The Gist
Governor

Don Kissick

Candidate for Governor

Running mate: James L. Mills

Libertarian

Background

Lives in
Ottawa
Campaign website
donkissick.com

A U.S. Navy veteran who served six years, including deployments in Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Southern Watch; he has lived in northwestern Ohio since 2014. His running mate is James L. Mills.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports the proposed amendment to end property taxes.

    Prefers local consumption-based funding and ending corporate subsidies.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “We are in favor of the end property tax amendment.”
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Public safety

  • Proposes restricting government license-plate surveillance cameras.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “Don would work with the General Assembly to restrict or prohibit government use of automated license-plate surveillance systems”
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Economy & jobs

  • Proposes simplifying licensing and regulation for small businesses.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “Simplify licensing and regulation for small business”
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  • Supports reducing state regulation of the marijuana industry.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “We want to get government bureaucracy out of the marijuana industry”
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Government & transparency

  • Proposes a five-year lobbying ban for former legislators.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “We want to ban legislators from becoming lobbyists for 5 years after they’re in office.”
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  • Supports a searchable public database of state contracts.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “We want total transparency in government contracts and budgets”
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  • Supports a state amendment protecting same-sex marriage.

    On the Issues - Don Kissick for Governor

    Campaign website · People for Don Kissick and James Mills · donkissick.com

    “We are in favor of the state constitutional amendment petitions that is circulating that protects the language for LGBTQIA+ marriage in Ohio”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Don Kissick on them.

  • EducationNo documented position found.
  • Environment & parksNo documented position found.
  • Health & human servicesNo documented position found.

All sources (128)

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