County

Butler County Auditor

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county auditor appraises property for taxation, keeps the county's financial accounts and issues its payments.

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Amy Hines

Democratic

Ceramic artist and facilitator · Oxford

The gist

Proposes upgrading the county auditor's software system.
Proposes a tool showing taxpayers how bills are calculated.
Opposes unopposed races for county offices.
Supports asking legislators to change laws harming communities.

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Proposes upgrading the county auditor's software system.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“She said if elected she would upgrade the county auditor's software system to provide taxpayers with as much information as possible”
Proposes a tool showing taxpayers how bills are calculated.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“that would show taxpayers how their tax bill is calculated”
Opposes unopposed races for county offices.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“I found out no one was running for it and that's not okay with me, we shouldn't have unopposed races like this”
Supports asking legislators to change laws harming communities.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“It's all of our responsibility to speak up and to ask legislators to make changes to laws we see as harming our communities”

Nancy Nix

RepublicanIncumbent

Butler County Auditor · Liberty Township

The gist

Led a countywide push for state property tax fixes.
Led a call for local governments to forgo tax windfalls.
Led rollback of bond levy millage in nine school districts.
Supports a larger state Homestead property tax exemption.
Pledges more technology tools on the auditor's website.

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Led a countywide push for state property tax fixes.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“Nix sounded the alarm and sparked a countywide effort to get state legislators to fix the system.”
Led a call for local governments to forgo tax windfalls.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“Nix challenged all of the county jurisdictions and school districts to forego the windfall tax collections.”
Led rollback of bond levy millage in nine school districts.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“Nix also exercised her authority to roll back millage on bond levies in nine school districts saving an additional $22 million.”
Supports a larger state Homestead property tax exemption.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“to advocating to state lawmakers for increased Homestead”
Pledges more technology tools on the auditor's website.
Butler County auditor's race: Amy Hines to challenge incumbent Nancy Nix
News coverage · Journal-News · Sep 24, 2026 · journal-news.com
“More tools technology-wise on our website, that is a main goal, that's an ongoing goal”

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