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Ohio State Board of Education election, 2024
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| Ohio State Board of Education |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: August 7, 2024 |
| General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Diana Fessler (District 1) Brendan Shea (District 5) Antoinette Miranda (District 6) Vacant (District 7) Michelle Newman (District 8) Meryl Johnson (District 11) |
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| Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in Ohio |
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| Ohio executive elections |
| State Board of Education (6 seats) |
Ohio held an election for six of 19 seats on the Ohio State Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline was August 7, 2024.
Kristie Reighard won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1.
Mary Binegar won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 5.
Cathye Flory won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6.
Rhonda Johnson won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7.
Karen Lloyd won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8.
Delores Ford won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11.
Candidates and election results
District 1
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1
Kristie Reighard won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristie Reighard (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 354,285 |
| Total votes: 354,285 | |||
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District 5
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 5
Mary Binegar defeated Hava Laudon in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Binegar (Nonpartisan) | 69.4 | 252,396 |
 | Hava Laudon (Nonpartisan) | 30.6 | 111,212 | |
| Total votes: 363,608 | |||
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District 6
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6
Cathye Flory defeated David Donofrio and Chris Orban in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cathye Flory (Nonpartisan) | 39.9 | 118,964 |
 | David Donofrio (Nonpartisan) | 33.4 | 99,327 | |
 | Chris Orban (Nonpartisan) | 26.7 | 79,537 | |
| Total votes: 297,828 | |||
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District 7
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7
Rhonda Johnson defeated Jessica Goeller in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rhonda Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 59.6 | 200,806 |
| Jessica Goeller (Nonpartisan) | 40.4 | 136,195 | ||
| Total votes: 337,001 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sudi Abdi Mohamud (Nonpartisan)
District 8
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8
Karen Lloyd won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Lloyd (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 321,944 |
| Total votes: 321,944 | |||
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District 11
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11
Delores Ford defeated Jennie Kelley-Crosby in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Delores Ford (Nonpartisan) | 52.9 | 159,586 |
 | Jennie Kelley-Crosby (Nonpartisan) | 47.1 | 142,268 | |
| Total votes: 301,854 | |||
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Past elections
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
District 2
General election candidates
- Teresa Fedor (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Sarah McGervey (Nonpartisan)
District 3
General election candidates
- Charlotte McGuire (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Michael King (Nonpartisan)
District 4
General election candidates
- Jenny Kilgore (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
- Katie Hofmann (Nonpartisan) ✔
District 9
General election candidates
- John Hagan (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Robert Fulton (Nonpartisan)
District 10
General election candidates
- Tim Miller (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
- Tom Jackson (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Cierra Lynch Shehorn (Nonpartisan)
2020
District 1
General election candidates
- Diana Fessler (Nonpartisan) ✔
District 5
General election candidates
- Lisa Woods (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
- Christina Collins (Nonpartisan) ✔
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District 6
General election candidates
- Antoinette Miranda (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Alice Nicks (Nonpartisan)
District 9
General election candidates
- Ron Hood (Nonpartisan)
- Michelle Newman (Nonpartisan) ✔
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District 10
General election candidates
- Mary Binegar (Nonpartisan)
- Brendan Shea (Nonpartisan) ✔
District 11
General election candidates
- Meryl Johnson (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
- Michele Elba (Nonpartisan)
- Richard Neale (Nonpartisan)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jedi Hill (Nonpartisan)
2018
District 2
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 2
The following candidates ran in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kirsten Hill (Nonpartisan) | 17.8 | 47,424 |
| Jeanine Donaldson (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 46,341 | ||
 | Sue Larimer (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 42,867 | |
 | Annette Shine (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 35,960 | |
 | Vicki Donovan-Lyle (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 34,981 | |
| Charles Froehlich (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 30,864 | ||
| W. Roger Knight (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 28,341 | ||
| Total votes: 266,778 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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District 3
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 3
Incumbent Charlotte McGuire defeated Dawn Wojcik and Matthew McGowan in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Charlotte McGuire (Nonpartisan) | 42.5 | 130,512 |
 | Dawn Wojcik (Nonpartisan) | 29.7 | 91,136 | |
| Matthew McGowan (Nonpartisan) | 27.9 | 85,673 | ||
| Total votes: 307,321 | |||
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District 4
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 4
Jenny Kilgore defeated incumbent Pat Bruns in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jenny Kilgore (Nonpartisan) | 50.4 | 179,765 |
 | Pat Bruns (Nonpartisan) | 49.6 | 176,894 | |
| Total votes: 356,659 | |||
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District 7
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7
Incumbent Sarah Fowler won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sarah Fowler (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 259,997 |
| Total votes: 259,997 | |||
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District 8
General election
General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8
John Hagan defeated Kathleen Purdy and Melissa Dahman in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Hagan (Nonpartisan) | 42.0 | 128,854 |
| Kathleen Purdy (Nonpartisan) | 33.2 | 101,706 | ||
| Melissa Dahman (Nonpartisan) | 24.8 | 76,104 | ||
| Total votes: 306,664 | |||
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