The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Ohio, concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.
Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Senator
Jim Renacci, U.S. Representative
Mary Taylor, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State
Dave Kiefer, former Wayne County Commissioner and Republican State House candidate in 2016
Connie Pillich, former State Representative and nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014
Joe Schiavoni, Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate
Betty Sutton, former Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and former U.S. Representative
Joyce Beatty, U.S. Representative and former State Representative
Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County Executive and former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals Judge, former Ohio Secretary of State and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
Michael Coleman, former Mayor of Columbus
Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Ohio Attorney General
John Cranley, Mayor of Cincinnati
Kevin Kelley, President of the Cleveland City Council
Dennis Kucinich, former U.S. Representative, former State Senator, and former Mayor of Cleveland
David Leland, State Representative and former Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party
Bill O'Neill, Ohio Supreme Court Justice and nominee for OH-14 in 2008 and 2010
Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner
Nina Turner, former State Senator and nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014
Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton
Jay Williams, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and former Mayor of Youngstown
Chase Ritenauer, Mayor of Lorain
Tim Ryan, U.S. Representative and former State Senator
Jerry Springer, talk show host, former Mayor of Cincinnati, nominee for OH-02 in 1970 and candidate for Governor in 1982
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