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Richard Cole — Ohio House District 5
Republican · Ohio general election, November 3, 2026.
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Candidate for State Representative, District 5 (Republican).
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Non-incumbent Republican; no 2023-26 Ohio General Assembly voting record. iVoterGuide rates Conservative. Evidence pass (2026-10-29): pro-life, marriage, religious liberty, Second Amendment, limited government, fiscal now graded from iVoterGuide questionnaire answers. No party-default sub-grades remain.
- Life: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire: strongly agreed with all four abortion/life protections; elective abortion only in "very, very rare instances."
- Family: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire: strongly agreed marriage is the union of one man and one woman.
- Religious liberty: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire: strongly disagreed that people should be required to provide services that violate their religious beliefs.
- 2nd Amendment: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire on gun restrictions: "The second amendment is easy to understand... We need to be able to protect our families."
- Limited gov’t: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire: favors private-sector healthcare, strongly agreed with eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, opposed a government medical-illness database.
- Fiscal: Answered iVoterGuide questionnaire: opposes a mandated wage floor, strongly agreed free enterprise is essential, wants to stop federal deficit borrowing and eliminate fraud.
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