The 2018 Southwest Ohio Voters' Guide
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The 2018 Southwest Ohio Voters' Guide

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The 2018 Southwest Ohio Voters' Guide

Election Day is November 6, 2018, and early voting has already started in Ohio! As you begin to look into the candidates and issues on the ballot, look no further, as this will be a helpful "who's who" of the 2018 midterm election for Butler, Hamilton and Warren Counties. If you are not from this area, then no worries as Ballotpedia provides a wonderful service in giving you a sample ballot of what you will need to be voting on.

Here is a picture of Ohio State District Maps for Ohio State House of Representatives.

Here is a picture of Ohio State District Maps for Ohio State Senate.

Here is a picture of Ohio Federal District Maps for US House of Representatives.

Governor's Race

Republican: DeWine/Husted

Democrat: Cordray/Sutton

Third Party: Irvine/Grayson (Libertarian), Gadell-Newton/Joeseph (Green).

Main Issues: The handling of sexual assault cases; as both have served as Attorney General, here is the non-partisan fact-checking of the claims being made.

Also, the way to deal with the drug epidemic happening: DeWine is for a continued "war on drugs" to reduce use and crime, while Cordray is for lessening sentences and focusing on rehab.

US Senate

Republican: Jim Renacci

Democrat: Sherrod Brown

Major issues: Debates between the two are set up for October 14th, as well as October 26th, which will take place at Miami University.

US House of Representatives

Hamilton County:

Republican: Steve Chabot (OH-1), Brad Wenstrup (OH-2)

Democrat: Aftab Pureval (OH-1), Jill Schiller (OH-2)

Libertarians: Dirk Kabula (OH-1), James Condit (OH-2)

Major issues (OH-1): Healthcare coverage: Chabot is against the ACA, while Aftab is for it, including pre-existing conditions coverage. Being for the people: Both candidates have sent out commercials saying they are for the people; Aftab is alleging that Chabot's acceptance of Corporate Super PAC money makes him only for the people with money, whereas Aftab is running a grassroots, people-based campaign.

Major issues (OH-2): "taking back the house" and healthcare coverage

Butler County:

Republican: Warren Davidson (OH-8)

Democrat: Vanessa Enoch (OH-8)

Major issues: Education, accurate representation; Enoch is alleging that the far-right Davidson is too far out for the average citizen in the district, as she can create a happy medium. Davidson is the incumbent and continuing to run on his accomplishments in office.

Warren County:

Republican: Steve Chabot (OH-1)

Democrat: Aftab Pureval (OH-1)

Third Parties: Dirk Kubala (OH-1)

Major issues: Healthcare coverage: Chabot is against the ACA, while Aftab is for it, including pre-existing conditions coverage. Being for the people: Both candidates have sent out commercials saying they are for the people; Aftab is alleging that Chabot's acceptance of Corporate Super PAC money makes him only for the people with money, whereas Aftab is running a grassroots, people-based campaign.

Ohio Secretary of State

Republican: Frank LaRose

Democrat: Kathleen Clyde

Libertarian: Dustin Nanna

Major issues: Voter suppression laws and what level of cleansing is needed for voter registration

Ohio Attorney General

Republican: Dave Yost

Democrat: Steven Dettelbach

Major issues: Sexual assault awareness

Ohio Treasurer

Republican: Robert Sprague

Democrat: Rob Richardson

Major issues: Expansion of office

Ohio Auditor of State

Republican: Keith Faber

Democrat: Zach Space

Libertarian: Robert Coogan

Major issues: Debate video here

Ohio House of Representatives

Hamilton County:

Republican: Tom Brinkman Jr. (District 27), Jonathon Dever (District 28), Carrie Davis (District 29), Bill Sietz (District 30)

Democrat: Christine Fisher (District 27), Jessica Miranda (District 28), Louis Blessing III (District 29), Clayton Adams (District 30)

Major issues: Education and "the fight for the little man"

Butler County:

Republican: Sara Carruthers (District 51), George Lang (District 52), Candice Keller (District 53), Paul Zeltwanger (District 54)

Democrat: Susan Vaughn (District 51), Kathy Wyenandt (District 52), Rebecca Howard (District 53), Nikki Foster (District 54)

Major issues: Education and "the fight for the little man"

Warren County:

Republican: Paul Zeltwanger (District 54), Scott Lipps (District 62)

Democrat: Nikki Foster (District 54), Jim Stanton (District 62)

Major issues: Education and "the fight for the little man"

Ohio State Senate District 7

Parts of Hamilton and Butler counties, and all of Warren County:

Republican: Steve Wilson

Democrat: Sarah Bitters

Major Issues: Education and "the fight for the little man"

County Auditor

Hamilton County:

Republican: Nancy Aichholz

Democrat: Dusty Rhodes

County Commissioner 

Hamilton County:

Republican: Chris Monzel

Democrat: Stephanie Dumas

Major issues: Watch debate here

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Ohio, commencing January 1, 2019

Republican: Steve E. Martin

Democrat: Terry Nestor

Major issues: Keeping Ohio's laws legal and fair for residents

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Ohio General Division

Republican: Lisa Allen, Leslie Ghiz

Democrat: Pavan Parikh, Arica Underwood

Major issues: Keeping Ohio's laws legal and fair for residents

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Ohio

Republican: Curt Hartman

Democrat: Thomas Beridon

Major issues: Keeping Ohio's laws legal and fair for residents

Ohio First District Court of Appeals

Republican: Charles Miller, Robert Winkler, Dale Stalf, Dennis Deters

Democrat: Marilyn Zayas, Candace Crouse, Ginger Brock, Pierre Bergeron

Major Issues: Keeping Ohio's laws legal and fair for its residents; vote for 3

Ohio Supreme Court

Republican: Craig Baldwin, Mary DeGenero

Democrat: Melody Stewart, Michael Donnelly

Major Issues: Keeping Ohio's laws legal and fair for its residents

Ohio Issue 1

Yes: Lessen drug sentences in favor of focusing on rehabilitation and cure from the disease of addiction.

No: Stay in-line with the "War on Drugs" or tough on crime philosophy that has been used since the Reagan era to thwart repeated drug offenders from continuing.

Major Debate: With the drug epidemic reaching new heights, people are looking to see what can best help Ohio's citizens combat this growing issue.

Be sure to get informed and VOTE on November 6.

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