Board of Elections lists November 2025 candidates for school board, township trustees and village council
Compiled by Paula Pyzik Scott
The Hardin County Board of Elections shows the following candidates for November 2025 races for Ada area elected offices: Ada Exempted Village Schools board, Liberty Township board of trustees and Village of Ada council. The deadline for filing candidate petitions was August 6. Some applications are currently shown as valid and some are shown as pending.
Ada Exempted Village Schools
To elect: 2
- DAVID ALLEN (pending)
- TED GRIFFITH (pending)
- KYLE POLING (pending)
- AMANDA RAINES (pending)
- JAY SALYER (pending)
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Liberty Township Trustees
To elect: 2
- TRENT BASS (pending)
- BEN BRITE (pending)
- BRITTON DEVIER (pending)
Village of Ada Council
To elect: 4
- SEAN MICHAEL BECK (valid)
- JASON CAMPBELL (Republican, nominated)
- LUCAS ROWE (Republican, nominated)
- XANDER WELLS (write-in, valid)
Stories Posted This Week
Monday, September 21, 2026
Sunday, September 20, 2026
- Charmaine M. Spradlin, 74, worked for Associated Plastics
- Bulldog boys soccer win vs. Old Fort
- How Dillinger robbed a Bluffton bank
- Ada School Board recap: School fees waiver estimate is $57K, intervention and after-school program report
- Ada Barnyard Farmers results from 2026 Hardin County Junior Fair
- Rodeheffer awarded Choice One Engineering scholarship
Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Bulldog golf 3rd at final BVC tourney, 2nd overall
- Bulldog football win vs. Perry
- N. Main St. arrest and drug seizure on August 18
- Christian Nationalism poses problems for American democracy
- Weekend Doctor: When should you see an endocrinologist?
- Letter: Background regarding public meeting on data center moratorium
Friday, September 18, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Bluffton Icon headlines, September 17
- Bulldog girls soccer 0-0 tie vs. Riverdale
- Bulldog boys soccer loss vs. Riverdale
- Roundhead poet publishes third book
- Bulldog volleyball wins in four vs. Riverdale
- Sept. 15 Ada Council: Impact of big ticket pool repair, public urination ban goes into effect
- Hall named 2026 OMLA Regional Administrative Assistant of the Year
- Play Bingo with Officer Penny at the Ada Public Library
- Adult Book Group books available at APL
- Ada Schools exceed state standards on 2025-2026 Ohio Report Card
- Oct. 6 ONU Trike-A-Thon will raise funds for St. Jude's
- Antibiotic resistance: More to learn