John A. Donofrio

Democraticincumbent

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

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

John A. Donofrio is the incumbent Summit County Council At-Large member since 2015 and chairs its Finance Committee, following a 34-year career as Summit County Treasurer and Fiscal Officer (1979-2011). No public statements on 2026 levies, spending, 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.

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Dossier

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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

John A. Donofrio has served as an At-Large member of Summit County Council since 2015 and chairs its Finance Committee (Summit County Council). He was appointed to the Summit County Treasurer's office in 1979, elected Treasurer in 1980, and retired as Fiscal Officer in April 2011 after 34 years (Summit County Council). He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and was unsuccessful in a 1998 run for Ohio State Treasurer (Wikipedia). 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; as Fiscal Officer he built tax-collection and taxpayer-assistance programs, but that is administrative record rather than a stated current position (Summit County Council).
Crime & policing: No public position found.

Record

As Fiscal Officer he oversaw the auditor, recorder, and treasurer divisions; helped pass Ohio House Bill 371 (1997) enabling county tax-certificate sales; created the Real Estate Tax Assistance Program and Delinquent Tax Payment Program; and collected over $80 million in delinquent taxes. He is a former president of the County Treasurers Association of Ohio (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

Any statement on 2026 levies, spending, or criminal-justice policy.
Campaign finance totals or donors.
Any Trump-related statement or endorsement.
News coverage of his 2026 campaign beyond the candidate list.

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