This article is part of the 2025 General Election Voters' Guide produced in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area.

Click the links below to view information about the candidates in each race who will appear on the ballot in municipalities across Akron and Summit County.

The information was gathered as part of the 2025 General Election Voters’ Guide produced in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area. The information submitted by each candidate is unedited.

Interested in who’s running for school board seats in your area? We’ve broken those races out into a separate page, given that school districts frequently sit in multiple municipalities.

Find your November candidates here:

City of Akron candidates

Akron City Council Ward 1: Fran Wilson vs. Acacia Reynolds

Akron City Council Ward 8: Bruce Bolden

Akron Public Schools’ Board of Education: Autry, Blake, Bryant, Harrison, Jackson, Jarosz, Kelly and Montgomery

Akron Municipal Court Judge: Ron Cable

Akron Municipal Court Judge: Jon Oldham

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City of Fairlawn candidates

City of Fairlawn Ward 1 Council: Gentile

City of Fairlawn Ward 3 Council: Stock

City of Fairlawn Ward 5 Council: Detorakis

Copley-Fairlawn City Schools Board of Education: Borchik, Coon, Hertz, Talsma

Copley Township candidates

Copley Township Trustee: Campbell, Dressler, Koellner

Copley Township Fiscal Officer: Roy Speer

Copley-Fairlawn City Schools Board of Education: Borchik, Coon, Hertz, Talsma

Bath Township candidates

Bath Township Trustee: Gaffney, McClellan, Troike

Bath Township: Fiscal Officer: Tuttle

Revere candidates

Revere Local Schools’ Board of Education: Bowler, Burke, Hajdu and Malick

Hudson candidates

Hudson City Council at-large candidates: Banweg, Heater, McGinley, D’Eramo, Weinstein and Brezovec

Hudson Board of Education candidates: Dzurec, Patti, Peterson and Toth

Cuyahoga Falls candidates

Cuyahoga Falls City Council candidates by ward

Cuyahoga Falls City Council-at-large: Russ Balthis, Brian Ashton

Cuyahoga Falls Mayor: Don Walters

Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education: Gomez, Allen, Zimmerman, Sans and Schaefer

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Green candidates

City of Green Ward 1 Council: Heimberger vs. Humphrey

City of Green Ward 2 Council: Meager

City of Green Ward 3 Council: Brandenburg vs. Miller

City of Green Ward 4 Council: Noble

Green Local Schools’ Board of Education: Campbell, Fanelly, Stoynoff

Munroe Falls candidates

City of Munroe Falls Council-at-large: Iona, Prince, Ritzinger, Vesey

City of Munroe Falls Ward 1 Council: Widenor

City of Munroe Falls Ward 3 Council: Collinson vs. Impellizzeri

Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education: Dannemiller, Moyer, Whitacre and Wind

Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education: Merlitti vs. Loparo
(Unexpired term ending 12-31-2027)

Macedonia candidates

Macedonia City Council At-large candidates: Ventura, Sethna, Ferraro, Cummings and Brandt

New Franklin candidates

City of New Franklin mayor: Rector vs. Shaffer

City of New Franklin Council-at-large: Jones, Klusty, Powell, Stiles, Yacono

Norton candidates

City of Norton Ward 1 Council: DeHarpart

City of Norton Ward 2 Council: Lukens

City of Norton Ward 3 Council: Harbert

City of Norton Ward 4 Council: Tousley

Norton City School Board of Education: Inks, Nazworth, Staats, Webel

Clinton village candidates

Village of Clinton Council: Goch vs. Henry

Lakemore village candidates

Village of Lakemore Council: Coontz, Hogya, Ray, Strittmatter

Richfield village candidates

Village of Richfield Council: Campbell, Day, Hudak, Lyons, Newman, Norris, Parton, Smith, Woytek and Stoppenhagen

Richfield township candidates

Richfield Township trustee: Laubacher vs. Luther

Boston Township candidates

Boston Township trustee: Mike Anderson, Amy Anderson, Nicholas Janigian

Coventry Township candidates

Coventry Township trustee: Diebold vs. Houck

Coventry Local Schools Board of Education: Hostetler, McGraw and Sulek

Springfield Township candidates

Springfield Township trustee: DiLauro vs. Chapman

Springfield Local Schools’ Board of Education: Campbell, Frola, Furlong, Lance and Warner

Stow candidates

Stow Municipal Court judge: Curtin vs. Zibritosky

Stow law director: Drew C. Reilly

Stow City Council-at-large: Feldman, Young, McIntire, Herman and Wall

Stow City Council Ward 1: Matt Riehl

Stow City Council Ward 2: Kelly Coffey vs. Sindi Harrison

Stow City Council Ward 3: John Baranek

Stow City Council Ward 4: Mario Fiocca

Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education: Dannemiller, Moyer, Whitacre and Wind

Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education: Merlitti vs. Loparo
(Unexpired term ending 12-31-2027)

Summit County Educational Service Center candidates

Summit County Educational Service Center Governing Board, term commencing Jan. 1, 2026: Allega, Chadsey and Jimerson

Summit County Educational Service Center (unexpired term): Edward Sturkey

Tallmadge candidates

Tallmadge City Schools’ Board of Education: Donnell, Loughry, Parry, Polatas and Ross

Tallmadge City Council at large: Epstein, Rubino, Cipa, Halm, Kline and Stasik

Twinsburg candidates

Twinsburg City Council at large: Barr vs. Castillo

Twinsburg City Council Ward 5: Greg Bellan

Twinsburg City Schools’ Board of Education: Ameche, Crawford, Rush, Travis, Kraska, Wesner and Revay

City of Barberton candidates

Barberton City Schools Board of Education: Rickenbacker, Slater (write-in)

City of Barberton Council president: Meghann Eberhart vs. Shorter Griffin Jr.

City of Barberton At-Large Council: Miller, Ludwig, Stoll, Thompson and Moore

City of Barberton Ward 2 Council: Poorman, Easterling (write-in) and Hoover

Barberton Municipal Court judge: Diana Stevenson

Barberton Municipal Court clerk: Katie Reed vs. Matt Shaughnessy

Manchester candidates

Manchester Local Schools Board of Education: Jividen, Jolly, Sponseller

Northwest candidates

Northwest Local Schools Board of Education: Gindlesberger, Schilling, Tohill and Weygandt

Reminderville candidates

Reminderville City Council candidates: Jeromos, Kondik and Kovach

Village of Boston Heights council candidates: Bartko, Chetyrkina-Miller, Fenn, Susan Wells and Seth Wells

Mogadore candidates

Mogadore Village Council: Bauer, Miller and Raddish

Mogadore Local Schools’ Board of Education: LiCause, Smead and Williams

Village of Northfield candidates

Northfield Village Ward Council candidates (A,B,C and D): Hipps, Hebebrand, Noack and Magistrelli

Village of Peninsula candidates

Peninsula village council candidates: Cole, Frank-Hensley, Krachinsky, Najeway, Nash, Padrutt, Riggins and Dooley

Village of Silver Lake candidates

Village of Silver Lake Council District candidates: Dicaudo, Kurtz, Rozsa, Kaplan and Plesich

Northfield Center Township candidates

Northfield Center Township Trustees: Lim and Mazzola

Sagamore Hills Township candidates

Sagamore Hills Township Trustees: Depasquale and Schweikert

Twinsburg Township candidates

Twinsburg Township Trustees: DeFabio, Harris and Favitta

Nordonia Hills candidates

Nordonia Hills City Schools’ Board of Education: Caramela-Miller, Busse, Tidmore Sr. and Ford

Jackson Township candidates

Jackson Local Schools’ Board of Education: Mullaney, Jones, Winkhart and Wright

Woodridge Local Schools

Woodridge Local Schools’ Board of Education: Karlo, Lydic, Murphy and Heffernan

Editor-in-Chief (she/her)
Zake has deep roots in Northeast Ohio journalism. She was the managing editor for multimedia and special projects at the Akron Beacon Journal, where she began work as a staff photographer in 1986. Over a 20-year career, Zake worked in a variety of roles across departments that all help inform her current role as Signal Akron's editor in chief. Most recently, she was a journalism professor and student media adviser at Kent State University, where she worked with the next generation of journalists to understand public policy, environmental reporting, data and solutions reporting. Among her accomplishments was the launch of the Kent State NewsLab, an experiential and collaborative news commons that connects student reporters with outside professional partners.