Governor

Supports a conditional moratorium on data centers until they cover 100% of their utility costs, fund their own power generation, use union labor, end nondisclosure agreements, and build on previously developed industrial land. Would appoint utility regulators who "put ratepayers first." Opposes fracking beneath state parks and wildlife areas and proposes a three-year moratorium on new fracking-wastewater injection wells in Washington County.

Supports an immediate moratorium on new data centers until rules are in place, including a ban on related nondisclosure agreements. Supports fracking on private property with strong safety standards but opposes it in state parks; supports a temporary pause on new wastewater injection in Washington County. Prefers holding polluters liable for cleanup over what he calls proactive regulation.

Supports expanding natural gas and nuclear energy and faster permitting for energy projects, and has supported state leasing of public land, including state parks, for oil and gas drilling. Proposes data center rules requiring new facilities to generate their own power, pay full property taxes without abatements, meet air and water standards, and favor former industrial sites over farmland; says he would halt approval of new data centers on day one until that law takes effect.

Proposes "Ohio Rx," an online platform using the state's Medicaid purchasing power to lower drug prices, and says she would direct the state to relieve medical debt. Says she will protect Medicaid and Medicare from cuts; has said she supports a work requirement for Medicaid enrollment and a broader scope of practice for non-physician providers.

Opposes expanding Medicaid and would encourage practitioners and facilities to move away from insurance-based models.

Says he would reattach work requirements to Medicaid and welfare and take a more aggressive approach to health care fraud.

Says the state will "always work with the federal law enforcement," including immigration officers, and would not bar local police from assisting immigration enforcement, while expecting federal agents to follow the law.

The ticket opposes how ICE currently operates; running mate James Mills said they would not use state resources for "indiscriminate enforcement" and that enforcement should be proportional, constitutional and humane.

Says Ohio cities should not operate as "sanctuary cities" and has objected to Cincinnati's sanctuary designation.

Pledges to fully fund local law enforcement and invest in addiction treatment and mental health services. Supports expanded background checks and a "red-flag" law. Her campaign says she would push for guardrails on AI surveillance technology such as Flock cameras.

Opposes Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers used for broad surveillance.

Supports stricter bail and sentencing for repeat violent offenders and more authority for local police to arrest violent offenders. Says he will "always fight to defend" gun owners' rights and has said he would be the most pro-gun governor in Ohio history. Has warned against an "authoritarian surveillance state" in connection with Flock license-plate cameras.

Proposes a "Working Families Tax Cut" that would expand the state earned income credit and create a state child tax credit of $1,000 a year per child ages 0–6 and $500 for ages 7–18, for families earning up to $85,000.

Supports abolishing property taxes and replacing the revenue with locally controlled consumption taxes and taxes on marijuana, alcohol and gambling; has signed the petition for a proposed 2027 ballot measure to abolish property taxes and says the state needs to rein in spending. Would repeal the gasoline and diesel tax increase signed by Gov. Mike DeWine.

Supports phasing out the state income tax, starting with capital gains taxes, and argues that population and economic growth would make up the lost revenue. His campaign has promoted a gas tax relief plan.

Supports protecting access to abortion, contraception, fertility treatments and miscarriage care, and says she would "fight back at attempts to undermine Issue 1," the 2023 reproductive rights amendment.

Describes himself as "unapologetically pro-life." His published campaign plan does not include a specific abortion proposal.

Supports fully implementing the Fair School Funding Plan, overhauling the state's private-school voucher program ("Public money should be for public schools"), and free breakfast and lunch in public schools.

Supports universal school choice, merit-based pay for teachers and principals, a police officer in every school, and standards focused on 3rd-grade literacy, 8th-grade numeracy and 12th-grade civics. Supports expanding career-technical education and apprenticeships.

Proposes raising the Homestead Exemption income limit for seniors to $50,000; a rebate of up to $1,000 when a homeowner's property tax bill rises more than 4% in a year (for incomes under $132,000 and homes valued at $350,000 or less); limits on sales of tax lien certificates to private collectors; and fully funding the Fair School Funding Plan to ease pressure on local levies.

Proposes rolling property taxes back, in aggregate, to pre-pandemic levels during his first two-year budget and then capping future growth. Earlier in the campaign he said property taxes should eventually fall to zero; he no longer proposes full elimination.

Supports a five-year ban on former legislators becoming lobbyists, ending corporate political contributions from regulated monopolies, a publicly searchable database of government contracts and budgets, and ending qualified immunity and corporate bailouts.