Don Kissick
What this job does: Ohio's chief executive. The governor runs the state's agencies, proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills, appoints many state officials and judges to fill vacancies, and can grant pardons. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as a team. A term is four years, with a limit of two terms in a row.
- Lives in
- Ottawa
Background
- Announced the campaign Jan. 9, 2026, with James Mills as the candidate for lieutenant governor. source: hometownstations.com
- Ran before for U.S. House (2010 and 2018), Allen County commissioner (2012) and U.S. Senate (2024). source: hometownstations.com
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- End political contributions to sitting politicians and ban former elected officials from lobbying for five years source: hometownstations.com
- A public, searchable database of government contracts, budgets and spending source: hometownstations.com
- Abolish property taxes and replace them with locally controlled consumption taxes source: hometownstations.com
- End qualified immunity source: hometownstations.com
- Lower health care costs by ending certificate-of-need laws source: hometownstations.com
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