Who Is Running for Prosecutor and Sheriff in Ohio in 2024?
Bolts covers prosecutor and sheriff races around the nation. Below are the candidates who filed to run for prosecutor and sheriff by Ohio’s filing deadline for major-party candidates in December.
You can also read our preliminary analysis of the prosecutor elections in Ohio.
The information was obtained from county election offices in January.
| County | Prosecutor candidates | Sheriff candidates |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Aaron E. Haslem (R, inc.) DJ Osborne (D) | Shawn Cooley (R) Kenneth Dick (R) Donnie Edgington (R) Mike Estep (R) Samuel Purdin (R) Bob Ruebusch (R) |
| Allen County | Destiny Caldwell (R, inc.) | Matthew B. Treglia (R, inc.) |
| Ashland County | Christopher R. Tunnell (R, inc.) | Chad W. Enderby (R) Kurt Schneider (R) |
| Ashtabula County | April Grabman (R) | Bill Niemi (R, inc.) |
| Athens County | Keller Blackburn (D, inc.) | Rodney Smith (D, inc.) |
| Auglaize County | Edwin Pierce (R, inc.) | Michael L. Vorhees (R, inc.) |
| Belmont County | Kevin Flanagan (R, inc.) | James G. Zusack (R) |
| Brown County | Zac Corbin (R, inc.) | David Benjamin (R) Chris Hodges (R) |
| Butler County | Michael Gmoser (R, inc.) | Richard Jones (R, inc.) |
| Carroll County | Steve Barnett (R, inc.) | Calvin Graham (R, inc.) |
| Champaign County | Kevin S. Talebi (R, inc.) | Matthew R. Melvin (R, inc.) Chad M. Burroughs (R) |
| Clark County | Daniel P. Driscoll (R, inc.) | Deborah K. Burchett (R, inc.) Christopher Clark (R) |
| Clermont County | Mark Tekulve (R, inc.) | Christopher Stratton (R) |
| Clinton County | Brian A Shidaker (R) Kaitlin Lea Wilkin (R) | Douglas Eastes (R) |
| Columbiana County | Vito J. Abruzzino (R, inc.) | Brian McLaughlin (R, inc.) Brian Kip Dowling (R) |
| Coshocton County | Benjamin E. Hall (R, inc.) | James A. Crawford (R, inc.) Christopher M. Walters (R) |
| Crawford County | Matthew Crall (R, inc.) | Scott Michael Kent (R, inc.) |
| Cuyahoga County | Matthew Ahn (D) Anthony Alto (R) Michael O’Malley (D, inc.) | This is an appointed position. |
| Darke County | James Bennett (R) Laura Waymire (R) | Mark Whittaker (R, inc.) |
| Defiance County | Morris Murray (R, inc.) | Douglas Engel (R, inc.) |
| Delaware County | Melissa Schiffel (R, inc.) | Jeffrey Balzer (R, inc.) |
| Erie County | Kevin Baxter (D, inc.) | Paul Sigsworth (D, inc.) |
| Fairfield County | R. Kyle Witt (R, inc.) | Alex Lape (R, inc.) |
| Fayette County | Jess C Weade (R, inc.) | Vernon Stanforth (R, inc.) |
| Franklin County | Shayla Favor (D) Natalia Harris (D) Anthony Pierson (D) John Rutan (R) | Dallas Baldwin (D, inc.) |
| Fulton County | T. Luke Jones (R, inc.) | Roy Miller (R, inc.) |
| Gallia County | Jason Holdren (R, inc.) | Matthew Champlin (R, inc.) |
| Geauga County | James Flaiz (R, inc.) | Scott Hildenbrand (R, inc.) |
| Greene County | David Hayes (R, inc.) | Scott Anger (R, inc.) |
| Guernsey County | Lindsey Angler (R, inc.) | Jeffrey Paden (D, inc.) |
| Hamilton County | Connie Pillich (D) Melissa Powers (R, inc.) | Charmaine McGuffey (D, inc.) Jim Neil (R) |
| Hancock County | Sean M. Abbott (R) Heather Pendleton (R) | Mike A. Cortez (R) Daniel r. Harmon (R) Mark a. Price (R) |
| Hardin County | Bradford Bailey (R, inc.) | Keith Everhart (R, inc.) |
| Harrison County | Lauren Knight (R, inc.) | Mark Touville (R) |
| Henry County | Gwen Howe-Gebers (D, inc.) | Arlen Cohrs (R) Ed Biederstedt (R) Marc Ruskey (R) |
| Highland County | Anneka Collins (R, inc.) | Randy Sanders (R) Brandon Stratton (R) |
| Hocking County | Ryan Black (R, inc.) Jennifer Graham (R) Alisa Turner (R) James Eli Young (R) | Caleb Moritz R) Lanny North (R, inc.) |
| Holmes County | Matt Muzic (R, inc.) | Timothy W. Zimmerly (R, inc.) |
| Huron County | James Joel Sitterly (R, inc.) | Todd Corbin (R, inc.) |
| Jackson County | Randy H. Dupree (R, inc.) | Tedd Frazier (R, inc.) |
| Jefferson County | Jane M. Hanlin (D, inc.) | No major-party candidate filed. Independent Fred Abdalla is running in the general election. |
| Knox County | Charles McConville | Wayne Noggle (R) William Shaffer (R) Daniel Weckesser (R) |
| Lake County | Charles Coulson (R, inc.) | Frank Leonbruno (R, inc.) |
| Lawrence County | Brigham Anderson (R, inc.) | Jeff Lawless (R, inc.) |
| Licking County | Jenny Wells (R, inc.) | Randy Thorp (R, inc.) |
| Logan County | Eric Stewart (R, inc.) | Randall Dodds (R, inc.) |
| Lorain County | J.D. Tomlinson (D, inc.) Tony Cillo (R) | Jack Hall (R) Richard Resendez (D) Rick Thomas (D) |
| Lucas County | Julia Bates (D, inc.) | Mike Navarre (D, inc.) |
| Madison County | Nicholas Adkins (R, inc.) | John Swaney (R, inc.) |
| Mahoning County | Gina DeGenova (D, inc.) Lynn Maro (R) | Jerry Greene (R, inc.) |
| Marion County | Ray Grogan (R, inc.) | Matt Bayles (R) |
| Medina County | Ralph Jocke (D) Forrest Thompson (R, inc.) | Terry Grice (R, inc.) |
| Meigs County | James K. Stanley (R, inc.) | Donald Scott Fitch (R, inc.) |
| Mercer County | Erin Minor (R, inc.) | Doug Timmerman (R) |
| Miami County | Anthony Kendell (R, inc.) | Dave Duchak (R, inc.) Paul Reece (R) |
| Monroe County | James Leland Peters (D, inc.) | Charles Black (D, inc.) Matthew Tippie (R) |
| Montgomery County | Mat Heck (D, inc.) | Rob Streck (R, inc.) |
| Morgan County | Jana Woodburn (R) Richard D. Rick Welch (R) | James Fisher (R) |
| Morrow County | Thomas Smith (R, inc.) Andrew Wick (R) | John Hinton (R, inc.) |
| Muskingum County | Ron Welch (R, inc.) | Matthew J. Lutz (R, inc.) |
| Noble County | Jordan Croucher (R, inc.) | Jason Mackie (R, inc.) Robert Pickenpaugh (R) |
| Ottawa County | James VanEerten (R, inc.) | Stephen Levorchick (R, inc.) |
| Paulding County | Joseph R. Burkard (R, inc.) | Jason Landers (R, inc.) |
| Perry County | Terry Rugg (R) | William R. Barker (R, inc.) Bryan Ruff (R) Bob Schons (R) |
| Pickaway County | Jayme Hartley Fountain (R) | Matthew O. Hafey (R, inc.) Dale Thomas (R) |
| Pike County | Michael A. Davis (D, inc.) | Timothy A. Dickerson (R) Tracy Evans (R, inc.) |
| Portage County | Connie Lewandoski (R) | Jon Barber (D) Bruce Zuchowski (R, inc.) |
| Preble County | Eric Marit (R) | Michael Simpson (R, inc.) |
| Putnam County | Gary Lammers (D, inc.) | Brian Siefker (R, inc.) |
| Richland County | Jodie Schumacher (R, inc.) | Matthew Mayer (R) Steve Sheldon (R, inc.) Donald Zehner (R) |
| Ross County | Jeffrey Marks (R, inc.) | George Lavender Jr. (R, inc.) |
| Sandusky County | Beth Tischler (R, inc.) | Christopher Hiton (R, inc.) |
| Scioto County | Shane A. Tieman (R, inc.) | David Thoroughman (R, inc.) |
| Seneca County | No major-party candidate filed. Independent incumbent Derek DeVine is running for reelection. | Fredrick Stevens (R, inc.) |
| Shelby County | William Zimmerman (R, inc.) | James Frye (R, inc.) |
| Stark County | Richard D. Reinbold Jr. (D) Kyle Stone (R, inc.) | George Maier (D, inc.) Eric Weisburn (R) |
| Summit County | John Greven (R) Elliot Kolkovich (D) | Shane Barker (R) Kandy Fatheree (D, inc.) |
| Trumbull County | Dennis Watkins (D, inc.) | John Barco (R) Paul Monroe (D, inc.) Mike Wilson (R) |
| Tuscarawas County | Ryan Styer (R, inc.) | No one filed |
| Union County | David Phillips (R., inc.) | Mike Justice (R) Malcum Patton (R, inc.) |
| Van Wert County | Eva Yarger (R, inc.) | Thomas Riggenbach (R, inc.) |
| Vinton County | William Luther Archer (R, inc.) | Ryan Cain (R, inc.) |
| Warren County | David P Fornshell (R, inc.) | Barry Riley (R) |
| Washington County | Nicole Tipton Coil (R, inc.) | Ronald Gregory Nohe (R) Mark Warden (R) |
| Wayne County | Angela Wypasek (R, inc.) | Thomas Ballinger (R) |
| Williams County | Katherine Zartman (R, inc) | Tom Kochert (R, inc.) Jason Randall (R) |
| Wood County | Paul A. Dobson (R, inc.) | Mark Wasylyshyn (R, inc.) |
| Wyandot County | Eric Figlewicz (R, inc.) | Todd Frey (R, inc.) |