Ohio State Board of Education election, 2024

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Ohio State Board of Education
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)
How to vote
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 is holding 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.

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.

District 1

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General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1

Kristie Reighard is running in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Kristie Reighard (Nonpartisan)

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District 5

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

District 6

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General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6

David Donofrio, Cathye Flory, and Chris Orban are running in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		David Donofrio (Nonpartisan)
		Cathye Flory (Nonpartisan)
		Chris Orban (Nonpartisan)

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District 7

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General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7

Jessica Goeller, Rhonda Johnson, and Sudi Abdi Mohamud are running in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Jessica Goeller (Nonpartisan)
		Rhonda Johnson (Nonpartisan)
		Sudi Abdi Mohamud (Nonpartisan)

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District 8

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General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8

Karen Lloyd is running in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Karen Lloyd (Nonpartisan)

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District 11

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General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11

Delores Ford and Jennie Kelley-Crosby are running in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Delores Ford (Nonpartisan)
		Jennie Kelley-Crosby (Nonpartisan)

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 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

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 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

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 2018

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 266,778 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 307,321
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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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,659
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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

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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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 306,664
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External links

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• Ohio State Board of Education official website