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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Ohio
* An overview of local elections in Ohio
* An overview of the initiative process in Ohio

## Contents

* 1 Cities
* 1.1 City government
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2026
* 2.2 2025
* 2.3 2024
* 2.4 2023
* 2.5 2022
* 2.6 2021
* 2.7 2020
* 2.8 2019
* 2.9 2018
* 2.10 2017
* 2.11 2016
* 2.12 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Cities[edit]

### City government[edit]

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City | County

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Cleveland | Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati | Hamilton County
Columbus | Fairfield County, Franklin County
Toledo | Lucas County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 88 counties, 2,234 cities, towns, and villages, and 952 special districts.[1]

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2026[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2026 and School board elections, 2026

* Cuyahoga County, Ohio \- County executive, county council, and court of common pleas judges
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* Franklin County, Ohio \- Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* Lucas County, Ohio \- Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* All local elections by county

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Cincinnati, Ohio \- Mayor and city council
* Cleveland, Ohio \- Mayor, city council, and municipal court judges
* Columbus, Ohio \- Attorney, auditor, and city council
* Toledo, Ohio \- Mayor, municipal court clerk, city council, and municipal court judges
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- Educational service center
* Franklin County, Ohio \- Educational service centers and municipal court judge
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- Educational service center and municipal court judge
* Lucas County, Ohio \- Educational service center
* All local elections by county
* Ohio school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Toledo, Ohio \- City council (special election)
* Cuyahoga County, Ohio \- Prosecutor, county council, and common pleas court judges
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges
* Franklin County, Ohio \- Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court judges
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- Auditor (special), coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court
* Lucas County, Ohio \- Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges, and county auditor (special election)
* All other local elections by county

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Cincinnati, Ohio \- City council
* Cleveland, Ohio \- City council, municipal court clerk, municipal court judges, and municipal housing court judge
* Columbus, Ohio \- Mayor and city council
* Toledo, Ohio \- City council and municipal judge
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- Educational service center and municipal court judge
* Franklin County, Ohio \- Municipal court clerk, municipal court judges, educational service center
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- Municipal court judges, ESC governing board
* Lucas County, Ohio \- Educational service center
* Ohio school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Cuyahoga County, Ohio \- County executive, county council, and court of common pleas judges
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- County auditor and county commissioner
* Franklin County, Ohio \- County auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- County auditor, clerk of court, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
* Lucas County, Ohio \- County auditor, county recorder, county commission, and court of common pleas judges

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Cincinnati, Ohio \- Mayor and city council
* Cleveland, Ohio \- Mayor, city council, and city municipal court judge
* Columbus, Ohio \- City council, city attorney, and city auditor
* Toledo, Ohio \- Mayor, city council, and municipal judge
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- Educational service center, municipal court clerk, and municipal court judges
* Franklin County, Ohio \- County municipal court judges
* Ohio school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Toledo, Ohio \- City council (special)
* Cuyahoga County, Ohio \- County council, prosecuting commissioners, court of appeals judgeships, court of common pleas judges
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- County commissioners, county treasurer, county recorder, county coroner, county sheriff, county engineer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts, and two court of common pleas judges
* Franklin County, Ohio \- County commissioners, county prosecutor, clerk of courts, sheriff, recorder, treasurer, engineer, coroner, court of common pleas judgeships, probate court judge
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- County commissioners, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts, sheriff, recorder, treasurer, engineer, coroner, court of common pleas judges
* Lucas County, Ohio \- County commissioners, coroner, sheriff, recorder, engineer, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court of common pleas, court of common pleas judges

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

* Cleveland, Ohio \- Municipal judges
* Columbus, Ohio \- Mayor and city council
* Toledo, Ohio \- City council, municipal judges, and clerk of municipal court
* Franklin County, Ohio \- County municipal court judges
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- County municipal court judges
* Ohio school board elections

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* Toledo, Ohio \- City council
* Cuyahoga County, Ohio \- County commissioner, county executive, and local judgeships
* Fairfield County, Ohio \- County commissioner, county auditor, and local judgeships
* Franklin County, Ohio \- County commissioner, county auditor, county engineer, and local judgeships
* Hamilton County, Ohio \- County commissioner, county auditor, and local judgeships
* Lucas County, Ohio \- County commissioner, county auditor, county treasurer, and local judgeships

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Cincinnati, Ohio
* Cleveland, Ohio
* Columbus, Ohio
* Toledo, Ohio
* Ohio school board elections

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Ohio that year.

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

* Cleveland, Ohio
* Columbus, Ohio
* Toledo, Ohio
* Ohio school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Ohio

* All 66 General law cities have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
* All 636 General law villages have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
* All 183 Charter cities have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
* All 51 Charter villages have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
* All 86 General law counties do not have general initiative or referendum processes though Title V of the Ohio Revised Code specifies limited cases.
* All 2 Charter counties have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.[2]

## See also[edit]

Ohio | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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* Ohio
* Ohio elections, 2026
* Public policy in Ohio
* Endorsers in Ohio

* Top counties
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* Current mayors
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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Ohio municipal code library
* Ohio state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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