Allison Russo

Democratic

Secretary of State · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Tom Pruss (Libertarian), Robert Sprague (Republican)

Allison Russo is the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State and currently represents Ohio House District 7 (Upper Arlington), where she has served as House Minority Leader. She does not currently hold the Secretary of State office, which is open in 2026.

What this office decides

The Secretary of State is Ohio's chief elections officer: oversees the county boards of elections, sets rules for voting and voter-roll maintenance, and chairs the Ohio Ballot Board, which writes the ballot language for statewide issues. The office also registers businesses and sits on the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Four-year term.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No search results found any statement by or about Donald Trump regarding Russo's candidacy.

Who they are

Allison Russo currently serves as Ohio House Representative for District 7 (Upper Arlington) and has been House Minority Leader since January 2022 (Ohio House; Wikipedia). She does not currently hold the Secretary of State office, which is open in 2026. Russo won the Democratic primary for it on May 5, 2026, with about 67% of the vote (Ohio Capital Journal).

Positions

Voting rules: Her legislative office lists "vote-by-mail ballot access and election security" among her recent focus areas, favoring easier access (Ohio House).
Personal freedom: Opposed a GOP effort to unwind Ohio's voter-approved reproductive-rights amendment, with her office saying Republicans sought to "overturn results of reproductive freedom vote" (Ohio House).
Schools: Opposes voucher expansion and backs public-school funding; holds a 92-100 lifetime score on the OEA scorecard (OEA).
Business & regulation / Party politics in courts and agencies: No public position found specific to the Secretary of State's role.

Record

As a state representative, her office has focused on data- and voter-privacy protections, mental-health-provider privacy safeguards, and capital-budget allocations, alongside election access (Ohio House).

Money

A post-primary filing showed about $155,000 raised and roughly $72,500 cash on hand; mid-2026 filings showed $147,862 cash on hand, well behind Sprague's $632,011 (Ohio Capital Journal).

What we couldn't find

An itemized voting record (specific bill roll calls).
Explicit statements on business regulation or partisan judicial elections.
Any Trump-related statement about her candidacy (none found).

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