FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio — Voters in Fairfield County, Ohio were asked to decide on a number of local races and levies this election.
Some of the local races include Representative to Congress (12th district), State Senator (20th district) and State Representatives for the 69th and 73rd districts.
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Several townships and villages in the county also placed renewal and replacement levies on the ballot.
Walnut Township Local School District put a tax levy renewal on the ballot. According to the district, it is a five-year renewal of an existing property tax emergency levy to raise $1,000,000 annually for the purpose of operating the district.
A portion of Fairfield County also voted on the LinkUS COTA tax levy, which would expand transit and access to sidewalks and bikeways.
If passed, the $8 billion levy would increase the local sales tax in Columbus from 7.5% to 8%, increasing COTA's overall share from 0.5% to 1%. That money will generate public funding for the LinkUS initiative. Officials say this would increase COTA services by 45%.
Here are election results for some of the top races in Fairfield County.
🗳️ You can view full election results for Fairfield County at 10TV.com/elections
What races and issues are on the ballot in Fairfield County, Ohio?
- Representative to Congress 12th district
- State Senator 20th district
- State Representative 9th district
- State Representative 73rd district
- Member of State Board of Education 6th district
- Fairfield County ADAMH tax levy
- Village of Breman tax levy replacement
- Village of Millersport tax levy renewal
- Clearcreek Twp streets tax levy replacement
- COTA levy
- Greenfield Twp streets tax levy additional
- Hocking Twp tax levy additional
- Walnut Twp Local School District tax levy renewal
- Village of Buckeye Lake charter amendment- Article 7
- Village of Buckeye Lake charter amendment- Article 8
- Village of Buckeye Lake tax levy (streetlights) - Renewal
- Village of Buckeye Lake tax levy (police) - Replacement
Across the country, Americans are voting on who the next president of the United States will be. In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
Trump and Harris have been traveling across the country campaigning for the last few months in an attempt to gain support and win the presidential vote.
In Harris’ campaign, she has taken the approach of exciting and organizing the diverse Democratic base, especially younger generations, nonwhite voters and women, while convincing moderate Republicans who dislike Trump that they should be comfortable with her in the Oval Office, some policy disagreements notwithstanding. That’s the same formula Biden used in defeating Trump four years ago, flipping traditionally GOP-leaning states like Arizona and Georgia and narrowing the gap in North Carolina.
Trump, meanwhile, appears to bet that his path back to the White House depends mostly on his core supporters, plus enough new support from working- and middle-class voters drawn to his promises of tax breaks.
Statewide races include a vote to decide who will represent the Buckeye State as a U.S. senator. Incumbent Sherrod Brown (Democrat) is running for re-election. His opponent is Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno (Republican). There's also Ohio Issue 1, an initiative seeking to establish the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission.
In central Ohio, voters will approve or reject the LinkUS COTA tax levy, which would expand transit.
🗳️You can view full election results at 10TV.com/elections.