Congressional 15th District Party Nominees Being Decided In August 3rd Special Primary Election

Presented By Atomic Speedway

Tuesday, August 3rd is the date for the Special Primary Election for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, necessitated to select nominees to fill the vacancy of this congressional seat due to the resignation of former Congressman Steve Stivers.

Stivers resigned his U.S. House seat to become the president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

The 15th Congressional District includes Clinton, Fairfield, Hocking, Madison, Morgan, Perry, Pickaway and Vinton counties, as well as portions of Athens, Fayette, Franklin and Ross counties.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office, here are the following times for in-person voting at your county boards of election:

EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING HOURS FOR AUGUST
August 2 (8am-2pm)

August 2: Mailed absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date.
August 3: General Election: Polls are open from 6:30am-7:30pm.

August 3: Voters are able to drop off absentee ballot at their county board of elections office until 7:30pm.

August 13: Last day for boards to receive mail-in ballots that have been postmarked on or before August 2.

The special election primary winners in the Democrat and Republican parties will face each other in the November General Election to fill the vacant seat.

The Candidates in each party are listed below in alphabetical order:

Democrat Candidates are: Greg Betts and Allison Russo.

Republican Candidates are: John Adams, Mike Carey, Eric M. Clark, Thad Cooperrider, Ruth Edmonds, Ron Hood, Tom Hwang, Stephanie Kunz, Jeff LaRae, and Bob Peterson.