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 located in the county.
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio;the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.
Bath Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County,Ohio,United States. A suburb of Akron,the 2020 census found 10,024 people in the township.
Ann Womer Benjamin is the mayor of Aurora,Ohio,a position she has held since 2014. 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.
Betty Sue Sutton is an American politician who currently serves as a Judge of Ohio's 9th District Court of Appeals. She previously served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sutton lost her 2012 re-election campaign after she was redistricted to the 16th District,losing to fellow incumbent Jim Renacci in the Republican-leaning district.
Sandra Pianalto is an economist. She previously served as the tenth chief executive of the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank,at Cleveland from 2003 to 2014.
John Randell Adams Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
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 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Ohio,concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term.
Tavia Galonski is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. A Democrat,she represented portions of Akron and Barberton in Summit County.
Ilene Shapiro is an American businessperson and politician. She has served as the Executive of Summit County,Ohio,since August 1,2016. Her predecessor Russell M. Pry died in office on July 31,2016. She was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. Shapiro is currently serving a four-year term that ends December 31,2024 and is running unopposed for re-election in 2024. Previously,Shapiro was a member of Summit County Council for ten years and Council President for three years. Prior to her time in public service,Shapiro was a businesswoman.
William (Bill) Roemer is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,since 2019,representing the 31st district. The district encompasses the majority of western and northern Summit county. A Republican,he is serving his third term in the House of Representatives.
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,62.4% to 37.4%. 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.
Shontel Monique Brown is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Brown previously served as a member of the Cuyahoga County Council,representing the 9th district. She won her congressional seat in a special election on November 2,2021,after Marcia Fudge resigned to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Sarah Fowler Arthur is an American politician currently serving as the Ohio state representative in Ohio's 99th district. The district includes parts of Ashtabula County and Geauga County.
The One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Ohio General Assembly is the current meeting of the Ohio state legislature,composed of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It convened in Columbus,Ohio on January 3,2023,and is scheduled to adjourn on December 31,2024. The apportionment of legislative districts was based on the 2020 United States census and the 2022 redistricting plan. The Ohio Republican Party retained the majority in both the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives.
The 2024 Ohio House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5,2024,to elect representatives in all 99 districts of the Ohio House of Representatives. Members will be elected in single-member constituencies to two-year terms. These elections will be held concurrently with various federal and state elections,including for U.S. President,U.S. Senate,and the Ohio Senate.
