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Filing deadline report: Few primary challenges in Ohio

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February 6, 2014

Ohio

By Garrett Fortin

Columbus, Ohio: Six state executive positions are up for election in 2014 in the state of Ohio: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor.

The primary election is scheduled for May 6, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Ohio law provides for closed primaries, meaning a voter to be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. However a voter of any affiliation can choose the ballot they would like to vote on the day of the primary and their choice may be regarded as registration with that party.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

All six incumbents are seeking re-election. They are:

Yesterday, February 5, the filing period for major party primary candidates came to a close.[3] The following list of candidates is current as of February 6, 2014.

A total of 21 candidates filed for the 6 offices - 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 5 Libertarians and 2 Green Party.

Governor

Lt. Governor

Attorney general

Secretary of state

Treasurer

Auditor

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ohio Laws and Administrative Codes, "Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.19," accessed September 5, 2025
  2. ↑ Ohio Laws and Administrative Codes, "Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3513.05," accessed September 5, 2025
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ohio Secretary of State, "SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED RECEIVES STATEWIDE CANDIDATE PETITIONS FOR MAY PRIMARY," February 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Columbus Dispatch, "Kasich focused on his own re-election bid," November 8, 2012
  5. ↑ The Plain Dealer, "Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald files paperwork needed to intensify gubernatorial run (video)," accessed March 11, 2013
  6. ↑ Cleveland.com, "Green Party candidate Dennis Spisak plans second bid for governor," November 25, 2013
  7. ↑ Facebook, "Earl and Clark for Ohio," accessed August 29, 2013
  8. ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Ed FitzGerald names Sharen Neuhardt as running mate," February 6, 2014
  9. ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Democrat David Pepper running for attorney general," April 15, 2013
  10. ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Steven R. Linnabary for Ohio Attorney General," accessed December 17, 2013
  11. ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ed FitzGerald and Nina Turner crack first draft of Ohio Democrats' statewide slate for 2014," March 27, 2013
  12. ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Aaron Keith Harris," accessed December 17, 2013
  13. ↑ The Toledo Blade, "Mandel insists loss hasn’t ended career, plans re-election run," December 2, 2012
  14. ↑ Vindy, "Next year's statewide races begin," April 27, 2013
  15. ↑ Libertarian Party of Wood County, "Treasurer Candidate: Marc Allan Feldman," accessed December 17, 2013
  16. ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ed FitzGerald and Nina Turner crack first draft of Ohio Democrats' statewide slate for 2014," March 27, 2013
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