Nancy Elizabeth Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and,to date,only female governor of Ohio,serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University,and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Maureen O'Connor is an American lawyer and judge serving as the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. She was elected to the court in 2002,becoming chief justice in 2010.
Michael B. Coleman is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Columbus,Ohio. He was the first African-American to serve as the mayor of Ohio's capital city.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854.
The Charter Committee is an independent political organization dedicated to good government in Cincinnati,Ohio. Members of this committee are called Charterites. Committee organizers prefer the term Charter Committee rather than Charter Party. Because of Ohio State laws regarding vote percentage cutoffs for official party recognition,the Charter Committee is not an officially-recognized political party in Ohio.
Ann Womer Benjamin is the mayor of Aurora,Ohio. She is former executive director of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. Womer Benjamin served in the cabinet of the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Prior to that appointment,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1995–2002. She represented a district which encompassed Portage County,Ohio.
Bruce Edward Johnson is an American lawyer and Republican politician who was appointed the State of Ohio's 63rd lieutenant governor on January 5,2005,to complete an unexpired term. Johnson concurrently served as Director of the Ohio Department of Development.
The 2006 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006,and was a race for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Incumbent Governor Bob Taft could not run for re-election,because Ohio governors are limited to two consecutive terms in office. The election was held concurrently with a U.S. Senate election. The general election for governor pitted Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell,the Republican nominee,against United States Congressman Ted Strickland of Ohio's 6th congressional district,the Democratic nominee. Their running mates were former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher on the Democratic ticket and State Representative Tom Raga on the Republican ticket.
Thomas E. Brinkman,Jr. is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Cincinnati.
On August 2,2005,elections were held in Ohio's 2nd congressional district to choose a United States representative to replace Rob Portman,who had resigned his seat in April to become United States Trade Representative. Jean Schmidt,the Republican Party candidate,defeated Democrat Paul Hackett,in a surprisingly close election as the district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.
Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania,serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008,when she died in office. Prior to that,she served as the 32nd Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1989 to 1997.
Suzanne Crouch is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana. She is a candidate for Governor of Indiana in 2024.
Betty Montgomery is an American politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican,she formerly served as Ohio State Auditor and is the first woman Ohio Attorney General.
Zachary T. Space is an American lawyer and politician and the former U.S. Representative for Ohio's 18th congressional district,serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in Congress,Space became a lobbyist and was a principal for Vorys Advisors LLC,a subsidiary of the law firm Vorys,Sater,Seymour and Pease. He ran unsuccessfully for Ohio State Auditor in 2018,significantly outperforming other members of the ticket in Appalachian Ohio counties. He is currently serving as President of Sunday Creek Horizons,a firm founded in 2019 that works to improve the lives of Appalachian Ohioans.
Political control of Ohio has oscillated between the two major parties. Republicans outnumber Democrats in Ohio government. The governor,Mike DeWine,is a Republican,as are all other non-judicial statewide elected officials:Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Jon A. Husted,Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost,Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber,Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Ohio State Treasurer Robert Sprague.
Jennifer Lee Brunner is an American attorney,politician and judge. She is currently an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court,a position to which she was elected after serving as a judge on Ohio's Tenth District Court of Appeals. On June 8,2021,Brunner announced her candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in the November 8,2022,general election. Brunner is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the Ohio Secretary of State;Brunner was the first woman to serve in this capacity. She took office after sixteen years of Republican control,which included two four-year terms by her predecessor J. Kenneth Blackwell,who oversaw the 2000 and 2004 United States elections. Brunner served only a single term as Secretary of State. When it came time for re-election in 2010,she instead made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. Prior to being elected Secretary of State,Brunner worked in the Ohio Secretary of State's Office and served as a County Judge in Franklin County,Ohio. She also owned her own private practice;during her private practice career,she focused on election law and campaign finance law. She represented a broad range of candidates,businesses,political parties and committees before the Ohio Elections Commission on quasi-criminal matters.
Mary Taylor is an American businesswoman and politician who served as the 65th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 3,1964,in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Charleta B. Tavares is a former member of the Ohio Senate. She represented the 15th District from 2011 to 2018. Her district included much of central Franklin County,including the cities of Bexley and Grandview Heights with the majority encompassing the historic neighborhoods of Columbus,Ohio. Tavares previously had served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998.
The 2022 Ohio general elections took place on November 8,2022,throughout the US state of Ohio.
