Meet Ohio's three printed governor tickets, including their lieutenant-governor running mates.
The Stated Record analysis: Lean Republican
Updated September 3, 2026
Who is running?
Printed ballot candidates
Amy ActonDemocraticLt. governor: David Pepper
Don KissickLibertarianLt. governor: James L. Mills
Vivek RamaswamyRepublicanLt. governor: Robert A. McColley
Declared write-in tickets are listed separately by the election authority.
Source: Franklin County Board of Elections general candidate list
Checked September 2, 2026
Voter guide
The candidates, side by side
Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows and are not additive with the rest; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filing window and the reconciliation to the FEC summary.
Her running mate is David Pepper, a former Hamilton County commissioner, Cincinnati council member and state Democratic Party chair. Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper
A wider homestead exemption for seniors, and a rebate of up to $1,000 when a property tax bill jumps more than 4%. Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper
A conditional pause on data centers until they pay all their own utility costs, use union labor and meet environmental rules. Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper
His campaign says he served six years in the U.S. Navy, with deployments in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Southern Watch, and lives in Ottawa, Ohio. People for Don Kissick and James Mills
Allow a data center only if nearby homes get free electricity and lower property taxes, and pause new approvals on his first day. Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio
Our synthesis uses the median-style ordinal rule described in Methodology. It is our analysis, not another independent rating.
What to know
The race in context
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Candidate records
The field, without the campaign gloss
Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.
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Issue comparison
What each campaign says
These are attributed platform positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.
Would expand the homestead exemption so seniors with household incomes up to $50,000 qualify, and give homeowners a rebate of up to $1,000 when their property tax bill rises more than 4% in a year.
Would roll property taxes back to where they were before the end of the pandemic, leaving new construction out and honoring existing debt. Under his data center plan, the centers' property taxes would fund rebates for nearby homeowners.
Would cut taxes for working families with a state earned income credit and a child tax credit of up to $1,000 a year for families earning up to $85,000.
Supports a conditional pause on data centers: they must pay all their own utility costs, be built with union labor, disclose who is behind them, meet environmental standards, and go on brownfields rather than farms.
Calls data centers part of a growing surveillance system, and says they use large amounts of power and water, take farmland, and get tax breaks while residents pay more for utilities. The page names no specific policy.
A data center could be built only if nearby homes get free electricity and lower property taxes and the center meets air and water rules. He would pause new data center approvals by executive order on his first day until a law is passed.
Would appoint utility regulators who put ratepayers first, restore the consumer counsel's budget, and bring back the energy efficiency and renewable energy programs cut under House Bill 6.
Would raise standards in 3rd-grade reading, 8th-grade math and 12th-grade civics, give parents more choice, pay the best teachers more, and expand career-technical education.
Would issue anti-corruption executive orders on day one, bar state regulators from working for companies they regulated for three years, and make state contractors disclose political giving.
No ethics or anti-corruption plan is stated in his plan, which calls for cutting government waste and red tape. A separate May 2026 plan targets Medicaid fraud by providers.
The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record, and a card never says why someone did something.
As health director she signed the order closing school buildings to students from March 17, 2020, and the stay-at-home order of March 22. On April 20 the governor said schools would stay closed for the rest of the school year. On April 30 she signed the Stay Safe Ohio order, which let businesses reopen in stages. She stepped down on June 11, 2020.
Her campaign says that as health director she worked with both parties to hold drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic and shape a historic settlement that funds addiction recovery.
“hold the big drug companies accountable for the opioid epidemic and shape a historic settlement to fund addiction recovery programs”
Ohio's OneOhio plan for sharing opioid settlement money came together while she was director; the attorney general said in March 2020 that local leaders had signed on. The governor's office says it built the plan with the attorney general and local leaders. The first settlement payments reached local governments in July 2022.
The county's general fund budget fell from $271.6 million in 2008 to $239.4 million in 2009 and $211.7 million in 2010, a cut of $59.9 million. Pepper sat on the three-member board for all three, and was its president when the 2010 budget passed in October 2009.
The county auditor lists the county's property tax rate at 20.18 mills for tax year 2006. In his years on the board, 2007 to 2010, it was 20.56, 20.63, 20.48 and 20.48. The rises came with levy increases voters approved: mental health and senior services in 2007, the zoo in 2008. The 2009 fall came when a smaller levy replaced the expiring Drake levy.
By tax year, the rate rose in his first two years, fell in his third and was flat in his last. Taxes are paid a year later, so the fall reached bills in 2010, his last year. "Held the line" depends on which years you count.
City reports show him on council for two two-year terms, the second in 2004 and 2005. The county auditor lists Cincinnati's property tax rate at 10.76 mills for tax year 2001, then 10.63, 10.36, 10.34 and 10.19 for tax years 2002 to 2005. It fell each of those years.
McColley was one of two sponsors of Senate Bill 22 in 2021. It lets lawmakers cancel health department orders and end a governor's emergency, which now lasts no more than 90 days unless they extend it. The governor vetoed it; McColley voted to override the veto on March 24, 2021, and it took effect June 23, 2021. A 2022 appeals court ruling upheld the dismissal of a suit against the law, for lack of standing.
Limit: The law gives lawmakers power over future health orders. Whether it prevents a future shutdown is a prediction no record settles. The campaign's line also names Acton; that part is out of scope.
McColley was the lead sponsor of Senate Bill 9, signed March 9, 2022. It orders state agencies to cut the restrictions in their rules by 30% by June 30, 2025. He voted for it in the Senate. The legislature's rule review committee reported in December 2025 that 27 of 28 agencies met that target; the EPA was at 22.70%.
As Senate president he voted for the 2025 state budget, House Bill 96, on June 11 and June 25, 2025. It cut the top state income tax rate from 3.5% to 3.125% for 2025 and set a single 2.75% rate from 2026.
McColley voted for the 2023 state budget, House Bill 33, on June 30, 2023. It cut the top state income tax rate from 3.99% to 3.75% for 2023, then to 3.5% from 2024, when four rates became two.
Limit: This is his running mate's record; Ramaswamy has never held office. A lower rate is not an end to the tax, and the budget did many other things.
McColley voted against House Bill 6 in the Senate on July 17, 2019. It added a monthly charge to power bills for nuclear plants, and a charge on every utility's customers through 2030 for plants owned by a company that utilities formed before 1960. It also cut the state's renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements for utilities. He cosponsored House Bill 128 and voted for it on March 24, 2021. It repealed parts of House Bill 6, limited its credit payments to solar and provided refunds to customers. He cosponsored House Bill 15 and voted for it on April 30, 2025. It ended the charge for the older plants from August 14, 2025.
Limit: This is his running mate's record; Ramaswamy has never held office. These laws did other things too, and we did not measure what they did to bills. The card does not test the plan's natural gas goal.
Running mate Rob McColley: school choice and reading
Matches stated direction
What they say
The campaign's plan calls for higher academic standards with a focus on 3rd-grade reading, and more choice for parents over where their children learn.
“Raise academic standards with a focus on 3rd-grade literacy ... Empower parents with transparency and meaningful choices over where and how their children learn”
McColley voted for the 2023 state budget, House Bill 33, on June 30, 2023. It opened the income-based EdChoice private school scholarship to students at any family income; before, the limit was 250% of the federal poverty level. It also required schools to use reading materials aligned with the science of reading from the 2024-25 school year, and barred the three-cueing method in pre-K to grade 5, with waivers for some students. The same budget let a parent, after talking with the reading teacher and principal, have a third grader promoted to fourth grade whether or not the child reads at grade level. The law before it had no such parent request.
Limit: This is his running mate's record; Ramaswamy has never held office. The budget did many other things; this card looks only at school choice and reading.
Chronology
How the field took shape
Acton closes schools
As health director, Acton orders school buildings closed to students from March 17.
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Lists three governor tickets, each filed February 4, 2026 and valid: Acton and Pepper (Democratic), Ramaswamy and McColley (Republican), Kissick and Mills (Libertarian). Four write-in tickets filed August 24, 2026. Not ballot order. sha256 5eaa1507f117fb441da88983f85e9495ae11e86c8c4d2670364773c70eb31df0. The Secretary of State's site shows a security check to automated readers, so a county list is used.
Franklin County Board of Elections. Franklin County's official count, not the statewide total. Governor: Acton 118,223, unopposed; Ramaswamy 40,190, Casey Putsch 7,236, a withdrawn ticket 2,262; Kissick 736, write-ins 140. The Secretary of State's statewide results show a security check to automated readers. sha256 74e32aede45c396fa30bf33aa60dc23886fd8d4c3a92f379488a49ed62ccdb73.
Franklin County Board of Elections. The write-in filing deadline for the November 3 general election is 4:00 p.m., August 24, 2026. Revised May 28, 2026. sha256 dfeb41450e364f9f291a2a2ae332a3762c5da0475cad43cb9ee6d69ee13507ed.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Footer reads "Paid for by Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper". The site's /twitter, /facebook and /instagram links redirect to the amyactonoh accounts.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Her biography, including her claims about her time as health director.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Running mate David Pepper's biography, including claims about his county and city council record.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Tax credits, health costs, energy bills and wage theft.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Its lines about her opponent are out of scope here.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.
Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts.
People for Don Kissick and James Mills. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Footer reads "Paid for by People for Don Kissick and James Mills" and links his X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts.
People for Don Kissick and James Mills. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Biographies of Kissick and his running mate, James Mills. Neither describes a public office held.
People for Don Kissick and James Mills. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Headings: data centers, license-plate cameras, property taxes, corruption, economic affordability, personal dignity. The site's press releases page carried no releases when read.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Footer reads "Paid for by Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio" and links his X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. His biography. It describes no public office he has held.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Running mate Rob McColley's biography, including the ticket's claims about his record. Its line about Acton is out of scope here.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Taxes, energy, schools, crime, and his data center pledge (reprinted from a Columbus Dispatch op-ed of August 6).
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Listed on the site's home page under September 21, 2026.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Linked from The Plan page.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio. Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. A press release on fraud by Medicaid providers. It is not an ethics plan for officials.
Ohio Department of Health. Lists Amy Acton as director; her letter says she was appointed director of health in early 2019. sha256 86047b019648da75e0de3d5a159ca5e69b38530995d09f94711527a3ba104e30.
Ohio Department of Health. Issued by Director Amy Acton. Closes school buildings to students from 12:01 a.m. March 17 to April 3, 2020. A scanned PDF with no text layer; read by OCR. sha256 989933e2b848dae6221f83f60f2f3068ea2c61ec570c2a6def87fd0425eccb1c.
Ohio Department of Health. Issued and signed by Director Amy Acton, dated March 22, 2020, effective 11:59 p.m. March 23. sha256 061c7da2016399f7490f2ca6cdd7e20a70d67258f8576c65b628ea6eb5590f8d. The copies once at coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/ now return the site's home page.
Office of the Governor of Ohio. The health department's Stay Safe Ohio order replaces the stay-at-home order and folds in the business reopenings of the Responsible RestartOhio plan. The page is dated May 1, 2020.
Office of the Governor of Ohio. Acton steps down as health department director and becomes the governor's chief health advisor, effective the end of that day.
Office of the Governor of Ohio. Says the governor's office worked with the attorney general's office and local leaders to create the OneOhio plan. Acton is not named.
Hamilton County, Ohio. The county's own budget summary, listing David Pepper as president of the Board of County Commissioners. Hosted on the county's website vendor (revize). sha256 ad999fe36e828077a443ad1f2e69d0a5aca624626523eee5ccdab13c620a52e9.
Hamilton County, Ohio. Lists Todd Portune as commission president and David Pepper as vice president, so 2007 was his first year on the board. sha256 29d37fa59d381fe12116b6d6f2cb5d8ed1540cc414fddefe9e05666b134fb99c.
Hamilton County, Ohio. Sets the 2008 general fund budget at $271.6 million, up $20.4 million from 2007. Lists Todd Portune as commission president and David Pepper as vice president. sha256 9821b8924e41acc557ee80315a47757f28683cf763f05d79b60695a3bdd92c67.
Hamilton County, Ohio. Sets the 2009 general fund budget at $239.4 million, down $32.2 million from 2008. Lists David Pepper as commission president for 2009. sha256 0769b2e51740296cc632b51c8ebb2da224e424f20f208bc041cdf0c59502362e.
Hamilton County, Ohio. Lists the 2011 board as Greg Hartmann, Chris Monzel and Todd Portune, so 2010 was Pepper's last year on the board. sha256 4331ae99e05924d3d5344ac8a17d064b98d5ec9c6205f3baf3583d033dffa1be.
City of Cincinnati. Dated May 30, 2003. Its list of city officials has David Pepper on council in his first term. sha256 3eb79b0bb4ed47b447a09eb67c6f1c89890d58a9137379db1fca8ec8292ecd7b.
City of Cincinnati. Dated June 15, 2004. The officials list has Pepper in his second term. sha256 1897f099fb93ffb81c4feeb10bea209c50c969489e11e9084de966f679d5386c.
City of Cincinnati. Dated June 15, 2005. Council members serve two-year terms, and the officials list has Pepper in his second term. sha256 d52e7e9f4b20a3b6e7fe99f1885f1afd306a533ad03f2fa3137839d2e7098445.
City of Cincinnati. Dated June 26, 2006. The officials list shows the new council under Mayor Mark Mallory; Pepper is not on it. sha256 84e381110db0323d33c17dd45c7d336b43c0e695af3606df5a54ceab0587094b.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.47, city 10.76. sha256 f590cc14f7cdd4c0a5a801cbe74ce5daa3d1b726cafe924fbb221e3f6ff2a12e.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.87, city 10.63. A scan with a rough text layer. sha256 7df685ddfb8ea6feb739d517abe93131b373640166175a187e86303b68142541.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.51, city 10.36. sha256 712b254f05b771b0dcf777b1131bcaecf82b5faddb087eeddcb217c6c0bbdeea.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.06, city 10.34. sha256 bb74e594f5222f7ffc347ef336f95caed4195a9566fc7183f876644cbb269543.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.81, city 10.19. sha256 261b67e7c4ca295ea755115d911482495024c810ea59978b26fe364b76316006.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.18, city 9.93. sha256 79e037d7d47cf2f27e0b226c048322aa4078f328235fc7541671aecc1f134825.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.56, city 9.89. sha256 040c869aebd59fe83dfb5c51e54d9ef3b1ea1eae0800140e71fee254e18059e1.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.63, city 9.89. sha256 5dc4d8d3aebee106a4d50a6752061203a8c1c8ed782b8cc388d12fbef1ec6d9c.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.48, city 9.82. sha256 0d48131afcd02dc22c8187bdec745c1b7c8e9be2b77b20bf297266df99719fce.
Hamilton County Auditor. The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 19.45 plus 1.03 for the park district, now listed apart (20.48 together), city 10.07. sha256 e850645d41bf12c7800d59d4145568d5be4c7aecd74421bdfb6adf3164724851.
Hamilton County Auditor. Levies voters decided in 2007. County: mental health renewed with a 0.25-mill increase and senior services with a 0.13-mill increase, both November 6, 2007. Together 0.38 mills, the county rate's rise that year. sha256 12df91a5826607c7dbfc2b6a42822bd39658d1d4b53bc2863b0ffea9e5e933db.
Hamilton County Auditor. County: the zoo levy renewed with a 0.06-mill increase, March 4, 2008. sha256 234195cc42bcf67c3f5cb2a29f7a9ac18b4c5d21c147cd9010a0b42e5f242431.
Hamilton County Auditor. County, November 3, 2009: developmental disabilities renewed with a 0.51-mill increase, the museum center renewed 0.02 mills lower, and a new 0.34-mill Family Services & Treatment levy replaced the Drake levy, which expired at the end of 2009. The new levy's estimated cost is $10.09 per $100,000 of value, against $20.73 for the Drake levy in 2009. sha256 93ce63d1cfbd201107824877e447115476c045450b3e684fe29b79969d0b4b60.
Ohio Department of Health. Issued and signed by Director Amy Acton on April 30, 2020, effective 11:59 p.m. that day. Its subtitle calls it an order that reopens businesses, with exceptions. The state's own link now returns the health department's home page and no other official copy was found, so this is the Internet Archive's copy of May 1, 2020. A scanned PDF, read by OCR. sha256 dd5c9f0403fdeb66dd4f706778879902069ad350a1a200f137e32c9008737419.
Federal Election Commission. The FEC's list of candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot, from state election offices. Ohio, U.S. Senate: Kissick, Donald C. (LIB), with Brown and Moreno. The list is marked "Subject to Change". sha256 7945c56c933e5ee390bc26de081bb3e58d20a9f958400fbae3fcb49ff5dfd997.
Federal Election Commission. Registered as a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House from Ohio: the 4th district in 2010 and the 5th in 2018. The FEC's results reports show he was on the ballot both times.
Federal Election Commission. Page 116: Kissick, Donald Charles (LIB), Ohio's 4th district, 7,708 votes (3.77%) in the November 2, 2010 general election. sha256 dd0ce354af9d654c05bbf6fc69687be60507be6cf3c56b8575634ec5ef0ac428.
Federal Election Commission. Kissick, Don (LIB), Ohio's 5th district, 7,393 votes (2.61%) in the 2018 general election. sha256 6d7b65418458f40cb4d301f04034e79a6938344097c6d28ec418d676af757ab2.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Establish legislative oversight over Governor's and health orders. Sponsors Terry Johnson and Rob McColley in every version; the enrolled version is effective June 23, 2021.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Senate and House votes with member-level yeas and nays, including both chambers' veto overrides on March 24, 2021.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Lets the General Assembly rescind health department orders by concurrent resolution. Enacted by S.B. 22 of the 134th General Assembly, effective June 23, 2021.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Limits a governor's state of emergency to 90 days unless the General Assembly extends it. Enacted by S.B. 22 of the 134th General Assembly, effective June 23, 2021.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Reduce regulatory restrictions in administrative rules. Sponsors Rob McColley and Kristina Roegner; signed March 9, 2022, effective June 8, 2022.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Requires state agencies to cut regulatory restrictions by 30% by June 30, 2025. Enacted by S.B. 9 of the 134th General Assembly, effective June 8, 2022.
Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. A suit to stop S.B. 22 was dismissed for lack of standing; the appeals court affirmed on March 17, 2022. The court did not rule on whether the law is constitutional. sha256 153769bc943450ecadced2e4a9085ab33a5fcebdce1673c302e534d9806c3d91.
Ohio General Assembly, Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review. Dated December 15, 2025, with data as of June 30, 2025. Of 28 agencies, 27 cut their regulatory restrictions by at least 30%. The EPA was at 22.70% and said it would reach 30% by early 2026; that was not checked. The measure is restrictions in rules, not whole rules repealed. sha256 93d3c87152c8929afaefbc40ccfe190e224f9dc99d6a947656560e0a2d145f79.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). The 2026-27 state operating budget. Senate passage June 11, 2025 and the conference report June 25, 2025, each 23-10, McColley voting yea.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Enrolled text, about 30 MB. Section 5747.02 replaces the 2024 rate table (top rate 3.5%) with a 2025 table (top rate 3.125%) and a single 2.75% rate from 2026.
Ohio Secretary of State. Where Ohio's statewide candidates file their campaign finance reports. The page shows a security check to automated readers (HTTP 403), so it was not read by this desk; a person can open it in a browser.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Section 3706.46 sets a monthly charge on retail electric customers for the nuclear generation fund; section 4928.148 sets a charge through 2030 for a legacy generation resource. It also cut the renewable energy benchmark and capped the energy efficiency requirement at 17.5% cumulative savings.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Repeals parts of H.B. 6 and limits its credit payments to solar. Signed March 31, 2021. McColley is listed as a cosponsor of the enrolled version.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Sponsor Rep. Klopfenstein; McColley is listed as a cosponsor of the enrolled version. Signed May 15, 2025, effective August 14, 2025.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). Repeals section 4928.148; Section 4 bars utilities from collecting the legacy generation resource charge from the act's effective date. Section 4928.01 defines that resource as plants owned by a corporation investor-owned utilities formed before 1960.
Ohio General Assembly (Legislative Information System). The 2024-25 state operating budget. The Senate agreed to the conference report June 30, 2023, McColley voting yea.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Income-based EdChoice scholarship, as amended by H.B. 33, effective October 3, 2023. Eligibility no longer has an income limit.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. The version before H.B. 33: family income at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, or a sibling with the scholarship.
Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Enacted by H.B. 33. Reading curriculum aligned with the science of reading from 2024-25; three-cueing barred in pre-K to grade 5, with individual waivers.
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Franklin County Board of Elections general candidate listhttps://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/getmedia/e0a4ca45-6893-45c1-8190-87696f8804b4/2026-General-Candidate-List-5
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