2026 Election

Former Sen. Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg) and Cincinnati-area Dr. Bryan Hambley have announced they want to succeed term-limited Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

Attorney General Dave Yost is now in the race for the Republican nomination for Ohio governor next year, after weeks of teasing a coming campaign.

Acton, a physician and public health expert who stood alongside Republican Gov. Mike DeWine for months during his daily coronavirus briefings, said people still stop her in the grocery store or at a restaurant to share their struggles — and she doesn't want to look away.

A handful of Ohio Republicans have contacted him about the job, DeWine said, and plenty more are putting in their two cents.

Republican Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted has already squirreled away more than $5 million toward a bid for governor that's more than two years off, campaign finance reports filed Wednesday show.