Voters will determine the future of a host of local issues in the 2025 General Election, including candidates for municipal government, school boards and judge seats.

Democrat Sherrod Brown is slightly ahead of Republican Sen. Jon Husted in the 2026 Senate race, marking a competitive run in the recently right-leaning state. New

According to the Ohio Secretary of State website, there are several forms of identification acceptable to vote, including: The last day for early in-person voting is Nov. 2, 2025. Absentee ballots being mailed in must be postmarked by Nov. 3, 2025.

Principals in Ohio will vote next month on a referendum that could clear the way for name, image and likeness agreements for high school athletes in the state.

A new poll pointed to a close gubernatorial race in Ohio, a state that has drifted toward Republicans over the past decade.

For the first time since voters first elected him in 2009, Heath Mayor Mark Johns faces a challenger, Kelly Spires, in the Nov. 4 general election.

Three political newcomers are in a race for two Kettering City Council seats in the Nov. 4 general election. The candidates are Laura Arber, Dan Palmer and Tyler Scott, who are seeking one of two at-large council seats.

Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would restrict the mail-in deadline, requiring all absentee ballots to be received by elections officials by the time polls close. Some veterans raised concerns that this could prevent military and overseas ballots from being counted.