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Ohio State Board of Education election, 2024

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Election details
Filing deadline: August 7, 2024
General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Diana Fessler (District 1) Brendan Shea (District 5) Antoinette Miranda (District 6) Vacant (District 7) Michelle Newman (District 8) Meryl Johnson (District 11)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in Ohio
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State Board of Education (6 seats)

Ohio held an election for six of 19 seats on the Ohio State Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline was August 7, 2024.

Kristie Reighard won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 1.

Mary Binegar won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 5.

Cathye Flory won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 6.

Rhonda Johnson won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 7.

Karen Lloyd won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 8.

Delores Ford won election in the general election for Ohio State Board of Education District 11.

Candidates and election results

District 1

General election

District 5

General election

District 6

General election

District 7

General election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sudi Abdi Mohamud (Nonpartisan)

District 8

General election

District 11

General election

Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 2022

District 2

General election candidates

Teresa Fedor (Nonpartisan) ✔
Sarah McGervey (Nonpartisan)

District 3

General election candidates

Charlotte McGuire (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

Michael King (Nonpartisan)

District 4

General election candidates

Jenny Kilgore (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
Katie Hofmann (Nonpartisan) ✔

District 9

General election candidates

John Hagan (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Robert Fulton (Nonpartisan)

District 10

General election candidates

Tim Miller (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
Tom Jackson (Nonpartisan) ✔
Cierra Lynch Shehorn (Nonpartisan)

2020

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 2020

District 1

General election candidates

Diana Fessler (Nonpartisan) ✔

District 5

General election candidates

Lisa Woods (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan)
Christina Collins (Nonpartisan) ✔

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 6

General election candidates

Antoinette Miranda (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Alice Nicks (Nonpartisan)

District 9

General election candidates

Ron Hood (Nonpartisan)
Michelle Newman (Nonpartisan) ✔

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 10

General election candidates

Mary Binegar (Nonpartisan)
Brendan Shea (Nonpartisan) ✔

District 11

General election candidates

Meryl Johnson (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Michele Elba (Nonpartisan)
Richard Neale (Nonpartisan)

Did not make the ballot:

Jedi Hill (Nonpartisan)

2018

See also: Ohio State Board of Education election, 2018

District 2

General election

District 3

General election

District 4

General election

District 7

General election

District 8

General election

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