2022 BFA-PAC Grades and Endorsements for the August Ohio Primary
Because lawmakers struggled to finalize district maps, the Ohio Primary Election for 2022 will be divided into two separate elections: the first on May 3, and the second on August 2.
The August 2 Primary ballot will include candidates for State Senate, State House, and State Central Committee.
NOTES:
- The following grades and endorsements may not be complete. We will continue to update our grades / endorsements as we collect additional information.
- ?? generally means the candidate did not submit a survey.
- "q" after a grade means we have no legislative votes, and we are basing the grade primarily on survey answers.
- In some races where there are multiple good candidates, we choose to not endorse in a primary.
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| State Senate | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 1 | R | Robert McColley | A | Endorsed | |
| 3 | D | Tina Maharath | D | ||
| 3 | R | Michele Reynolds | Bq | ||
| 5 | R | Stephen Huffman | A | Endorsed | |
| 7 | D | David Dallas | ?? | ||
| 7 | R | Steve Wilson | A | Endorsed | |
| 9 | D | Catherine Ingram | ?? | ||
| 9 | R | Orlando Sonza | Aq | ||
| 11 | D | Paula Hicks-Hudson | F | ||
| 11 | R | Tony Dia | ?? | ||
| 13 | D | Anthony Eliopoulos | ?? | ||
| 13 | D | Joshua Garcia | ?? | ||
| 13 | R | Nathan Manning | A | Endorsed | |
| 13 | R | Kirsten Hill | ?? | ||
| 15 | D | Hearcel Craig | F | ||
| 15 | R | Andrew Brush | ?? | ||
| 17 | D | Garry Boone | ?? | ||
| 17 | D | Alex Trevino | ?? | ||
| 17 | R | Thomas Hwang | ?? | ||
| 17 | R | Shane Wilkin | A+ | Endorsed | |
| 19 | D | Chrissie Hinshaw | ?? | ||
| 19 | D | Heather Swiger | ?? | ||
| 19 | R | Andrew Brenner | A | Endorsed | |
| 21 | D | John E Barnes | D | ||
| 21 | D | Willie Britt | ?? | ||
| 21 | D | Kent Smith | D | ||
| 21 | R | Mikhail Alterman | ?? | ||
| 23 | D | Nickie Antonio | F | ||
| 23 | D | Jeffrey Johnson | ?? | ||
| 23 | R | Landry Simmons | Bq | ||
| 25 | D | Crystal Lett | ?? | ||
| 25 | R | Chandler Wysocki | Aq | ||
| 27 | D | Patricia Goetz | ?? | ||
| 27 | D | Cliff Pinkney | ?? | ||
| 27 | R | Kristina Roegner | A | Endorsed | |
| 29 | R | Kirk Schuring | A | Endorsed | |
| 31 | D | Teneah Chambers | ?? | ||
| 31 | R | Al Landis | A | Endorsed | |
| 33 | D | Robert Hagan | D | ||
| 33 | R | Michael Rulli | A | Endorsed | |
| State House | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 1 | D | Carolyn Harding | ?? | ||
| 1 | D | Dontavius Jarrells | F | ||
| 2 | D | Michael D. Cole | ?? | ||
| 2 | D | Latyna Humphrey | D | ||
| 3 | D | Kelly Harrop | ?? | ||
| 3 | D | Mayo Makinde | ?? | ||
| 3 | D | DaVon Marshall | ?? | ||
| 3 | D | Ismail Mohamed | ?? | ||
| 3 | D | Lamar Peoples | ?? | ||
| 3 | R | Josiah Lanning | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 4 | D | Mary Lightbody | D | ||
| 4 | R | Jill Rudler | Aq | ||
| 5 | D | Richard Brown | D | ||
| 5 | R | Ronald Beach | Aq | ||
| 6 | D | Adhanet Kifle | ?? | ||
| 6 | R | Joe Wharton | Bq | ||
| 7 | D | Adam Miller | F | ||
| 7 | D | Allison Russo | F | ||
| 8 | D | Beth Liston | D | ||
| 8 | R | Zully Truempter | Cq | ||
| 9 | D | Munira Abdullahi | ?? | ||
| 9 | D | Jeremy Eugene Blake | ?? | ||
| 9 | D | Paul Filippelli | ?? | ||
| 9 | D | Ben Leland | ?? | ||
| 9 | R | Sue King | ?? | ||
| 10 | D | Russell Harris | Aq | ||
| 10 | R | David Dobos | ?? | ||
| 10 | R | Laura Lanese | A | Endorsed | |
| 11 | D | Rick Neal | ?? | ||
| 11 | R | Aaron Neumann | ?? | ||
| 11 | R | Omar Tarazi | Aq | ||
| 12 | R | Brian Stewart | A | Endorsed | |
| 13 | D | Michael Skindell | D | ||
| 13 | R | Keith Davey | Aq | ||
| 14 | D | Sean Brennan | ?? | ||
| 14 | R | Jolene Austin | Aq | ||
| 14 | R | David Morgan | ?? | ||
| 15 | D | Richard Dell'Aquila | ?? | ||
| 15 | R | Shay Hawkins | Aq | ||
| 16 | D | Monique Smith | D | ||
| 16 | D | Bride Rose Sweeney | D | ||
| 16 | R | Michael Lamb | Aq | ||
| 17 | D | Troy Greenfield | ?? | ||
| 17 | R | Ryan McClain | ?? | ||
| 17 | R | Tom Patton | A | Endorsed | |
| 18 | D | Darnell Brewer | ?? | ||
| 18 | R | Shalira Taylor | B | ||
| 19 | D | Phil Robinson | D | ||
| 19 | D | Tom Jackson | ?? | ||
| 19 | D | Matthew Schoeffler | ?? | ||
| 19 | R | Ron Brough | ?? | ||
| 19 | R | David Horvath | ?? | ||
| 20 | D | Mike Seals | ?? | ||
| 20 | D | Terrence Upchurch | F | ||
| 21 | D | Michael Ettorre | ?? | ||
| 21 | D | Elliot Forhan | ?? | ||
| 21 | D | Jonathan Holody | ?? | ||
| 21 | R | Kelly Powell | ?? | ||
| 22 | D | Juanita Brent | D | ||
| 22 | D | Danielle Dronet | ?? | ||
| 22 | D | Vincent Stokes | ?? | ||
| 23 | D | Dan Troy | D | ||
| 23 | R | George Phillips | Aq | ||
| 24 | D | Mark Childers | ?? | ||
| 24 | D | Dani Isaacsohn | ?? | ||
| 24 | D | Dale Mallory | C | ||
| 24 | R | Adam Koehler | ?? | ||
| 25 | D | Mohamud Jama | ?? | ||
| 25 | D | Cecil Thomas | F | ||
| 25 | R | John Breadon | ?? | ||
| 25 | R | Jason Miller | ?? | ||
| 26 | D | Sedrick Denson | D | ||
| 26 | D | Colleen Reynolds | ?? | ||
| 27 | D | Rachel Baker | ?? | ||
| 27 | D | Gavi Begtrup | ?? | ||
| 27 | R | Lindsay Cole | ?? | ||
| 27 | R | Joe Murray | ?? | ||
| 28 | D | Jessica Miranda | F | ||
| 28 | R | Kim Georgeton | ?? | ||
| 28 | R | Chris Monzel | Bq | ||
| 29 | D | Juan Valle | ?? | ||
| 29 | R | Cindy Abrams | B | ||
| 30 | D | Alissa Mayhaus | ?? | ||
| 30 | R | Angela Hymer | ?? | ||
| 30 | R | Bill Seitz | A+ | Endorsed | |
| 31 | D | Rita Darrow | ?? | ||
| 31 | D | Lucas Blower | ?? | ||
| 31 | R | Bill Roemer | A | Endorsed | |
| 32 | D | Matt Shaughnessy | ?? | ||
| 32 | R | Bob Young | A | Endorsed | |
| 33 | D | Tavia Galonski | F | ||
| 33 | D | Derrick Hall | ?? | ||
| 33 | D | Veronica Sims | ?? | ||
| 33 | R | Kristopher Anderson | Aq | ||
| 34 | D | Casey Weinstein | D | ||
| 34 | R | Beth Bigham | Aq | ||
| 35 | D | Deb Helton | ?? | ||
| 35 | D | Lori O'Neill | ?? | ||
| 35 | R | Steve Demetriou | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 36 | D | Addison Caruso | ?? | ||
| 36 | R | Andrea White | C | ||
| 37 | R | Tom Young | A | Endorsed | |
| 38 | D | Willis Blackshear | D | ||
| 39 | R | Phil Plummer | B | ||
| 40 | D | Amy Cox | ?? | ||
| 40 | R | Rodney Creech | A | Endorsed | |
| 41 | D | Colin Flanagan | ?? | ||
| 41 | D | Nancy Larson | ?? | ||
| 41 | R | Joshua Williams | Aq | ||
| 42 | D | Nick Komives | ?? | ||
| 42 | D | Erika White | ?? | ||
| 42 | R | Derek Merrin | A | Endorsed | |
| 43 | D | Michele Grim | ?? | ||
| 43 | D | Daniel Ortiz | ?? | ||
| 43 | R | Wendi Hendricks | ?? | ||
| 43 | R | Kristi Kille | ?? | ||
| 44 | D | Elgin Rogers Jr. | ?? | ||
| 44 | R | Roy Palmer | ?? | ||
| 45 | D | Chuck Horn | ?? | ||
| 45 | R | Jennifer Gross | B | ||
| 46 | D | Lawrence Mulligan | ?? | ||
| 46 | R | Thomas Hall | A+ | Endorsed | |
| 46 | R | Matt King | ?? | ||
| 47 | D | Sam Lawrence | ?? | ||
| 47 | R | Sara Caruthers | A | Endorsed | |
| 47 | R | Cody Harper | ?? | ||
| 48 | D | David Smith | ?? | ||
| 48 | R | Scott Oelslager | A | Endorsed | |
| 49 | D | Thomas West | F | ||
| 49 | R | Jim Thomas | Bq | ||
| 50 | R | Reggie Stoltzfus | A | Endorsed | |
| 51 | R | Brett Hudson Hillyer | A | Endorsed | |
| 52 | D | Regan Phillips | ?? | ||
| 52 | R | Gayle Manning | B | ||
| 53 | D | Joseph A. Miller | F | ||
| 53 | D | Dan Ramos | D | ||
| 53 | R | Marty Gallagher | ?? | ||
| 53 | R | Sarah McGervey | ?? | ||
| 54 | D | Bryan Burgess | ?? | ||
| 54 | R | Kathleen Beyer | ?? | ||
| 54 | R | Dick Stein | A | Endorsed | |
| 55 | D | Paul Zorn | ?? | ||
| 55 | R | Matthew Fisher | ?? | ||
| 55 | R | Thomas Goodwin | Aq | ||
| 55 | R | Scott Lipps | A | Endorsed | |
| 55 | R | Steve Muterspaw | ?? | ||
| 56 | D | Joy Bennett | ?? | ||
| 56 | D | Sam Cao | ?? | ||
| 56 | R | Kathy Grossman | ?? | ||
| 56 | R | Adam Mathews | Aq | ||
| 57 | D | Evan Rosborough | ?? | ||
| 57 | R | Jamie Callender | A | Endorsed | |
| 58 | D | Bruce Neff | ?? | ||
| 58 | R | Al Cutrona | A | Endorsed | |
| 58 | R | Jeff Green | ?? | ||
| 59 | D | John Dyce | ?? | ||
| 59 | D | Lauren McNally | ?? | ||
| 59 | D | Wayne Penny Jr. | ?? | ||
| 59 | D | Ronald Shadd | ?? | ||
| 60 | D | Rebecca Slater | ?? | ||
| 60 | R | Kris Jordan | B | ||
| 61 | D | Rachael Morocco | ?? | ||
| 61 | D | Louise Valentine | ?? | ||
| 61 | R | Beth Lear | Aq | ||
| 61 | R | Shawn Stevens | A | Endorsed | |
| 62 | D | Brian Flick | ?? | ||
| 62 | R | Jean Schmidt | A | Endorsed | |
| 63 | D | Richard Perry | ?? | ||
| 63 | R | Adam Bird | A | Endorsed | |
| 64 | D | Bria Bennett | ?? | ||
| 64 | D | Vince Peterson | ?? | ||
| 64 | R | Nick Santucci | Aq | ||
| 65 | R | Randy Law | A | ||
| 65 | R | Michael Loychik | A | Endorsed | |
| 66 | D | Mike Oliver | ?? | ||
| 66 | R | Sharon Ray | A | Endorsed | |
| 67 | D | Drew Burge | ?? | ||
| 67 | R | Ron Falconi | ?? | ||
| 67 | R | Melanie Miller | Aq | ||
| 67 | R | Terry Robertson | ?? | ||
| 67 | R | Matt Young | Aq | ||
| 68 | D | Mark Carr | ?? | ||
| 68 | R | Thad Claggett | Aq | ||
| 68 | R | Mark Fraizer | A | Endorsed | |
| 69 | D | Charlotte Owens | ?? | ||
| 69 | R | Kevin Miller | A | Endorsed | |
| 70 | D | Eric Price | ?? | ||
| 70 | R | Brian Lampton | A | Endorsed | |
| 70 | R | Katherine Shutte | Aq | ||
| 71 | D | James Duffee | ?? | ||
| 71 | R | Bill Dean | A | Endorsed | |
| 72 | D | Kathleen Clyde | F | ||
| 72 | R | Gail Pavliga | A | Endorsed | |
| 73 | R | Jeff LaRe | A | Endorsed | |
| 74 | D | Bernard Willis | ?? | ||
| 74 | R | Daniel Saks | ?? | ||
| 75 | D | Jan Materni | ?? | ||
| 75 | R | Haraz Ghanbari | A | Endorsed | |
| 76 | D | Justin Andrews | ?? | ||
| 76 | R | Marilyn John | A | Endorsed | |
| 77 | D | Mark Gooch | ?? | ||
| 77 | R | Scott Wiggam | A+ | Endorsed | |
| 78 | R | Susan Manchester | A | Endorsed | |
| 78 | R | J.J. Sreenan | ?? | ||
| 79 | D | Taylor Eastham | ?? | ||
| 79 | R | Monica Robb Blasdel | Aq | ||
| 80 | R | Jena Powell | A | Endorsed | |
| 81 | R | Jim Hoops | A | Endorsed | |
| 82 | D | Magdalene Markward | ?? | ||
| 82 | R | Roy Klopfenstein | Bq | ||
| 82 | R | Ted Penner | ?? | ||
| 83 | D | Melissa Kritzell | ?? | ||
| 83 | D | Claire Osborne | ?? | ||
| 83 | R | Jon Cross | A | Endorsed | |
| 84 | D | Sophia Rodriguez | ?? | ||
| 84 | R | Angela King | Aq | ||
| 84 | R | Jacob Larger | Aq | ||
| 84 | R | Aimee Morrow | ?? | ||
| 85 | R | Tim Barhorst | Aq | ||
| 85 | R | Rochiel Foulk | ?? | ||
| 85 | R | Lilli Vitale | ?? | ||
| 86 | D | Barbara Luke | ?? | ||
| 86 | R | Michael Bohland | ?? | ||
| 86 | R | Tracy Richardson | A | Endorsed | |
| 87 | R | Riordan McClain | A | Endorsed | |
| 88 | D | Dianne Selvey | ?? | ||
| 88 | R | Gary Click | A | Endorsed | |
| 89 | D | Jim Obergefell | ?? | ||
| 89 | R | DJ Swearingen | A | Endorsed | |
| 90 | D | Andrew Dodson | ?? | ||
| 90 | R | Brian Baldridge | A | Endorsed | |
| 90 | R | Calvin Robinson | ?? | ||
| 91 | R | Robert Peterson | A | Endorsed | |
| 92 | R | Mark Johnson | A | Endorsed | |
| 93 | R | Jason Stephens | A | Endorsed | |
| 94 | D | Rhyan Goodman | ?? | ||
| 94 | R | Jay Edwards | A | Endorsed | |
| 95 | D | William Ryan | ?? | ||
| 95 | R | Don Jones | A | Endorsed | |
| 96 | D | Charlie DiPalma | ?? | ||
| 96 | R | Ron Ferguson | A | Endorsed | |
| 97 | R | Adam Holmes | A | Endorsed | |
| 98 | R | Darell Kick | A | Endorsed | |
| 98 | R | Scott Pullins | Aq | ||
| 99 | D | Abby Kovacs | ?? | ||
| 99 | R | Sarah Fowler Arthur | A | Endorsed | |
| State Central Committee | |||||
| District | Party | Name | Grade | Endorsement | |
| 3 | R | James Burgess | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 3 | R | Meta Hahn | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 5 | R | Jessica Franz | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 11 | R | Abigail Brentinger | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 11 | R | Timothy Brentinger | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 16 | R | Josh Brown | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 16 | R | Geoffrey Hatcher | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 19 | R | Gary James | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 19 | R | Melanie Leneghan | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 19 | R | Carol O'Brien | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 23 | R | Doris Peters | Bq | Endorsed | |
| 24 | R | Shannon Burns | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 25 | R | Jim Burgess | Bq | Endorsed | |
| 29 | R | Christine Mauer | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 31 | R | Charles Blake | Aq | Endorsed | |
| 32 | R | Charles Johnston | Aq | Endorsed | |
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