Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Attorney General from 2011 – 2019; US Senator from 1995 – 2007; US Representative from 1983 – 1991

Mike DeWine served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, and in both houses of Congress: in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.

At age 25, DeWine started working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, and in 1976 was elected County Prosecutor, serving for four years.[11][12] In 1980 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate and served one two-year term.

Governor Mike DeWine was elected in 2018 with 50.4% of the vote and is running for reelection to a second term.

DeWine faced a primary challenge from former US Representative and 2018 Ohio Republican Senate Nominee Jim Renacci and farmer Joe Blystone.

Former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and former Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley ran for the Democratic nomination.

DeWine and Whaley won their respective primaries on May 3.

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Current Position: Mayor, Dayton since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 Governor

Nannette L. Whaley (born January 23, 1976) is an American politician who served as the 56th mayor of Dayton, Ohio. She was first elected mayor in November 2013, after she served on the city commission for two terms.

Whaley was the president of the United States Conference of Mayors from 2021-2022. She is the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election.

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