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Summit County, OH ballot

Don Kissick and James L. Mills

Libertarian

Governor and Lieutenant Governor · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Amy Acton and David Pepper (Democratic), Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley (Republican)

Don Kissick is the Libertarian nominee for Ohio governor, campaigning on ending the property tax, cutting corporate welfare, and reducing government surveillance, with James L. Mills as his running mate for lieutenant governor.

What this office decides

The governor proposes the two-year state budget, signs or vetoes bills (including line-item vetoes of spending), appoints the heads of state agencies, fills vacant judgeships, and sits on the Ohio Redistricting Commission. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together on one ticket to four-year terms.

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Dossier

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

Donald Trump: nothing found. No mention of Trump, positive or negative, found in campaign materials or news coverage reviewed.

  • Libertarian Party (for) source

Who they are

Don Kissick is the Libertarian Party's nominee for Ohio governor in 2026; he has not held elected office, and little independent biographical detail beyond campaign materials was found (Hometown Stations). Running mate James L. Mills is a Lebanon, Ohio, resident and the Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor (Warren County Post).

Positions

  • Taxes & spending: Supports "the end property tax amendment" and shifting to "local consumption based funding," saying this would "balance the budget and eliminate corporate welfare for the larger institutions" (Kissick campaign site).
  • Schools: No public position found.
  • Health care: No public position found.
  • Personal freedom: Supports constitutional protections for LGBTQIA+ marriage rights and opposes marijuana regulation he says benefits only large companies (Kissick campaign site).
  • Energy & environment: Raises concern about data centers' environmental impact and their role in surveillance infrastructure (Kissick campaign site).
  • Gun policy: No public position found.
  • Government reform: Would ban corporate campaign contributions from regulated monopolies, bar legislators from lobbying for five years after leaving office, and require searchable public databases of government contracts (Kissick campaign site).
  • Immigration: Opposes "militarized immigration enforcement" and supports "a straightforward and clear lawful path to citizenship" (Kissick campaign site).

Record

Neither Kissick nor Mills has held elected office; no professional background beyond campaign announcements was found (Village Reporter).

Money

No campaign finance totals for Kissick or Mills were found in the Ohio Secretary of State-linked coverage reviewed; this was not independently confirmed against the state database directly.

Recent news

  • Kissick announced his candidacy for governor and named James Mills as his lieutenant governor running mate (Hometown Stations; exact date not found in source retrieved).
  • The Libertarian Party lists Kissick and Mills as its 2026 Ohio gubernatorial ticket ahead of the November 3, 2026 general election (Libertarian Party).

What we couldn't find

  • Exact announcement date and detailed professional/biographical background for both candidates.
  • Positions on schools, health care, and guns.
  • Any campaign-finance totals.
  • No evidence of any Trump statement about Kissick or Mills.
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