2025 Ohio Issue 2

2025 Ohio Issue 2

May 6, 2025
Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment [1]
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 588,251 67.76% No 279,873 32.24% Valid votes 868,124 100.00% Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00% Total votes 868,124 100.00%
Yes:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% No:     50–60%

Ohio Issue 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. State of Ohio on May 6, 2025. ^[2]

Background

Funding for the State Capital Improvement Program has been approved by voters three times, first in 1987. ^[3] The amendment was passed as a bipartisan effort by the Ohio General Assembly. ^[4]

Impact

The 2025 measure would approve $250 million per year for ten years for the program. ^[5] The money would go to projects relating to infrastructure, such as bridges, road, sewers, and water lines. ^[6]

Endorsements

Yes

State legislators

• Nickie J. Antonio, state senator from the 23rd district (Democratic) ^[7]
• Brian Chavez, state senator from the 30th district (Republican) ^[8]

Organizations

• Ohio Environmental Council ^[9]

Political parties

• Ohio Democratic Party ^[10]

Labor unions

• Ohio AFL-CIO ^[11]

Newspapers

• The Blade ^[12]
• The Plain Dealer ^[13]

No

State Representatives

• Ron Ferguson, state representative from the 96th district (2021–present) (Republican) ^[14]

Results by county

Breakdown of voting by county ^[1]

County	Yes, %	Yes, votes	No, %	No, votes
Adams	64.7%	547	35.3%	299
Allen	67.2%	5,323	32.8%	2,599
Ashland	61.7%	3,035	38.3%	1,885
Ashtabula	65.0%	5,402	35.0%	2,908
Athens	71.6%	2,684	28.4%	1,066
Auglaize	65.8%	2,244	34.2%	1,165
Belmont	67.8%	2,092	32.2%	992
Brown	59.0%	919	41.0%	638
Butler	64.9%	12,044	35.1%	6,512
Carroll	60.9%	960	39.1%	617
Champaign	59.6%	3,318	40.4%	2,248
Clark	59.9%	7,826	40.1%	5,251
Clermont	46.8%	9,043	53.2%	10,264
Clinton	62.4%	2,007	37.6%	1,208
Columbiana	57.6%	6,275	42.4%	4,615
Coshocton	49.7%	1,850	50.3%	1,874
Crawford	60.8%	2,226	39.2%	1,435
Cuyahoga	77.8%	74,323	22.2%	21,253
Darke	63.2%	1,743	36.8%	1,014
Defiance	73.1%	1,165	26.9%	428
Delaware	71.0%	15,569	29.0%	6,361
Erie	66.4%	3,088	33.6%	1,563
Fairfield	62.1%	6,364	37.9%	3,878
Fayette	61.3%	727	38.7%	459
Franklin	77.2%	57,641	22.8%	16,996
Fulton	64.2%	1,405	35.8%	783
Gallia	51.7%	403	48.3%	377
Geauga	57.7%	4,466	42.3%	3,275
Greene	59.1%	11,389	40.9%	7.874
Guernsey	57.8%	834	42.2%	610
Hamilton	75.0%	40,448	25.0%	13,495
Hancock	71.6%	6,794	28.4%	2,697
Hardin	61.1%	1,276	38.9%	811
Harrison	72.8%	514	27.2%	192
Henry	73.4%	994	26.6%	361
Highland	54.8%	1,227	45.2%	1,013
Hocking	58.7%	911	41.3%	642
Holmes	58.4%	654	41.6%	466
Huron	59.7%	2,390	40.3%	1,611
Jackson	63.5%	838	36.5%	482
Jefferson	74.4%	3,237	25.6%	1,117
Knox	59.4%	2,501	40.6%	1,711
Lake	71.1%	11,519	28.9%	4,686
Lawrence	56.5%	896	43.5%	690
Licking	57.7%	9,766	42.3%	7,159
Logan	63.0%	1,986	37.0%	1,167
Lorain	65.3%	21,192	34.7%	11,262
Lucas	64.2%	17,525	35.8%	9,776
Madison	57.4%	2,146	42.6%	1,596
Mahoning	66.1%	9,990	33.9%	5,121
Marion	64.6%	1,879	35.4%	1,031
Medina	63.2%	11,445	36.8%	6,671
Meigs	56.0%	736	44.0%	579
Mercer	66.0%	2,252	34.0%	1,160
Miami	65.1%	6,673	34.9%	3,581
Monroe	53.7%	438	46.3%	378
Montgomery	70.1%	26,082	29.9%	11,104
Morgan	64.9%	596	35.1%	323
Morrow	53.8%	1,350	46.2%	1,161
Muskingum	60.3%	2,313	39.7%	1,522
Noble	65.1%	501	34.9%	269
Ottawa	65.5%	3,009	34.5%	1,586
Paulding	68.8%	586	31.2%	266
Perry	56.1%	936	43.9%	732
Pickaway	50.0%	3,673	50.0%	3,677
Pike	66.5%	466	33.5%	235
Portage	69.3%	9,936	30.7%	4,393
Preble	56.9%	1,408	43.1%	1,065
Putnam	72.8%	1,447	27.2%	540
Richland	64.0%	4,472	36.0%	2,521
Ross	66.0%	1,945	34.0%	1,004
Sandusky	63.4%	2,563	36.6%	1,477
Scioto	69.1%	1,809	30.9%	809
Seneca	67.2%	2,043	32.8%	999
Shelby	58.4%	2,009	41.6%	1,429
Stark	64.0%	18,894	36.0%	10,614
Summit	72.1%	37,941	27.9%	14,710
Trumbull	70.5%	10,655	29.5%	4,462
Tuscarawas	60.0%	4,582	40.0%	3,060
Union	65.9%	8,060	34.1%	4,174
Van Wert	66.6%	1,017	33.4%	510
Vinton	58.0%	333	42.0%	241
Warren	60.8%	8,384	39.2%	5,401
Washington	62.0%	4,174	38.0%	2,558
Wayne	62.4%	5,517	37.6%	3,324
Williams	57.9%	1,353	42.1%	983
Wood	74.0%	11,938	26.0%	4,187
Wyandot	63.8%	1,120	36.2%	635

References

1. "Ohio Issue 2 - Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment". 270toWin . Retrieved May 10, 2025.
2. "Issue 2 on May 2025 ballot: Ohio to vote on $2.5B bond initiative for public infrastructure projects". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
3. "What is Ohio Issue 2 on the May ballot? Voters could extend $2.5B public works program". Cincinnati.com The Enquirer. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
4. "Ohio primary election 2025 voter guide: Here's what's on the ballot, how you can vote". 10 WBNS. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
5. Dennis, Justin. "What is Issue 2 on Ohio's May 6 ballot?". FOX 8 News. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
6. "Explaining Ohio Issue 2, a $2.5B infrastructure program". Axios. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
7. "VOTE YES ON ISSUE 2 ON MAY 6, 2025". The Ohio Senate. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
8. "CHAVEZ BACKS STATE ISSUE 2 AS IMPERATIVE TO STATE INFRASTRUCTURE". The Ohio Senate. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
9. "2025 Endorsements". theoecactionfund.org. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
10. "Important Information on May 2025 Special Election". Butler County Democrats. Retrieved April 9, 2025. ODP's Executive Committee unanimously endorsed a yes vote on state issue two
11. "Ohio AFL-CIO Endorses State Issue 2". Ohio AFL-CIO. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
12. "Editorial: Yes on 2". The Blade. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
13. Editorial Board, cleveland com and The Plain Dealer (April 4, 2025). "Yes on State Issue 2, supporting local improvements without a tax hike: endorsement editorial". cleveland. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
14. Fahmy, Natalie (April 10, 2025). "Only issue on May ballot would boost infrastructure spending". nbc4i. Retrieved May 7, 2025.