02/09/2023

Ohio House Lawmakers Want May Primaries

This change would be regardless of presidential contests

This past weekend, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted to shake up its presidential primary calendar. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to change Ohio’s primary date, too.

Under Rep. Daniel Troy’s, D-Willowick, proposal, Ohio’s primary date would remain fixed at the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May.

“Every fourth year for a while, we’ve been scheduling our primary election in mid-March, allegedly for the purposes of Ohio being more of a player in the presidential primary races," Troy said.

Please select this link to read the full article from the Ohio Capital Journal.