Person
Ed Hargate
- Work
- Attorney in private practice, handling civil litigation, domestic relations litigation, and juvenile law (as stated by the campaign)
Source: edhargate.com
- Public service
- Served on Highland Heights City Council for over 30 years, including 4 years as council president (as stated by the campaign)
Source: edhargate.com
- Public service
- Lost his council seat in the November 2025 election, finishing fourth of four candidates for three seats.
- Education
- Attended Grove City College (1980); law degree, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (1983) (as stated by the campaign)
Sources: edhargate.com · patch.com
- Civic
- President and chair of the board of trustees, Friends of the Mayfield Library, for 25 years (as stated by the campaign)
Source: edhargate.com
- Home
- Born in Cleveland; raised in Highland Heights, Ohio (as stated by the campaign)
Source: edhargate.com
Ballotpedia · Ohio campaign finance
- $0Raised, as filed · June 3, 2026
- $54Cash on hand · June 3, 2026
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- none on filePositions in their words
- none on fileClaims checked
- 1Offices held · Former Member, Highland Heights City Council, 1984–2025
6 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Record in office, Financial interests, Polling and approval.
What has been checked
- Profile 9 entries
- On the ballot 1 entry
- Where they stand None found in the records checked Ballotpedia's page for him carries no biography, no campaign-website link and no survey answers as of September 19, 2026. Checked: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey (not completed); Ballotpedia's recorded campaign-website excerpt (none recorded); Ballotpedia's infobox for a campaign-website link (none listed)
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office Not yet researched
- Money 1 entry Calendar-2026 contributions and expenditures, and cash on hand on the most recent report (filed 2026-06-03), as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State. Reports filed after that are not included. Checked: Ohio Secretary of State candidate cover-page export, 2026 reports
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 1 entry Added by the district guide's money and prior-results steps.
- Endorsements 1 entry
- Sources 5 entries
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio House | Ohio House, Ohio's 19th District | Ohio State Representative, District 19 |
On the ballot
- Ohio State Representative, District 19 · November 3, 2026 · Republican
Source: Ohio elections, 2026
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Date | Deadline | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2026 | Military and overseas absentee voting begins | The start of absentee voting for military and overseas (UOCAVA) voters. | |
| October 5, 2026 | Voter registration deadline | 9 p.m. | Boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's office are open until 9 p.m. to accept registrations. |
| October 6, 2026 | Absentee voting by mail and early in-person voting begin | Early in-person voting runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from October 6 through October 9; hours change on later dates through Election Day. | |
| October 22, 2026 | Pre-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through October 14, 2026. |
| October 27, 2026 | Deadline for boards to receive absentee ballot applications | 8:30 p.m. | Applications for an absentee ballot must reach the county board by this time. |
| November 1, 2026 | Last day of early in-person voting | 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record. |
| November 2, 2026 | No early in-person voting at boards of elections | Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ended Sunday, November 1; there is no voting at boards of elections on Monday, November 2. Voters cast ballots at their assigned polling places on Tuesday, November 3. | |
| November 3, 2026 | Deadline for non-military/overseas absentee ballots to be received | 7:30 p.m. | Absentee ballots not covered by UOCAVA must be received by this time on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Last-minute absentee request for a hospitalization emergency | 3 p.m. | A voter, or a voter's minor child, who is hospitalized because of an accident or medical emergency may apply for an absentee ballot until 3 p.m. on Election Day. |
| November 3, 2026 | Polls open | 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Election Day voting hours statewide. |
| November 7, 2026 | Deadline for military and overseas (UOCAVA) absentee ballots to be received | The extended receipt deadline for UOCAVA absentee ballots. | |
| November 8, 2026 | Boards of elections may begin the official canvass | County boards may begin the official canvass of the November 3 General Election ballots (5 days after the election). | |
| November 18, 2026 | Deadline for boards to begin the official canvass | County boards must begin the official canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (15 days after the election). | |
| November 24, 2026 | Deadline for boards to complete the official canvass | County boards must complete the canvass of November 3 General Election ballots no later than this date (21 days after the election). | |
| December 11, 2026 | Post-general campaign finance reports due | 4 p.m. | Certain candidates, political action committees, caucus committees and political parties file by 4 p.m. reports covering contributions and expenditures through December 4, 2026. |
Where they stand
None found in the records checked
What they have said, checked
Not yet researched
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hargate (R) | 1984 | office | Member, Highland Heights City Council |
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other funds (derived) | Cash on hand | 53.6 | 100.0% |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Representative, District 19 | OhioSOS Friends of Ed Hargate Committee | $0 | $0 | $54 | June 3, 2026 |
Ohio campaigns were due to file pre-general reports on October 22, covering activity through October 14, 2026. They are not in these figures, which come from the latest report in our records, dated June 3, 2026.
Sources: Campaign Finance Data · Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Campaign Finance
Outside spending
Financial interests
Not yet researched
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State Representative, District 19 (2026) | Republican | Pending |
Offices held
Member, Highland Heights City Council · 1984 to 2025 · elected
Sources: edhargate.com · Highland Heights City Council (election results)
Endorsements
Endorsements received
partyOhio Republican Party
September 2026
Listed on the party's 2026 general-election slate card for Cuyahoga County; the card is titled a slate card and does not use the word endorsed.
Source: ohiogop.org
Sources
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Ed Hargate · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-21 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- Ohio House of Representatives District 19 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-19 · accessed 2026-09-21 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- Campaign Finance Data · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance: Cover Page search · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- Campaign Finance · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-19
- https://edhargate.com/
- https://patch.com/ohio/mayfield-hillcrest/highland-heights-council-election-2011-ed-hargate
- Highland Heights City Council (election results) · Cleveland Jewish News · 2025-11-06 · accessed 2026-11-01
- Ohio elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19 · CC BY-SA 3.0 or later, per Ballotpedia's terms
- https://ohiogop.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cuyahoga-county-slate-card.pdf
- Ohio campaign finance
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