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State Representative, 61st District

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

What this office does: A state representative votes on Ohio laws and the state budget in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Northern and eastern Delaware County (the city of Delaware, Sunbury, Genoa, Berkshire, Harlem, Kingston, Trenton, Porter, Brown, Oxford and other townships) and western Knox County (including Fredericktown). Open seat.

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Vince McGrail

Democratic

The gist

Supports fully funding public schools and voucher accountability.
Supports protecting Medicaid for seniors and children.
Opposes ending the grace period for mailed ballots (SB 293).
Supports abortion rights.

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Supports fully funding public schools and voucher accountability.
Issues | Vince McGrail for Ohio House District 61
Campaign website · Vince McGrail campaign · Education · vincemcgrail.com
“We need to find solutions to fund public schools to levels needed to be successful, and make our voucher program accountable.”
Supports protecting Medicaid for seniors and children.
Issues | Vince McGrail for Ohio House District 61
Campaign website · Vince McGrail campaign · Planning for Growth of Our Senior Population · vincemcgrail.com
“protect Medicaid in Ohio for seniors, as well as for our children”
Opposes ending the grace period for mailed ballots (SB 293).
Issues | Vince McGrail for Ohio House District 61
Campaign website · Vince McGrail campaign · Defending Democracy and the Rights of ALL Ohioans · vincemcgrail.com
“When Senate Bill 293 was signed into law in 2025, it eliminated the grace period for mail-in ballots to be counted in Ohio.”
Supports abortion rights.
Issues | Vince McGrail for Ohio House District 61
Campaign website · Vince McGrail campaign · Defending Democracy and the Rights of ALL Ohioans · vincemcgrail.com
“a woman’s right to make decisions on her own healthcare and reproductive rights”

Shawn Stevens

Republican

Owner of Bridge Title and Escrow Services

The gist

Opposes tax incentives for data centers.
Opposes taxpayer-funded stadium deals.
Supports restoring local control over development decisions.
Supports legislative term limits.
Opposes abortion.

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Opposes tax incentives for data centers.
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Campaign website · Shawn Stevens campaign · Tax Breaks for You, not data centers · stevensforohio.com
“Shawn Stevens will champion tax relief for families in Knox & Delaware Counties – NOT data centers.”
Opposes taxpayer-funded stadium deals.
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Campaign website · Shawn Stevens campaign · No $600 million stadium deals for billionaires · stevensforohio.com
“Shawn Stevens is 100% opposed to taxpayer-funded stadium deals for billionaires”
Supports restoring local control over development decisions.
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Campaign website · Shawn Stevens campaign · Restore local control over development decisions · stevensforohio.com
“Shawn Stevens supports local control and will fight to restore it”
Supports legislative term limits.
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Campaign website · Shawn Stevens campaign · Term limits · stevensforohio.com
“Shawn believes in term limits and citizen legislators”
Opposes abortion.
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Campaign website · Shawn Stevens campaign · 100% pro-life & 100% pro-Second Amendment · stevensforohio.com
“100% pro-life & 100% pro-Second Amendment”

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