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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

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The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Ohio
An overview of local elections in Ohio
An overview of the initiative process in Ohio

1 Cities
- 1.1 City government
2 Elections
- 2.1 2026
- 2.2 2025
- 2.3 2024
- 2.4 2023
- 2.5 2022
- 2.6 2021
- 2.7 2020
- 2.8 2019
- 2.9 2018
- 2.10 2017
- 2.11 2016
- 2.12 2015
3 Initiative process availability
4 See also
5 External links
6 Footnotes

Cities

City government

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City	County
Cleveland	Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati	Hamilton County
Columbus	Fairfield County, Franklin County
Toledo	Lucas County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 88 counties, 2,234 cities, towns, and villages, and 952 special districts.[1]

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2026

See also: United States municipal elections, 2026 and School board elections, 2026

Cuyahoga County, Ohio - County executive, county council, and court of common pleas judges
Fairfield County, Ohio - Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
Franklin County, Ohio - Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
Hamilton County, Ohio - Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
Lucas County, Ohio - Auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
All local elections by county

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

Cincinnati, Ohio - Mayor and city council
Cleveland, Ohio - Mayor, city council, and municipal court judges
Columbus, Ohio - Attorney, auditor, and city council
Toledo, Ohio - Mayor, municipal court clerk, city council, and municipal court judges
Fairfield County, Ohio - Educational service center
Franklin County, Ohio - Educational service centers and municipal court judge
Hamilton County, Ohio - Educational service center and municipal court judge
Lucas County, Ohio - Educational service center
All local elections by county
Ohio school board elections

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

Toledo, Ohio - City council (special election)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Prosecutor, county council, and common pleas court judges
Fairfield County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges
Franklin County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court judges
Hamilton County, Ohio - Auditor (special), coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, county commissioners, clerk of courts, and common pleas court
Lucas County, Ohio - Coroner, engineer, prosecutor, recorder, sheriff, treasurer, commissioners, clerk of courts, common pleas court judges, and county auditor (special election)
All other local elections by county

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

Cincinnati, Ohio - City council
Cleveland, Ohio - City council, municipal court clerk, municipal court judges, and municipal housing court judge
Columbus, Ohio - Mayor and city council
Toledo, Ohio - City council and municipal judge
Fairfield County, Ohio - Educational service center and municipal court judge
Franklin County, Ohio - Municipal court clerk, municipal court judges, educational service center
Hamilton County, Ohio - Municipal court judges, ESC governing board
Lucas County, Ohio - Educational service center
Ohio school board elections

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

Cuyahoga County, Ohio - County executive, county council, and court of common pleas judges
Fairfield County, Ohio - County auditor and county commissioner
Franklin County, Ohio - County auditor, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
Hamilton County, Ohio - County auditor, clerk of court, county commission, and court of common pleas judges
Lucas County, Ohio - County auditor, county recorder, county commission, and court of common pleas judges

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

Cincinnati, Ohio - Mayor and city council
Cleveland, Ohio - Mayor, city council, and city municipal court judge
Columbus, Ohio - City council, city attorney, and city auditor
Toledo, Ohio - Mayor, city council, and municipal judge
Fairfield County, Ohio - Educational service center, municipal court clerk, and municipal court judges
Franklin County, Ohio - County municipal court judges
Ohio school board elections

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

Toledo, Ohio - City council (special)
Cuyahoga County, Ohio - County council, prosecuting commissioners, court of appeals judgeships, court of common pleas judges
Fairfield County, Ohio - County commissioners, county treasurer, county recorder, county coroner, county sheriff, county engineer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts, and two court of common pleas judges
Franklin County, Ohio - County commissioners, county prosecutor, clerk of courts, sheriff, recorder, treasurer, engineer, coroner, court of common pleas judgeships, probate court judge
Hamilton County, Ohio - County commissioners, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts, sheriff, recorder, treasurer, engineer, coroner, court of common pleas judges
Lucas County, Ohio - County commissioners, coroner, sheriff, recorder, engineer, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of court of common pleas, court of common pleas judges

Past elections

2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

Cleveland, Ohio - Municipal judges
Columbus, Ohio - Mayor and city council
Toledo, Ohio - City council, municipal judges, and clerk of municipal court
Franklin County, Ohio - County municipal court judges
Hamilton County, Ohio - County municipal court judges
Ohio school board elections

2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

Toledo, Ohio - City council
Cuyahoga County, Ohio - County commissioner, county executive, and local judgeships
Fairfield County, Ohio - County commissioner, county auditor, and local judgeships
Franklin County, Ohio - County commissioner, county auditor, county engineer, and local judgeships
Hamilton County, Ohio - County commissioner, county auditor, and local judgeships
Lucas County, Ohio - County commissioner, county auditor, county treasurer, and local judgeships

2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Ohio school board elections

2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Ohio that year.

2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Ohio school board elections

Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Ohio

All 66 General law cities have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
All 636 General law villages have a mandated initiative process for ordinances.
All 183 Charter cities have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
All 51 Charter villages have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.
All 86 General law counties do not have general initiative or referendum processes though Title V of the Ohio Revised Code specifies limited cases.
All 2 Charter counties have a mandated initiative process for charter amendments.[2]

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External links

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Ohio municipal code library
Ohio state government website

Footnotes

↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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Cities In Ohio - Ballotpedia

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Cities

City government

Elections

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2025

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2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Initiative process availability

See also

External links

Footnotes

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