Mike Kahoe

Republican

State Representative (31st District) · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: J. Noah Spinner (Democratic)

Mike Kahoe is a 24-year-old economic-development professional and former Revere school board member running as the Republican nominee for the open Ohio House District 31 seat. His platform emphasizes deregulation, school choice, and targeted tax relief.

What this office decides

An Ohio state representative votes on the two-year state budget and tax law and on laws covering schools and vouchers, Medicaid, abortion, guns, policing, energy, and elections. With three-fifths of both chambers, the General Assembly can override the governor's veto and put constitutional amendments on the ballot, as it did with Issue 3. One of 99 House members, elected every two years.

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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 Kahoe's candidacy.

Ohio Republican Party (for) source
Summit County GOP (for) source
Americans for Prosperity Ohio (for) source
Rep. Bill Roemer (for) source

Who they are

Mike Kahoe is a 24-year-old economic-development professional who won a Revere school board seat at 18 (Signal Ohio). He worked in the Lieutenant Governor's office under Jon Husted and Jim Tressel on the Common Sense Initiative regulatory-review program, and now works at his family's HR firm (AFP Ohio). District 31 has no incumbent in 2026 (Signal Ohio).

Positions

Business & regulation: Wants to make Ohio "the nation's most business-friendly state by reducing burdensome regulations" and "streamline permitting" (Kahoe campaign).
Schools: Backs Ohio's universal private-school voucher system (Signal Ohio).
Taxes & spending: Proposes targeted property-tax relief for seniors and pausing the gas tax using surplus revenue (Kahoe campaign).
Health care: Favors Medicaid work incentives and marketplace competition over expanded coverage (Kahoe campaign).
Crime & policing: Wants to "strengthen bail and sentencing policies" for violent offenders (Kahoe campaign).
Gun policy: No public position found.

Record

Kahoe has not held state legislative office. He served on the Revere Local Schools and Career Center boards after election at 18, backing school reopening in fall 2020, saying "there was no solution that was going to make everyone happy" (Signal Ohio).

Money

An aggregator (Transparency USA) shows $15,500 in contributions to a Kahoe committee through 12/31/2024, pre-dating this campaign; current filings weren't accessible with the tools available. Separately, American Conservative Fund spent about $1 million on primary ads for him, and Rep. Bill Roemer has fundraised for him (Signal Ohio).

What we couldn't find

Current campaign-finance totals; positions on guns, immigration, and foreign policy; any Trump-related statement (none found).

Sources (4)