Elizabeth Walters

Democraticincumbent

Member of County Council at Large · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Erin Dickinson (Democratic), John A. Donofrio (Democratic), Shane R. Barker (Republican), Jonathon D. Bollas (Republican), John Chapman (Republican)

Elizabeth Walters is the incumbent Summit County Council At-Large member since 2016 and chaired the Ohio Democratic Party from 2021 to 2025. Her campaign cites expanding paid parental leave as a priority; no public statements on taxes, levies, or crime policy were found.

What this office decides

Summit County Council is the county's legislature under its charter. It adopts the county budget and appropriations, passes county laws, confirms the county executive's appointments, and decides which county tax levies go before voters. Of its eleven members, eight are elected by district and three at large, countywide with party labels, to four-year terms.

How this race lines up with you

Loading your answers…

Dossier

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

Donald Trump: nothing found. No endorsement or criticism found in a direct search for Trump statements involving Summit County Council candidates or this race.

Who they are

Elizabeth Walters is an incumbent Summit County Council At-Large member, first appointed in February 2016, who served as council president in 2021 and 2022 (Summit County Council). She chaired the Ohio Democratic Party from January 2021 until stepping down in 2025 to join TargetSmart, a national Democratic data firm; she was the first woman to hold that post and was succeeded by Kathleen Clyde (Wikipedia; WOSU, 2025-05-06). She previously worked as a senior aide to former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton (OH-13) (Summit County Council). The council has eight district seats and three at-large seats, each a four-year term (Summit County Council; Ballotpedia).

Positions

Local taxes & projects: No public position found.
Taxes & spending: No public position found.
Crime & policing: No public position found.
Business & regulation: Her campaign site names expanding paid parental leave, a workplace-protection measure, among her priorities (waltersforohio.com).

Record

Chairs the Planning, Buildings & Economic Development Committee and vice-chairs the Long-Term Planning Committee; also sits on Finance, Rules, and Committee-of-the-Whole (Summit County Council).

Money

No campaign finance filings were located; the Summit County Board of Elections' disclosure search requires an interactive name lookup this research could not perform (Summit County BOE).

What we couldn't find

Positions on taxes, levies, or criminal-justice policy.
Campaign finance totals or donors.
Any Trump-related statement or endorsement.

Sources (8)