City elections in Toledo, Ohio (2025)
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 7, 2025 & August 6, 2025 |
| Primary election: May 6, 2025 General election: November 4, 2025 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor, city council, municipal court clerk, and municipal court judges |
| Total seats up: 10 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
The city of Toledo, Ohio, held general elections for mayor, city council, municipal court clerk, and municipal court judges on November 4, 2025. A primary was scheduled for May 6, 2025. The filing deadline for the primary was March 7, 2025, and the filing deadline for the general election was August 6, 2025.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2025:
Clerk of Municipal Court
General election
General election for Toledo Clerk of Municipal Court
Incumbent Vallie Bowman-English won election in the general election for Toledo Clerk of Municipal Court on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vallie Bowman-English (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 26,173 | |
| Total votes: 26,173 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Vallie Bowman-English advanced from the primary for Toledo Clerk of Municipal Court.
City council
General election
General election for Toledo City Council At-large (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Toledo City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cerssandra McPherson (Nonpartisan) | 12.9 | 17,849 | |
| ✔ | Brittany Jones (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 17,185 | |
| ✔ |  | Nick Komives (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 15,921 |
| ✔ | George Sarantou (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 15,214 | |
| ✔ |  | Erin Kramer (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 14,182 |
| ✔ |  | Mac Driscoll (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 13,233 |
 | Tom Waniewski (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 12,837 | |
 | Blair Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 9,384 | |
| Ed Beczynski (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 8,668 | ||
 | Robert Pasker III (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 7,604 | |
 | Tom Names (Nonpartisan) | 3.4 | 4,716 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,068 | ||
| Total votes: 137,861 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carrie Hartman (Nonpartisan)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled.
Judicial offices
Municipal Court
Term commencing 01/01/2026
General election
General election for Toledo Municipal Court
Incumbent Joshua Lanzinger won election in the general election for Toledo Municipal Court on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Lanzinger (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 24,300 | |
| Total votes: 24,300 | |||
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Term commencing 01/02/2026
General election
General election for Toledo Municipal Court
Incumbent James Anderson won election in the general election for Toledo Municipal Court on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 22,461 | |
| Total votes: 22,461 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Ohio elections, 2025
May 6, 2025
- Ohio Issue 2, Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment (May 2025)
- Mayoral election in Toledo, Ohio (2025)
- Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, Ohio, Issue 8, Replacement Tax Levy Measure (May 2025)
November 4, 2025
- Ohio $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2025)
- Mayoral election in Toledo, Ohio (2025)
- Maumee City School District, Ohio, elections (2025)
- Sylvania City School District, Ohio, elections (2025)
- Toledo Public Schools, Ohio, elections (2025)
- Washington Local School District, Ohio, elections (2025)
- Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2025)
- Lucas County, Ohio, Issue 1, Property Tax for Children's Services Funding Measure (November 2025)
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About the city
- See also: Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the seat of Lucas County. As of 2020, its population was 270,871.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Toledo uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Toledo, Ohio | ||
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| Toledo | Ohio | |
| Population | 270,871 | 11,799,448 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 80 | 40,858 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 61.8% | 80.5% |
| Black/African American | 27.3% | 12.4% |
| Asian | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| Other (single race) | 3.1% | 1.1% |
| Multiple | 6.2% | 3.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.8% | 3.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 86.5% | 90.8% |
| College graduation rate | 18.8% | 28.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $39,155 | $58,116 |
| Persons below poverty level | 25.6% | 13.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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