goulding
Republican | Ohio
CJ Kamm
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 7 - Robb seat
Molly K. Johnson
Republican | Ohio
Donald P. Scott
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 7 - Waite seat
David Comstock
Republican | Ohio
Mark Anthony Hanni
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 8 - Mays seat
Anthony Alto
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 9 - Sutton seat
Cynthia Curtin
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 11 - Lynch seat
Marisa L. Cornachio
Republican | Ohio
David L. Engler
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 11 - Patton seat
Robert J. Patton
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 12 - Byrne seat
Matthew Byrne
Republican | Ohio
Court of Appeals, District 12 - Hendrickson seat
Robert A. Hendrickson
Republican | Ohio
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