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Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Thomas Patton

Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Successor: Dani Isaacsohn

Predecessor: Jim Hughes

Allison Russo (Democratic Party) is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing District 7. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Russo (Democratic Party) is running for election for Ohio Secretary of State. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 5, 2026.^[source]

Russo was elected state House minority leader in 2022.^[1] She served in this capacity until June 30, 2025.^[2]

Biography

Allison Russo lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Russo earned a B.S. in microbiology from the Mississippi University of Women, a master's degree in epidemiology from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and a doctorate in health policy from The George Washington University. Her career experience includes working in a health policy as a research analyst at The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, research analyst for the Science Applications International Corp, senior healthcare analyst for Axiom Resource Management, senior research leader for Thomson Reuters, and research director for Kenell and Associates.^[3]^[4]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Russo was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Russo was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Russo was assigned to the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2026

See also: Ohio Secretary of State election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio Secretary of State

Bryan Hambley and Allison Russo are running in the Democratic primary for Ohio Secretary of State on May 5, 2026.

		Candidate
		Bryan Hambley
		Allison Russo

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio Secretary of State

Robert Sprague and Marcell Strbich are running in the Republican primary for Ohio Secretary of State on May 5, 2026.

		Candidate
		Robert Sprague
		Marcell Strbich

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2024

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Allison Russo defeated Susan Miller in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo (D)	99.9	44,243
	Submit photo	Susan Miller (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	50

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,293
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Allison Russo advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 7 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	100.0	7,533

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,533
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Allison Russo won election in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo (D)	100.0	37,060

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,060
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 7

Incumbent Allison Russo advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 7 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	100.0	5,162

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ben Leland (D)

Campaign finance

2021

See also: Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Republican primary)

Ohio's 15th Congressional District special election, 2021 (August 3 Democratic primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Mike Carey defeated Allison Russo in the special general election for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Carey (R)	58.3	94,501
		Allison Russo (D)	41.7	67,588

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 162,089
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

Allison Russo defeated Greg Betts in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	84.2	13,704
		Greg Betts	15.8	2,576

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,280
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Stinziano (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 15 on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Carey	37.0	18,805
		Jeff LaRe	13.3	6,776
		Ron Hood	13.1	6,676
		Bob Peterson	12.6	6,407
		Ruth Edmonds	10.0	5,090
		Tom Hwang	4.9	2,499
		Stephanie Kunze	4.6	2,363
	Submit photo	Thad Cooperrider	2.1	1,076
		Omar Tarazi	1.8	907
		John Adams	0.3	173
	Submit photo	Eric M. Clark	0.2	83

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,855
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brian Stewart (R) (Unofficially withdrew)
Jeffrey Fix (R)

2020

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Allison Russo defeated Pat Manley in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo (D)	57.9	42,935
		Pat Manley (R)	42.1	31,202

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,137
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Allison Russo advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	100.0	11,826

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,826
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Pat Manley advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat Manley	100.0	4,386

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,386
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Allison Russo defeated Erik Yassenoff in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo (D)	57.0	34,629
		Erik Yassenoff (R)	43.0	26,159

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,788
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Allison Russo defeated Andrea Bonny and Mary B. Relotto in the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Russo	55.6	5,394
		Andrea Bonny	22.4	2,176
		Mary B. Relotto	22.0	2,140

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,710
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24

Erik Yassenoff advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 24 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erik Yassenoff	100.0	6,598

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,598
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2021

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Allison Russo campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Ohio House of Representatives District 7	Won general	$791,242	$811,886
2022	Ohio House of Representatives District 7	Won general	$608,046	$514,335
2021	U.S. House Ohio District 15	Lost general	$978,557	$978,557
2020	Ohio House of Representatives District 24	Won general	$267,046	N/A**
2018	Ohio House of Representatives District 24	Won general	$776,100	N/A**
Grand total			$3,420,991	$2,304,777
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

In 2024, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 2 to December 19. A special session on elections commenced on May 28, 2024, and ended on May 31.

Equality Ohio

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2023

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In 2023, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 2 to December 31.

Ohio Environmental Council

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The American Conservative Union

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2022

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In 2022, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 19 to December 15.

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Innovation Ohio

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Ohio Chamber of Commerce

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National Federation of Independent Business

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2021

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In 2021, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 4 to December 31.

Ohio Chamber of Commerce

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2020

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In 2020, the Ohio State Legislature was in session from January 6 to December 31.

Club for Growth Foundation

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Innovation Ohio

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National Federation of Independent Business

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2019

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In 2019, the Ohio General Assembly was in session from January 7 through December 31.

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2018

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In 2018, the 132nd Ohio General Assembly was in session from January 2 through December 31.

Innovation Ohio

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Ohio Chamber of Commerce

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The American Conservative Union

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Patton (R)	Ohio House of Representatives District 7 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Jim Hughes (R)	Ohio House of Representatives District 24 2019-2022	Succeeded by Dani Isaacsohn (D)

Current members of the Ohio House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Jason Stephens

Majority Leader:Marilyn John

Minority Leader:Dani Isaacsohn

Representatives

District 1

Dontavius Jarrells (D)

District 2

Latyna Humphrey (D)

District 3

Ismail Mohamed (D)

District 4

Beryl 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

Brian Stewart (R)

District 13

Tristan Rader (D)

District 14

Sean Brennan (D)

District 15

Chris Glassburn (D)

District 16

Bride Rose Sweeney (D)

District 17

Mike Dovilla (R)

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

Dan Troy (D)

District 24

Dani Isaacsohn (D)

District 25

Cecil Thomas (D)

District 26

Vacant

District 27

Rachel Baker (D)

District 28

Karen Brownlee (D)

District 29

Cindy Abrams (R)

District 30

Mike Odioso (R)

District 31

Bill Roemer (R)

District 32

Jack Daniels (R)

District 33

Veronica Sims (D)

District 34

Derrick Hall (D)

District 35

Steve Demetriou (R)

District 36

Andrea White (R)

District 37

Tom Young (R)

District 38

Desiree Tims (D)

District 39

Phil Plummer (R)

District 40

Rodney Creech (R)

District 41

Erika White (D)

District 42

Elgin Rogers (D)

District 43

Michele Grim (D)

District 44

Josh Williams (R)

District 45

Jennifer Gross (R)

District 46

Thomas Hall (R)

District 47

Diane Mullins (R)

District 48

Scott Oelslager (R)

District 49

Jim Thomas (R)

District 50

Matthew Kishman (R)

District 51

Jodi Salvo (R)

District 52

Gayle Manning (R)

District 53

Joe Miller (D)

District 54

Kellie Deeter (R)

District 55

Michelle Teska (R)

District 56

Adam Mathews (R)

District 57

Jamie Callender (R)

District 58

Lauren McNally (D)

District 59

Tex Fischer (R)

District 60

Brian Lorenz (R)

District 61

Beth Lear (R)

District 62

Jean Schmidt (R)

District 63

Adam Bird (R)

District 64

Nick Santucci (R)

District 65

David Thomas (R)

District 66

Sharon Ray (R)

District 67

Melanie Miller (R)

District 68

Thaddeus Claggett (R)

District 69

Kevin Miller (R)

District 70

Brian Lampton (R)

District 71

Levi Dean (R)

District 72

Heidi Workman (R)

District 73

Jeff LaRe (R)

District 74

Bernard Willis (R)

District 75

Haraz Ghanbari (R)

District 76

Marilyn John (R)

District 77

Meredith Craig (R)

District 78

Matt Huffman (R)

District 79

Monica Robb Blasdel (R)

District 80

Johnathan Newman (R)

District 81

James Hoops (R)

District 82

Roy Klopfenstein (R)

District 83

Ty Mathews (R)

District 84

Angela King (R)

District 85

Tim Barhorst (R)

District 86

Tracy Richardson (R)

District 87

Riordan McClain (R)

District 88

Gary Click (R)

District 89

D.J. Swearingen (R)

District 90

Justin Pizzulli (R)

District 91

Bob Peterson (R)

District 92

Mark Johnson (R)

District 93

Jason Stephens (R)

District 94

Kevin Ritter (R)

District 95

Ty Moore (R)

District 96

Ron Ferguson (R)

District 97

Adam Holmes (R)

District 98

Mark Hiner (R)

District 99

Sarah Fowler (R)

Republican Party (65)

Democratic Party (33)

Vacancies (1)

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