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2024 local election results: Miami Valley issues, levies and candidates

Voters wait in line at Stivers High School, in East Dayton, on Nov. 5, 2024.
Chris Welter/WYSO
Voters wait in line at Stivers High School, in East Dayton, on Nov. 5, 2024.

This article will continue to be updated.

WYSO will be following the results of Ohio General Assembly races, levies for the Dayton Metro Library and Five RiversMetro Parks, as well as a number of other candidates and levies around the Miami Valley.

These are the unofficial results. Provisional ballots and late-arriving absentee ballots still need to be counted.

OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

According to unofficial results:

  • For the 6th District State Senate seat, Democrat Willis Blackshear declared victory over Republican Charlotte McGuire, with results at around 52% to 48%.
  • For 36th District State Representative, Republican Incumbent Andrea White appears to have won with 52% of the vote compared to challenger Rose Lounsbury's 48%.
  • In the 10th District race for State Senator, Republican Kyle Koehler won with 65% of the vote vs. Democrat Dan McGregor, who took in around 35%.
  • In the 39th House District, Dion Green lost to Republican Phil Plummer, 59% to 41%.

MIAMI COUNTY

According to unofficial results:

  • Milton-Union schools tax levy failed. It was a 10-year, 0.75% school income tax for daily expenses.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

According to unofficial results:

  • In the race for a Montgomery commission seat, Democratic incumbent Judy Dodge beat Kate Baker, Huber Heights council member, in a close race of 50.3% to 49.7%.
  • For the other seat, Republican Mary McDonald won with 50.5% compared to incumbent Debbie Lieberman, with 49.5%.
  • For Clerk of Courts, Republican Mike Foley won with 52.5% compared to Democrat Lynn Cooper's 47.5%.
  • For County Recorder, Democrat Stacey Benson-Taylor lost with 49% of the vote vs. Republican Lori Kennedy's 51%.
  • In the County Treasurer race, Mohamed Al-Hamdani has 43% vs. Republican John McManus' 57%.
  • For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Julia Mauk lost with 43% of the vote to Elizabeth Ellis, who garnered 57% of votes.
  • Voters approved the Dayton Metro Library's request for a 1 mill, five-year levy, 53% to 47%.
  • Voters also approved the Five Rivers MetroParks request for a 1 mill, 10-year levy, 62% to 38%.
  • Voters approved Centerville School District levy. It is 3.9 mill permanent property tax levy.
  • Voters did not approve the 2.9 mill levy for Mad River Schools in Riverside, with 48.8% for and 51.2% against.

GREENE COUNTY

According to unofficial results:

  • In Yellow Spring, voters passed Issue 17 for that village’s school district. It’s a substitute levy of 9 mills replacing two emergency levies for 10 years. The money will help with improvements and upgrades.
  • Voters failed to pass a bond to support Beavercreek School District, with around 57% against it. The 4.9 mills tax bond would have helped fund the construction of a new high school and renovate the district's existing schools for middle, elementary and preschool students
  • Beavercreek residents also failed to pass a .49 mill permanent tax levy for parks, with around 60% of voters against it. It would have raised about 1.2 million a year to cover new staffing, maintenance and improvement costs, equipment replacement and ADA accessibility work.

CLARK COUNTY

According to unofficial results:

  • In the race for a contested Clark County commission seat, Charlie Patterson has won against Kevin O'Neill, 66% to 34% according to unofficial results.

WARREN COUNTY

  • 61% of voters in Lebanon approved a ballot measure to remove the penalties for marijuana offenses and allow medical marijuana dispensaries to dispense adult-use marijuana.
Kaitlin Schroeder (she/her) joined WYSO in 2024 with 10 years of experience in local news. This includes Dayton Daily News, Dayton Business Journal, the Morning Sentinel in Maine, and KosovaLive in Pristina, Kosovo.