Ohio Gubernatorial Election, 2018 (Beau Lives)

The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich is term limited, and can not seek a third term in office.

Declared

 * Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Senator
 * Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State
 * Jim Renacci, U.S. Representative
 * Mary Taylor, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

Potential

 * Matt Gilmore, Chair of the Mercer County Republican Party
 * Pat Tiberi, U.S. Representative

Declined

 * Rob Portman, U.S Senator
 * J.D Vance, venture capitalist (Running for Senate)
 * Ken Blackwell, former Mayor of Cincinnati
 * Matt Huffman, State Senator

Declared

 * Dave Kiefer, former Wayne County Commissioner and Republican candidate for state representative in 2016
 * Connie Pillich, former state representative and nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014
 * Joe Schiavoni, state senator and former Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate
 * Betty Sutton, former U.S. Representative
 * Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton

Filed

 * Bill O'Neill, Ohio Supreme Court Justice and nominee for OH-14 in 2008 and 2010

Expressed Interest

 * Jerry Springer, talk show host, former Mayor of Cincinnati, nominee for OH-02 in 1970 and candidate for governor in 1982
 * Nina Turner, former state senator and nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014

Potential

 * Joyce Beatty, U.S. Representative and former state representative
 * Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County Executive and former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
 * Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals Judge, former Ohio Secretary of State and candidate for the *U.S. Senate in 2010
 * Michael Coleman, former Mayor of Columbus
 * Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Ohio Attorney General
 * Kevin Kelley, president of the Cleveland City Council
 * Dennis Kucinich, former U.S. Representative, former state senator, and former Mayor of Cleveland
 * David Leland, state representative and former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party
 * Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner
 * Tim Ryan, U.S Representative

Declined

 * John Cranley, Mayor of Cincinnati
 * Chase Ritenauer, Mayor of Lorain
 * Jay Williams, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and former Mayor of Youngstown