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Ohio Education Association Candidate Recommendations

Ohio Education Association Candidate Recommendations

Ohio’s General Election is on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Make sure educators voices are heard this November by making your plan to vote. Please see below for some important dates and links for information on voting in the upcoming General Election.

Important Dates

  • Monday, October 7, 2024 – Deadline to register to vote and update registrations in advance of the General Election Boards of Election will be open until 9:00 PM for individuals to drop off registrations. See below links for how to check your registration status, register to vote, or update your registration online.
  • Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – Early voting for the 2024 General Election begins. See links below for in-person early voting locations, dates, and times.
  • Monday, November 4, 2024 – Absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date if returned by mail.
  • Tuesday, November 5, 2024 – General Election: Polls are open from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM and absentee ballots may be returned by 7:30 PM to your Board of Elections if not returned by mail.

Important Links

  • To check your registration status, please click here.
  • To register or update your registration, please click here.
  • To find your county’s early voting location, please click here.
  • To find the schedule for early in-person voting, please click here.
  • To find out how to request a mail in ballot and vote by mail, please click here.

Click here to look up your current legislative district under the latest state maps.

As part of your voting plan, we urge all OEA members to check out the list of candidates recommended by the OEA members below. Many more candidate recommendations will be made after the Primary, so please continue to check for updates.

It is important to note that OEA members across the state—not OEA staff or leaders—make all the endorsement decisions. In each race, candidates from both parties are asked to fill out questionnaires describing their positions on education issues, and those who are state officeholders are also rated on their education votes in the General Assembly. Candidates are then interviewed by OEA members who work in the district or area in which candidates are seeking office. Based on the candidate’s views on public education issues—and only on public education issues—the OEA Fund State Council and District Screening Committees vote on whether to endorse specific candidates.

You can learn more about the OEA Fund and the screening process here.

**If viewing the recommended candidates list on a mobile phone or small screen, please rotate your device to a horizontal orientation for better viewing.**


 

President and Vice-President Kamala Harris (D)/Tim Walz (D)
US Senate Recommended Candidate
US Senate – OH Sherrod Brown (D)
Judicial Seat  
Associate Justice of the OH Supreme Court Melody Stewart (D)
Associate Justice of the OH Supreme Court Michael Donnelly (D)
Associate Justice of the OH Supreme Court (Unexpired Term) Lisa Forbes (D)
Ohio House Recommended Candidate
District 1 Dontavius Jarrells (D)
District 2 Latyna Humphrey (D)
District 3 Ismail Mohamed (D)
District 4 Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D)
District 5 Meredith Lawson-Rowe (D)
District 6 Christine Cockley (D)
District 7 Allison Russo (D)
District 8 Anita Somani (D)
District 9 Munira Abdullahi (D)
District 10 Mark Sigrist (D)
District 11 Crystal Lett (D)
District 12 Brad Cotton (D)
District 13 Tristan Rader (D)
District 14 Sean Brennan (D)
District 15 Chris Glassburn (D)
District 16 Bride Rose Sweeney (D)
District 17 No Position
District 18 Juanita Brent (D)
District 19 Phil Robinson (D)
District 20 Terrence Upchurch (D)
District 21 Eric Synenberg (D)
District 22 Darnell Brewer (D)
District 23 Daniel Troy (D)
District 24 Dani Isaacsohn (D)
District 25 Cecil Thomas (D)
District 26 Sedrick Denson (D)
District 27 Rachel Baker (D)
District 28 Karen Brownlee (D)
District 29 Cindy Abrams (R)
District 30 Stefanie Hawk (D)
District 31 Bill Roemer (R)
District 32 No Position
District 33 Veronica Sims (D)
District 34 Derrick Hall (D)
District 35 Mark Curits (D)
District 36 No Position
District 37 No Position
District 38 No Position
District 39 No Position
District 40 No Position
District 41 Erika White (D)
District 42 Elgin Rogers, Jr. (D)
District 43 Michele Grim (D)
District 44 David Blythe (D)
District 45 No Position
District 46 Benjamin McCall (D)
District 47 Vanessa Cummings (D)
District 48 Scott Oelslager (R)
District 49 Krista L. Allison (D)
District 50 Matthew Kishman (R)
District 51 No Position
District 52 Gayle Manning (R)
District 53 Joe Miller (D)
District 54 No Position
District 55 Laura Davis (D)
District 56 Cleveland Canova (D)
District 57 Jamie Callender (R)
District 58 Lauren McNally (D)
District 59 No Position
District 60 Rachael Morocco (D)
District 61 David Hagan (D)
District 62 Katie Vockell (D)
District 63 No Position
District 64 Lauren Mathews (D)
District 65 No Position
District 66 No Position
District 67 No Position
District 68 No Position
District 69 Jamie Hough (D)
District 70 No Position
District 71 No Position
District 72 Nathaniel Adams (D)
District 73 No Position
District 74 No Position
District 75 Haraz Ghanbari (R)
District 76 No Position
District 77 No Position
District 78 No Position
District 79 Monica Robb Blasdel (R)
District 80 No Position
District 81 James Hoops (R)
District 82 No Position
District 83 No Position
District 84 Arienne Childrey (D)
District 85 No Position
District 86 Tracy Richardson (R)
District 87 No Position
District 88 No Position
District 89 No Position
District 90 Justin Pizzulli (R)
District 91 No Position
District 92 Mark Johnson (R)
District 93 Jason Stephens (R)
District 94 Wenda Sheard (D)
District 95 Don Jones (R)
District 96 No Position
District 97 No Position
District 98 No Position
District 99 Louis Murphy (D)
Ohio Senate Recommended Candidate
District 2 Paloma De La Fuente (D)
District 4 Thomas Cooke (D)
District 6 Willis Blackshear (D)
District 8 Louis Blessing, III (R)
District 10 Daniel McGregor (D)
District 12 No Position
District 14 Shane Marcum (D)
District 16 Beth Liston (D)
District 18 Katie O’Neill (D)
District 20 No Position
District 22 No Position
District 24 Tom Patton (D)
District 26 Mohamud Juma (D)
District 28 Casey Weinstein (D)
District 30 Iva Faber (D)
District 32 Michael Shrodek (D)
District 33 No Position
U.S. Congress Recommended Candidate
District 1 Greg Landsman (D)
District 2  
District 3 Joyce Beatty (D)
District 4  
District 5  
District 6  
District 7  
District 8  
District 9 Marcy Kaptur (D)
District 10  
District 11 Shontel Brown (D)
District 12  
District 13 Emilia Sykes (D)
District 14  
District 15 Adam Miller (D)
State Board of Education Recommended Candidate
SBOE 1 Kristie Reighard
SBOE 5 Mary Binegar
SBOE 6 Chris Orban
SBOE 7 Rhonda Johnson
SBOE 8 Karen Lloyd
SBOE 11 Delores Ford

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Ohio Education Association Endorses Cordray for Governor

The Ohio Education Association (OEA) Fund for Children and Public Education (FCPE) has unanimously endorsed Richard Cordray (D) for Governor of Ohio. The vote was taken at an FCPE convention on Saturday,  May 19, 2018, in Columbus.

“Richard Cordray displayed an impressive understanding of the key issues that Ohio’s next Governor will face – from the need to invest more in the state’s public schools and less in poor-performing charter schools. He also understands the need to halt the over-reliance on standardized tests to measure student growth and to evaluate teacher performance,” said OEA President Becky Higgins. “He inspired our members with his commitment to make public education a top priority and to enhance universal pre-K programs that will set Ohio’s children on the path to success.”

The OEA FCPE State Council, comprised of elected OEA members from throughout Ohio carefully screens candidates based on their voting records, their stated support of public education and the OEA’s priority issues. The Republican candidate for Governor, Attorney General Mike DeWine, was invited to participate but declined to attend.

“We believe Richard Cordray has the leadership skills to address the many challenges the state will face in the years ahead,” said Higgins. “Educators, students, parents and all Ohioans will be well-served by his election.”

The Ohio Education Association represents 125,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals in Ohio’s public schools, colleges, and universities.

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