US EditionState Rep. Allison Russo Announces Bid for Ohio Secretary of State
Allison Russo seeks to end decades of Republican control over Ohio's secretary of state office, emphasizing restoring election transparency and voter trust.
- On Aug 21, 2025, State Rep. Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, announced her run for Ohio secretary of state to restore transparency, integrity and trust.
- Facing term limits, Russo cannot seek reelection in 2026 after serving four terms and leading as House minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives.
- Russo said, "My primary focus as Secretary of State will be making sure that people have access to their right to vote and ensuring that ballot language is honest, transparent, and it respects the intent of voters, regardless of how I feel about an issue that has been brought before us by Ohioans," adding she will "make an impact on Day One" against partisan interference.
- Russo enters a contest where she faces Dr. Bryan Hambley as the second Democrat, while Frank LaRose is term-limited and Republicans like Robert Sprague join the race next year.
- Longstanding partisan control means Republicans have held the secretary of state post for all but four years since 1991, and the office faces criticism over voter purges amid national mail-in voting debates.
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Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.)Democratic Ohio House state Rep. Allison Russo announced her candidacy Thursday for Ohio Secretary of State in 2026. This announcement comes a little more than two months after Russo stepped down as Ohio House Minority Leader, a position she held since January 2022. “I am running because I want there to be trust and transparency in the Office of the Secretary…
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Allison Russo to run for secretary of state
State Rep. Allison Russo, the former Ohio House Democratic leader, said she will run next year for secretary of state in an effort “to restore transparency, integrity and trust back into the office and into our elections.” Russo, who is serving her fourth two-term term in the state House, said that when she stepped down in June as House minority leader, “I thought about what my next step would be, if I would even run for another office. I wanted…
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