Thomas Ilstrup

Thomas Ilstrup

Nonpartisan

Washington Local School District school board At-large

Tenure

2026 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Prior offices:

Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board

Years in office: 2024 - 2026

---

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Thomas Ilstrup is an at-large member of the Washington Local School District school board. Ilstrup assumed office on January 1, 2026. Ilstrup's current term ends on December 31, 2029.

Ilstrup ran for election for an at-large seat of the Washington Local School District school board. Ilstrup won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Washington Local School District, Ohio, elections (2025)

General election

General election for Washington Local School District school board At-large (3 seats)

Incumbent Mark Hughes, incumbent Michael Murphy, and Thomas Ilstrup defeated Irshad Bannister in the general election for Washington Local School District school board At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mark Hughes (Nonpartisan)	28.7	3,374
✔	Submit photo	Michael Murphy (Nonpartisan)	28.1	3,306
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Ilstrup (Nonpartisan)	22.2	2,612
	Submit photo	Irshad Bannister (Nonpartisan)	21.0	2,473

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 11,765
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mike Roby (Nonpartisan)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ilstrup in this election.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Lucas County, Ohio (2023)

General election

General election for Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board (2 seats)

Brent Buehrer and Thomas Ilstrup won election in the general election for Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West Governing Board on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brent Buehrer (Nonpartisan)	55.6	19,270
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Ilstrup (Nonpartisan)	44.4	15,416

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 34,686
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ilstrup in this election.

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Thomas Ilstrup did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Thomas Ilstrup did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2025 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel Union Station

External links

Search Google News for this topic