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Ohio 2026 midterms: ballot, races, and key dates

The Henry County official ballot for November 3, 2026 prints Ohio’s statewide executive offices, two Supreme Court terms, and a U.S. Senate contest for an unexpired term ending January 3, 2029. The Secretary of State certified Issue 3 for that election.

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Last updated: October 28, 2026. Unofficial information. Not affiliated with any government or election authority. Confirm with your official election office (Ohio Secretary of State — Elections).

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State briefing

What Ohio voters are deciding in 2026

Ohio’s oddity is the Senate line: an unexpired term ending January 3, 2029, printed on official county ballots beside a full governor’s race, not a regular Class 2 term ending in 2027. The governor guide names Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton and stores a Tossup Cook label and a Bowling Green State University / YouGov survey. The Secretary of State certified Issue 3 for the same election. Issue 3 is a question, not a running mate. County boards run early in-person voting, so the first counties to report are not a sample designed to match the state.

Ohio’s sourced statewide list includes Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Auditor of State; Secretary of State; Treasurer of State, and 3 more lines on the hub above. This state’s regular Class 2 Senate seat is not on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Voters may still have an unexpired Senate term, a House ballot, or state offices. The office list above is the check. A governor’s race is on the cycle. The winner becomes the state’s chief executive under the state constitution. This page does not predict who that will be. The pages read for this hub did not become a statewide-question essay. If the election office adds a measure after the date on the hub, the office’s list controls. The list is not a sample ballot for a street address. Counties add local offices, and a ZIP sketch on this site is not the official card.

Race guides linked from this hub: OH Governor (Cook Political Report: Tossup, August 20, 2026); OH-09. A rating in that list is the outlet’s label. It is not a Map the Midterms call, and a guide with no rating is not secretly a Toss-up. Candidate names on a guide come from an election-office list, a certified ballot, or the Clerk of the House nominee list. The short bio restates that listing. It is not a speech. Where a card links a verified Ballotpedia profile, the profile collects public reporting. This briefing does not copy it.

Past margins for president, Senate, governor, or a House district are the canvass Ohio Secretary of State — Elections certified, and for federal offices the compilation the Federal Election Commission publishes from those state reports. This briefing does not drop in a percentage it has not copied from one of those documents. A close prior canvass is a reason to watch how Ohio reports mail and provisional ballots. It is not a 2026 result. Turnout rates disagree when one chart uses the Census Bureau’s survey and another uses registered voters or ballots counted. Columbus is the capital. Most of Ohio is on Eastern Time. Poll-close comparisons with other states have to respect that clock. Certification is the state’s work, on the state’s calendar, after election night.

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Candidates on the Ohio ballot, November 3, 2026

Names and parties are copied in stored-list order: U.S. Senate, each U.S. House district, governor, then other statewide offices, including attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, comptroller, superintendent, commissioners, and state supreme court seats when that list contains them. State legislative contests are included when that stored list contains them.

U.S. Senate Ohio

  1. Jon Husted — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Sherrod Brown — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Stephen Faris — Independent Ballotpedia
  4. Anthony Holliman — Independent Ballotpedia
  5. Gregory Levy — Independent Ballotpedia
  6. Timothy Telymonde — Independent Ballotpedia
  7. Bill Redpath — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. Senate Ohio, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 1

  1. Greg Landsman — Democratic Ballotpedia
  2. Eric Conroy — Republican Ballotpedia
  3. Nathan Weise — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 1, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 2

  1. David Taylor — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Jen Mazzuckelli — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 2, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 3

  1. Joyce Beatty — Democratic Ballotpedia
  2. Cleophus Dulaney — Republican Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 3, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 4

  1. Jim Jordan — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Joshua Kolasinski — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Tracey Tackett — Independent Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 4, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 5

  1. Bob Latta — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Brian Shaver — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Michael Veloff — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 5, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 6

  1. Michael Rulli — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Elizabeth Kirtley — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 6, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 7

  1. Max Miller — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Brian Poindexter — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Thahbia Asad — Independent Ballotpedia
  4. Andrey Martinichin — Independent Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 7, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 8

  1. Warren Davidson — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Vanessa Enoch — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 8, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 9

  1. Marcy Kaptur — Democratic Ballotpedia
  2. Derek Merrin — Republican Ballotpedia
  3. Kathy McKinstry — Independent Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 9, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 10

  1. Michael Turner — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Kristina Knickerbocker — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Thomas McMasters — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 10, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 11

  1. Shontel Brown — Democratic Ballotpedia
  2. Mike Kirchner — Republican Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 11, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 12

  1. Troy Balderson — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Jerrad Christian — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 12, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 13

  1. Emilia Sykes — Democratic Ballotpedia
  2. Carey Coleman — Republican Ballotpedia
  3. Sandeep Dixit — Independent Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 13, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 14

  1. David Joyce — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Maria Jukic — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 14, 2026 general-election candidate list

U.S. House Ohio District 15

  1. Mike Carey — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Don Leonard — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Gary Josephson — Independent Ballotpedia
  4. Samuel Ronan — Independent Ballotpedia
  5. Brennan Barrington — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, U.S. House Ohio District 15, 2026 general-election candidate list

Governor of Ohio

  1. Vivek Ramaswamy — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Amy Acton — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Tim Grady — Independent Ballotpedia
  4. Heather Hill — Independent Ballotpedia
  5. Renea Turner — Independent Ballotpedia
  6. Ron Ula — Independent Ballotpedia
  7. Don Kissick — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Governor of Ohio, 2026 general-election candidate list

Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

  1. Robert McColley — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. David Pepper — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Michael Lehnerd — Independent Ballotpedia
  4. Pat Manley — Independent Ballotpedia
  5. Andrea Neutzling — Independent Ballotpedia
  6. Jalen Turner — Independent Ballotpedia
  7. James Mills — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 2026 general-election candidate list

Attorney General of Ohio

  1. Keith Faber — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. John Kulewicz — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Attorney General of Ohio, 2026 general-election candidate list

Ohio Secretary of State

  1. Robert Sprague — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Allison Russo — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Tom Pruss — Libertarian Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Ohio Secretary of State, 2026 general-election candidate list

Ohio Auditor of State

  1. Frank LaRose — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Annette Blackwell — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Ohio Auditor of State, 2026 general-election candidate list

Ohio Treasurer

  1. Jay Edwards — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Seth Walsh — Democratic Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Ohio Treasurer, 2026 general-election candidate list

Ohio Supreme Court

  1. Dan Hawkins — Republican Ballotpedia
  2. Marilyn Zayas — Democratic Ballotpedia
  3. Jennifer L. Brunner — Democratic Ballotpedia
  4. Colleen O'Donnell — Republican Ballotpedia

Source: Ballotpedia, Ohio Supreme Court, 2026 general-election candidate list

Official election office

  • Most of Ohio is on Eastern Time.
  • Ohio voter registration is processed by county boards of elections. Dates for the November 3, 2026 general election are on the voting-deadlines page.
  • Early in-person voting is offered through each county board of elections. Locations and daily hours are published by the county board.
  • Absentee applications are official county forms. This site does not request ballots.
  • Identification rules are published by the Ohio Secretary of State.

Ohio Secretary of State — Elections

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Statewide offices on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  • Governor and Lieutenant Governor
  • Attorney General
  • Auditor of State
  • Secretary of State
  • Treasurer of State
  • Justice of the Supreme Court (full term commencing 1-1-2027)
  • Justice of the Supreme Court (full term commencing 1-2-2027)
  • U.S. Senator (unexpired term ending 1-3-2029)

Last checked October 18, 2026. Sources: Ohio Secretary of State — Issue 3 certification report, August 3, 2026; Henry County, Ohio — official general election ballot, November 3, 2026 (county source)

Key 2026 general election dates

Dates below are paraphrased from the official pages linked on each line and were last checked against those pages on October 28, 2026. They can change. Ohio Secretary of State — Elections publishes the current calendar. County voting hours vary. “Passed,” “Deadline today,” “In progress,” and “Upcoming” markers use only the date on the device. They ignore cutoff times and the state’s time zone, so a deadline marked for today may already have closed. The marker is not an official cutoff.

Voter registration

Ohio Revised Code § 3503.19 requires a registration to be received, or a mailed form to be postmarked, no later than the 30th day before the election. Vote.gov also lists 30 days before Election Day for online, mail, and in-person registration in Ohio. The 30th day before November 3, 2026 was Sunday, October 4. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections lists the deadline for this election as Monday, October 5, 2026, which has passed, with a mailed form postmarked by October 5. That board says its office is open until 9 p.m. that day. That closing time applies to Cuyahoga County only.

Sources: Ohio Revised Code § 3503.19 — registration deadline; Vote.gov — register in Ohio; Cuyahoga County Board of Elections — November 3, 2026 FAQs (county source)

Early in-person (absentee) voting

Ohio Revised Code § 3509.051 allows in-person absentee voting from the first day after voter registration closes through 5 p.m. on the Sunday before the election, which is November 1, 2026. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections lists Tuesday, October 6, 2026 as the first day. Daily hours are not set by that statute. The hour-by-hour calendar linked here is Cuyahoga County’s only. Other counties publish their own hours.

Sources: Ohio Revised Code § 3509.051 — in-person absentee voting period; Cuyahoga County Board of Elections — November 3, 2026 FAQs (county source); Cuyahoga County Board of Elections — early in-person voting hours (Cuyahoga County only)

Vote-by-mail application

Ohio Revised Code § 3509.03 requires an absentee (vote-by-mail) application to reach the county board of elections by the close of business on the seventh day before the election, which was Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections says it accepted applications until 8:30 p.m. that day. That closing time is Cuyahoga County only. Other counties publish their own hours.

Sources: Ohio Revised Code § 3509.03 — absentee application deadline; Cuyahoga County Board of Elections — November 3, 2026 FAQs (county source)

Absentee ballot return

Ohio Revised Code § 3509.05, as amended by Senate Bill 293 (effective March 20, 2026), requires a voted absentee ballot to be delivered to the county board of elections no later than the close of the polls on Election Day. Ballots that arrive later are not counted. Military and overseas voters follow separate rules. Ohio Revised Code § 3501.32 sets Election Day poll hours at 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections lists the same 7:30 p.m. arrival deadline.

Sources: Ohio Revised Code § 3509.05 — absentee ballot return; Ohio Revised Code § 3501.32 — Election Day poll hours; Cuyahoga County Board of Elections — November 3, 2026 FAQs (county source)

Same-day or Election Day registration

Ohio Revised Code § 3503.19, read October 28, 2026, says a registered elector may change a registration on election day at a polling place where the elector is eligible to vote, in the manner provided under § 3503.16. Those sections do not describe registration of a person who is not already registered. The Secretary of State website returned 403 on October 28, 2026. The Ohio Secretary of State is the official source.

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Ohio Governor — 2026

The Franklin County Board of Elections 2026 general-election candidate list, revised October 16, 2026, names Amy Acton and David Pepper (Democratic), Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley (Republican), and Don Kissick and James L. Mills (Libertarian) for governor and lieutenant governor. The same list marks Timothy Grady and Andrea Neutzling, Heather Hill and Patrick Manley, and Renea Turner and Jalen Turner as write-in.

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U.S. House·Ohio

Ohio 9th Congressional District — 2026

A Henry County official ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election prints, for representative to Congress, 9th district, Marcy Kaptur (Democratic) and Derek Merrin (Republican), plus a write-in line.

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Questions about the Ohio 2026 midterms

Short answers from the offices and race guides already linked on this page. Registration and voting rules are published by Ohio Secretary of State — Elections.

What is on the Ohio ballot in the 2026 midterms?
The Henry County, Ohio official general-election ballot for November 3, 2026 prints these statewide offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Auditor of State; Secretary of State; Treasurer of State; Justice of the Supreme Court (full term commencing 1-1-2027); Justice of the Supreme Court (full term commencing 1-2-2027); and U.S. Senator (unexpired term ending 1-3-2029). The Secretary of State’s candidate list was not available for this reading. U.S. House contests on that county ballot are by district. The Secretary of State’s certification signed August 3, 2026 places Issue 3 on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot under that title. The Henry County official ballot prints that statewide amendment. The pages of that county ballot that were read do not print a statewide Issue 1 or Issue 2.
Where are official Ohio sample-ballot and registration pages?
Ohio voter lookup is the official sample-ballot page. Ohio Secretary of State — Elections publishes registration and election rules. Vote.gov: Ohio registration information. Map the Midterms does not look up voter records, issue sample ballots, or request mail ballots.
Which Map the Midterms race guides cover Ohio?
Map the Midterms publishes 2 Ohio race guides: Ohio Governor — 2026 and Ohio 9th Congressional District — 2026. Ohio 9th Congressional District — 2026 is one district example. It is not a claim that the district is yours. These pages cite public sources. They are not a certified candidate list, not a poll average, and not an endorsement. Other districts and local contests in Ohio are not covered in depth. The race guides are linked on this page. Qualified names are published by Ohio Secretary of State — Elections.
When is Election Day 2026 in Ohio?
The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Ohio law requires voters to register by the 30th day before the election, and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections lists that deadline for this election as Monday, October 5, 2026. Under the Ohio Revised Code, early in-person (absentee) voting runs from the day after registration closes (October 6, per the Cuyahoga board) through 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 1; a vote-by-mail application must reach the county board of elections by the close of business on Tuesday, October 27, which has passed; and a voted absentee ballot must reach the county board by the close of the polls (7:30 p.m.) on Election Day. Daily early-voting hours are set by each county board. The Ohio Secretary of State website returned 403 on October 28, 2026. Dates can change. The Ohio Secretary of State and county boards of elections publish the current calendar. Most of Ohio is on Eastern Time.
Is Map the Midterms an official Ohio election website?
No. Map the Midterms is an informational site. It is not a government, secretary of state, or county election website. The official election office for Ohio is Ohio Secretary of State — Elections. Registration, sample ballots, and voting rules are published there and on Vote.gov: Ohio registration information.

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