Wood County voters split their votes between Republicans and Democrats in Tuesday’s local elections. Voters passed two county-wide levies, the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation levy and two of the four school districts’ in the county passed their initiatives on the ballot.
Voter turnout was 62.24%, with 55,276 total people voting out of the 88,814 registered voters in the county. Valid provisional ballots will be included in official count to be held no later than 21 days after the election.
The following are the unofficial results from the Wood County Board of Elections.
Representative to Congress 5th District
- Bob Latta: 18,374 (51.85%)
- Brian A. Shaver: 15,979 (45.09%)
- Michael J. Veloff: 1,083 (3.06%)
State Representative 75th District
- Haraz N. Ghanbari: 23,193 (50.14%)
- Richard J. Rettig: 23,067 (49.86%)
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Term Commencing 1/1/27
- Paul A. Dobson: 19,807 (42.66%)
- Joel M. Kuhlman: 26,623 (57.34%)
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Probate Division
- Megan E. Newlove: 27,161 (58.77%)
- Doug Ruck: 19,058 (41.23%)
County Commissioner
- Joseph R. DeMare: 1,964 (3.67%)
- Ryan E. Lee: 26,662 (49.88%)
- Brenna Reynolds: 24,822 (46.44%)
County Auditor
- Matthew R. Oestreich: 28,940 (53.73%)
- Mark Wongrowski: 24,922 (46.27%)
Wood County Committee on Aging Tax Levy
- For: 39,550 (73.08%)
- Against: 14,568 (26.92%)
Wood County Public Library Tax Levy
- For: 18,177 (73.28%)
- Against: 6,628 (26.72%)
Bowling Green City Tax Levy (Parks and Recreation
- For: 6,247 (65.79%)
- Against: 3,249 (34.21%)
Eastwood Local School District Income and Bond
- For: 1,973 (47.03%)
- Against: 2,222 (52.97%)
Lake Local School District Income Tax
- For: 2,501 (51.29%)
- Against: 2,375 (48.71%)
McComb Local School District Income and Bond
- For: 120 (48.39%)
- Against: 128 (51.61%)
North Baltimore Local School District Income Tax
- For: 753 (60.58%)
- Against: 490 (39.42%)
