Summit County is an urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census,the population was 540,428,making it the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and largest city is Akron. The county was formed on March 3,1840,from portions of Medina,Portage and Stark counties. It was named Summit County because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal is in the county.
Akron is a city in and the county seat of Summit County,Ohio,United States. At the 2020 census,the city proper had a total population of 190,469,making it the fifth-most populous city in Ohio and 136th-most populous city in the United States. The Akron metropolitan area,covering Summit and Portage counties,had a population of 702,219. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau in Northeast Ohio about 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Cleveland.
Green is a city in southeastern Summit County,Ohio,United States. The population was 27,475 at the 2020 census. It is a suburban community between Akron and Canton and is part of the Akron metropolitan area.
Thomas Charles Sawyer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. During a career that spanned five decades,he represented his hometown of Akron,Ohio,across multiple levels of government. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983,the Mayor of Akron from 1984 to 1986,a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003,and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016.
Donald L. Plusquellic is the former mayor of Akron,Ohio. First elected in 1987,he became the 59th Mayor of Akron after previously serving 13 years on Akron City Council. Plusquellic has served his seventh term,making him the longest-serving mayor of the city. Plusquellic announced his resignation effective May 31,2015,citing unfriendly coverage from the Akron Beacon Journal as his primary motivation.
Vorys,Sater,Seymour and Pease LLP is an international law firm based in Columbus,Ohio. With approximately 375 attorneys working out of offices in California,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Texas,Washington,D.C.,London,and Berlin,the firm is among the largest 150 law firms in the United States,according to American Lawyer.
John Randell Adams Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Frank LaRose is an American politician who has served as the 51st Secretary of State of Ohio since January 2019. He was a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate for two terms,from January 2011 to January 2019. He was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election,challenging incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown. He lost to Bernie Moreno in the primary.
Alexander Paul George Sittenfeld is an American politician and former member of the Cincinnati City Council. He has been convicted of felony bribery and attempted extortion. A convicted felon,Sittenfeld was an inmate at FCI Ashland,but was released from prison pending the outcome of his appeal.
Greta Johnson is an American attorney and politician. Johnson is the former representative of the 35th district of the Ohio House of Representatives,serving from January 2015 to March 2017. Johnson is a former assistant prosecutor for Summit County,who challenged incumbent representative Zack Milkovich in the 2014 Democratic primary. Johnson defeated Milkovich with 54% of the vote and won the general election with 61% of the vote. She held the seat until 2017,when she resigned to work for the Summit County Executive.
Emilia Strong Sykes is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,she formerly represented the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives,which consists of portions of the Akron area. From 2019 until 2021,she also served as minority leader of that chamber.
Dan Horrigan is an American politician and educator who served as the 62nd mayor of Akron,Ohio from November 3,2015 to January 1,2024. Horrigan previously served eight years as the Clerk of Summit County's Common Pleas Courts.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 6,1962. Incumbent Senator Frank Lausche was re-elected to a second term in office,easily defeating Republican attorney John Marshall Briley.
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term in a landslide,defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley,the former mayor of Dayton with 62.4% of the vote. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican governor of Ohio since 1994 has won re-election by a double-digit margin.
On March 10,2021,Marcia Fudge resigned her seat in the United States House of Representatives after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden administration. Governor Mike DeWine set the primary date for August 3,concurrent with the special election in Ohio's 15th congressional district. The general election was on November 2. Shontel Brown won both the competitive Democratic primary and the general election,and was sworn in on November 4.
The 2023 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2023. The off-year election included gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states,as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot. At least three special elections to the United States Congress were scheduled as either deaths or vacancies arose. The Democratic Party retained control of the governorship in Kentucky,flipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court and held a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,gained six seats in the New Jersey General Assembly,and won back unified control of the Virginia General Assembly,while Republicans also flipped the governorship in Louisiana and narrowly retained Mississippi's governorship. The election cycle also saw Ohio voting to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and legalize cannabis for recreational use. The results were widely seen as a success for the Democratic Party.
Jim Isabella is an American conservative radio talk show host based in Northeast Ohio,formerly of the radio station WNIR,in Kent,Ohio. His show was called the Jim Isabella Show.
Sage Frederick Lewis is an American homelessness activist,author,and small business owner. He is known for allowing a homeless encampment of 50 people on his private property in Akron,Ohio.
The 2023 Akron mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the mayor of Akron,Ohio. Party primaries were held on May 2. Incumbent Democratic mayor Dan Horrigan chose not to seek re-election to a third term in office.
General Orson Minott Oviatt was a wealthy merchant,abolitionist,politician and military officer from Richfield,Ohio. He was the city postmaster for many years,county commissioner,and the cofounder the Academic Institution of Richfield. He gave land to the city and became the namesake of Oviatt-Newton Park. He was also the father-in-law of the Mayor of Cleveland,George W. Gardner,an early business partner of John D. Rockefeller.
